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Legends

Dick Whittington and His Cat by Melisande Potter (Illustrator); Margaret Hodges (Retold by)
ISBN: 0823419878
Publication Date: 2006-04-01
Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache by Greg Rodgers (As told by); Leslie Stall Widener (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1935955268
Publication Date: 2014-06-24
The Mitten String by Jennifer Rosner; Kristina Swarner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0385371187
Publication Date: 2014-10-28
An original Jewish folktale about a girl who knits, a deaf woman, and a piece of blue yarn.
Lost Cities by Nicola Barber
ISBN: 1410949524
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Littlest Mountain by Barb Rosenstock; Melanie Hall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780761344957
Publication Date: 2011-01-03
Finn McCool and the Great Fish by Eve Bunting; Zachary Pullen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1585363669
Publication Date: 2010-01-02
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears by Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 006021287X
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
The Magic of Spider Woman by Lois Duncan
ISBN: 0590461559
Publication Date: 1996-03-01
Retells the Navajo tale of how a stubborn girl learns from the Spider Woman how to keep life in balance by respecting its boundaries.

Trick of the Tale by John Matthews; Caitlín Matthews; Tomislav Tomic (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763636463
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
The Great Race by Nathan Kumar Scott; Jagdish Chitara
ISBN: 938034015X
Publication Date: 2012-06-12
A Ring of Tricksters by Virginia Hamilton; Barry Moser (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590473743
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
Lapin Plays Possum by Sharon Arms Doucet; Scott Cook (Illustrator); S. Doucet
ISBN: 0374343284
Publication Date: 2002-05-07
Sticky Doll Trap by Jessica Souhami
ISBN: 9781847800176
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Monkey by Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 9780152165963
Publication Date: 2011-05-23
Just in Case by Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781596433298
Publication Date: 2008-10-14
Pig-Boy by Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 9780152165901
Publication Date: 2009-04-06
The Sacred Banana Leaf by Nathan Kumar Scott; Radhashyam Raut (Artist)
ISBN: 9788186211281
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 0152999671
Publication Date: 1992-09-15
Jabuti the Tortoise by Gerald McDermott (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152004963
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Raven by Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 0152656618
Publication Date: 1993-04-30
Love and Roast Chicken by Barbara Knutson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1575056577
Publication Date: 2004-01-09
The Tale of Tricky Fox by Jim Aylesworth; Barbara Mcclintock (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439095433
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Please, Malese! by Amy MacDonald; Emily Lisker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374360006
Publication Date: 2002-08-28

Brigid's Cloak by Bryce Milligan; Helen Cann (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0802852246
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Tales of King Arthur by Hudson Talbott (Illustrator); Peter Glassman (Afterword by)
ISBN: 0688113400
Publication Date: 1995-09-27
The Otter, the Spotted Frog and the Great Flood by Gerald Hausman; Ramon Shiloh (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1937786129
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
Jangles by David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0545143128
Publication Date: 2012-10-01
The Hero Beowulf by Eric A. Kimmel; Leonard Everett Fisher (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374306710
Publication Date: 2005-05-07
Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen; Ming Li (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0525652140
Publication Date: 1995-09-01
William Tell by Leonard Everett Fisher (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374384363
Publication Date: 1996-03-22

The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 9780316183567
Publication Date: 2013-10-01
The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind by Susan Gaber (Illustrator); Aesop; Heather Forest (Retold by)
ISBN: 9780874838329
Publication Date: 2007-12-19
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 9780316013567
Publication Date: 2009-09-01

Paul Bunyan by David L. Harrison; John Kanzler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780375846885
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs; Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375867457
Publication Date: 2014-02-11
Pecos Bill by Paul Tong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781575058894
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, and used a rattle snake as a rope.
McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleischman; Amy Wummer (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0843178981
Publication Date: 1998-08-17
Dust Devil by Anne Isaacs; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0375867228
Publication Date: 2010-09-14
Peggony-Po by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786819588
Publication Date: 2006-04-04
The Sons of the Dragon King by Ed Young (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689851847
Publication Date: 2004-05-01

Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean; David Parkins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0802852629
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Rider in the Dark by Victoria Holmes
ISBN: 0060520256
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Odin's Ravens by K. L. Armstrong; M. A. Marr
ISBN: 0316204986
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060272376
Publication Date: 1996-08-30
The Adventures of Odysseus by Peter Malone (Illustrator); Neil Philip
ISBN: 0531300005
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
A fine retelling of the epic journey home by Odysseus and his encounters with such creatures as Cyclops, Circe, and the Sirens.
Beowulf by Gareth Hinds (Adapted by, Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763630225
Publication Date: 2007-03-13
The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander
ISBN: 0525454152
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Lugalbanda by Kathy Henderson; Jane Ray (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763627828
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
The world's oldest written story.