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"Shape-changing Raven steals the sun from the Sky Chief to light the dark world in this handsome rendering from the fund of lore shared by the Native groups of the northwest coast. "Raven changed himself into a pine needle. He fell down from the tree…

"Retells the myth of the legendary avaricious king who learns a valuable lesson when a mysterious stranger grants Midas' wish that whatever he touches turns to gold. But all too late does Midas realize the greed and folly of his ways when food turns…

"This African pourquoi tale begins when Mosquito tells his friend Iguana an outlandish story. Deciding that he doesn't want to hear such foolishness, Iguana put two sticks into his ears. When Python encounters Iguana, who totally ignores him, a chain…

"When Hades sees Persephone gathering flowers in a field, he carries her off to the underworld to be his queen. Her mother Demeter is so distraught that she curses Earth with endless winter. With intervention from Zeus and other gods, Persephone is…

"A small boy reaches home just before his mother (and baby sister) and slams the door shut. The key is inside the house with Alfie, however, and a small excitement ensues. With elements of the cumulative tale - as neighbors and milkmen offer…

"Mike Thaler's The Librarian from the Black Lagoon takes a slightly different rtransformational approach that parallels his other stories about the cafeteria lady, gym teacher, principal, school nurse, and teacher from the black lagoon. Here, in…

"This charming story was very much a book of its time, complete with beautiful line drawings capturing the ambience of Boston 50 years ago. But children why read this Caldecott Medal winner continue to respond to this young duck family and worry if…

A genuine meme came into the language from this beloved story, now reaching its fourth generation of children. It's still an enchanting tale of a little train filled with toys, books, fruit, milk and treats for "all those good little boys and girls…

A cutout book in which a caterpillar eats its way through a steadily increasing number of delectable foods and finally becomes a butterfly-a natural history lesson and a counting book as an added bonus. Burns, Mary M., and Ann A. Flowers. "The very…

Sendak intended for this picture book to explore how children use fantasy to deal with anxieties and fears, and it was quite controversial when first published. Adults wondered if the scary monsters were appropriate for reading with preschoolers.…