"The Magic Weaver: a Tale from Ireland" by Melissa Shaw-Smith
Release Date: 02/28/2024
"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.
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"The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet" by Jeanne Desy
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A long time ago, in a kingdom by the sea, there was a Princess as tall and bright as a sunflower, but she refused to wither in the shadow of her betrothed Prince and found greater pleasure in her beloved talking dog.
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"Castles in the Air" by Stephen Krensky
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When a witch goes before the king to ask for the road in front of her house to be repaired, she is told by the king’s chief advisor that the king could build castles in the air if he wanted to, rather than talk to her. This gives the witch a clever idea and pretty soon the king is looking down on his kingdom from his castle in the clouds
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"Ghost Walk" by Mark A. Garland
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Arin and her Mom go to the cemetery to tell Arin’s Dad that it’s okay, that they love him and don’t blame him for what happened in the church the night they surprised two burglars. A softly told tale of a ghostly encounter in a graveyard with a nice twist at the end.
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"Miz Mephitis" by Robert D. Culp
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When Rooster ducks into the barn to get out of the afternoon rain storm he is surprised to have his sneeze answered by a polite “God bless you, young man.” When he realizes it is Miz Mephitis, the skunk, he backs away just a far as he can. But his fear is replaced by curiosity when a right friendly discussion ensues and Rooster learns there is a lot more to skunks than he had imagined.
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"The Booted Cat: or Puss in Boots." Newly translated by Sophie Masson
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A very literary and delightful modern translation/adaptation of one of Charles Perrault’s most famous fairy tails wherein the youngest son inherits nothing of value except the family cat. But the cat, who is very fond or his young master, proves to be well more that just a cat. Bebooted and behatted, the clever feline finds his master both a kingdom and a wife. For all who love happily ever afters – and cats.
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"The Imaginary Dragon" by Terry Jones
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A dragon, fearing that he doesn’t exist, shares his concern with his friends the griffin, the unicorn and the sphinx. They can offer little to ease his worries but in the end, like Rousseau, he decides, someone imagines, therefore, I am.
info_outlineWhen Conal builds his castle on a hilltop he is not aware that he is intruding in the domain of the powerful fairy, Duine Sidhe. Cursed by the fairy, Conal and his family find no happiness until Conal’s son is befriended by a weaver who weaves a magic tapestry that can lift the curse.