Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"In her small hometown, librarian Ruth Cornier has always felt like an outsider, even as her beloved father rains fire-and-brimstone warnings from the pulpit at Holy Fire Baptist. Unfortunately for Ruth, the only things the townspeople fear more than the God and the Devil are the myths that haunt the area, like the story of the Low Man, a vampiric figure said to steal into sinners' bedrooms and kill them on moonless nights. When a skull is found deep...
Author
Pub. Date
1969
Physical Desc
xii, 205 pages 24 cm.
Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
3) To be a king
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 11
Description
Hoole uses the power of the Ember in the final, decisive battle and searches for the ideal place to establish an order of free owls.
Author
Description
"Set on an Ojibwe reservation in northern Minnesota, This Town Sleeps is the story of Marion Lafournier, a gay Ojibwe man, and his search for meaning in a town he cannot seem to leave. When he begins a romance with a closeted former high school classmate Shannon, Marion finds himself struggling to connect with the volcanic and unstable man. One night, while roaming the dark streets of Geshig, Marion unknowingly brings to life a dog from underneath...
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
58 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 19 x 26 cm.
Description
The Jocko River flows through the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. For thousands of years the Salish and Pend d'Oreille Indians lived along its banks, finding food and medicine in its plants and fish and in the game hunted on its floodplain. Readers of this story will learn about the history and culture of the river and its meaning in Native life, tradition, and religion. They will also discover the scientific background and social...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
161 p.
Description
Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, legends of lost treasure, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, author Lynn Bragg recounts fifteen myths and mysteries from Washington's past, verifying some tales from multiple accounts and exposing some stories for what may have really occurred. Readers will be riveted...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Through myth-busting archaeology, dramatic recreations, and cutting-edge forensic investigation, National Geographic attempts to accurately reconstruct the faces of some of the most legendary characters of the Bible.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
114 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible narration that captures all the tale's drama and humor....
Author
Description
"A reimagining of the Snow White story set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s"--
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-- the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but the birth of Boy's...
Author
Series
Description
"Having narrowly saved the metropolis of Tevanne from destruction, Sancia Grado and her allies have turned to their next task: sowing the seeds of a full-on magical-industrial revolution. If they succeed, the secrets behind scriving--the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience--will be accessible to all of Tevanne's citizens, much to the displeasure of the robber-barons who've hoarded this knowledge for themselves. But one of Sancia's enemies...
16) Mañanaland
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds, armed with a treasured compass, a mysterious stone rubbing, and Buelo's legend as his only guides.
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who in turn sets in motion the events which lead to the once ill-treated girl's marrying the tzar.
19) Pecos Bill
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
44 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Series
Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 22
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
The "Eisner Award-winning series sees the conclusion of the beloved stories of Bigby Wolf, Rose Red, Boy Blue, Pinnochio and countless other timeless fables. The only question left to be answered is whether or not they will have a happy ending."--Provided by publisher.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Request an item not in the catalog. Submit Request