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Folklore 22
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Creole 1
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Egyptian 1
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Fiction 22
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Secondary 15
Princess and the peas
In this version of the classic story, Ma Sally of Charleston County, South Carolina, devises a contest for her son's admirers: cook up a dish of black-eyed peas that meets her exacting standards, and the winner can marry her son. Includes recipe for Princess' black-eyed peas.
Cinderella Battistella
Based on the musical Cinderella Battistella, created by Bob Bruce and David Cuthbert with music by Feddie Palmisano, this picture book captures all of the 1950s charm of the original performances.
Juan Bobo goes to work
Although he tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, foolish Juan Bobo keeps getting things all wrong
Fandango stew
Penniless Slim and his grandson Luis ride into the unwelcoming western town of Skinflint, and manage to rustle up a delicious meal for all its citizens out of one lone bean
A natural man
This timeless ballad has been part of American folklore for over a century. Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry discovers his true calling as a steel-driving man but he inevitably meets his match in a race against a steam drill that provides a powerful metaphor for the disruption and loss of innocence created by the industrial age. Thorne's soft charcoal drawings deftly capture the triumphal spirit of this cautionary tale
Pickin’ Peas
Because a pesky rabbit picks peas from her garden, a little girl catches it and puts it in a box, but that doesn't solve the problem
¡Muu, moo! Rimas de animales / Animal Nursery Rhymes
A collection of animal-themed nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.
Thunder Rose
Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado
The steel pan man of Harlem
A mysterious man appears in Harlem and promises to rid the city of its rats by playing the steel pan drum. Includes an author's note about the origins of the story, the setting, and the history of steel drums
Never forgotten
In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.