"Katya and the Goat with the Silver Hoof: A Tale from the Ural Mountains" by Bob Barton
Release Date: 08/25/2023
"The Spell Singer: A Tale of Dyslexia, Witches and Spells" by Anna Lewins
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Katherine, a young witch, has dyslexia and can’t ever get spells right. But when her friend the garden wizard suggests that she try singing the spells, Katherine succeeds where her classmates failed in charming the Dragon and winning the Dragon’s fire to give the village luck.
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"Noah Count and the Arkansas Ark" by Gary Blackwood
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Mama, Papa and Granny all have peculiar ways of knowing that a big rain is coming – none of them very scientific. But that doesn’t stop Papa from building a raft the size of an ark for the great flood of 1908.
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"My Grandma Can Fly" by Chris Pease.
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When Sarah’s grandma was fourteen and living in England, she fell out of the hayloft but never hit the ground. That was the day she discovered she could fly with the help of a little magic leftover from times pasts.
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"Mr. Runkle's Pumpkin: A Summer Tale" by Betse Brydon
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Mr. Runkle grows only orderly vegetables while his neighbor, Miss Appleby’s garden is a tangle of bright flowers with the exception of one gigantic, prize winning pumpkin.
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"Nick of Time: a Dog-Ghost's Tale" by Jackie Vivelo
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Jared loved artifact hunting at his grand parents farm. But each summer a local pack of wild dogs was getting bolder. They had already killed Nick, grandpa's courageous hound. When Jared came face to face with the pack, only one thing could save him.
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"Beauty and the Beast" retold by Adele Geras
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A traditional fairytale for all ages beautifully retold by award-winning British author, Adele Geras.
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"The Woodcutter's Secret" by Simon Higgins
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Two of the King’s guards pay a young man to show them the way to Aliforde the Woodcutter’s hut. But when they arrive the humble woodcutter bests them both by sword revealing his true identity as the King’s Personal Champion, self-exiled after an accidental killing of a rival. But the King has a new son, and he needs his trusted champion back to teach the young prince the way of the Knight.
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"The Leprechaun's Story" by Richard Kennedy
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According to legend, if you see a leprechaun and don’t take your eyes off him, he must take you to his pot of gold, which is just what a traveling tradesman does. However, in the end, he is outwitted by the leprechaun’s sad but clever story.
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"The Skunk and the Bear: A Love Story" by Terry Jones
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A skunk was madly in love with a bear. But the bear, barely noticed the skunk … that is until the skunk saved the bear from hunters and the forest’s most unlikely friendship blossomed.
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"Money Trees: An African-American Story" by Jane Nickerson
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John Michael was poor, but his friend William was dirt poor and that’s what decided John Michael to give William all the money he got from selling pecans. He would have loved to buy some sports equipment. but it was more important for William to get a bicycle so that he could get a delivery job and help support his family.
info_outlineWhen a young orphaned girl comes to live with Old Vanka, he tells her of his yearly search for the goat that leaves jewels wherever he stamps his silver hoof.