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61) Ivan the terrier
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Pub. Date
c2007
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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A terrier named Ivan keeps interrupting story hour.
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Scary stories for young foxes volume 1
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The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too...
63) Battlesong
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While Gwin, a Fetcher, and her family defy the Devouts by sharing song and story, the Oyster's crew and the Sunkers continue fighting to bring light back to the dark world.
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Pub. Date
c2012
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.
66) This & that
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Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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In rhyming text Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.
67) Ash & Bramble
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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449 pages ; 22 cm
Description
After Pin and Shoe escape from servitude in the Godmother's fortress, they learn that she has taken control of Story, which can warp the world around it, forcing people into its shape, and they decide to try to break out and create their own destinies in this tale that features many familiar characters.
68) Idea jar
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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Bored with sweet, boring picture books about cute and fluffy creatures, a group of unpopular animals tries to write an adventure story featuring themselves, with unwanted help from over-eager Bunny.
70) Lovely war
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates-- and the hearts-- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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181 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Description
"Butternut is a young, anxious rabbit and master storyteller who makes friends outside her burrow - even though she was cautioned not to - and now must decide whether she will remain loyal to her family or help other animals in need"--Provided by publisher.
Butternut, a young rabbit who loves stories, makes friends among the other animals and birds of Milkweed Meadow, and convinces them to help her rescue a litter of orphaned coyote pups.
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As the 100th anniversary of the electrocution of the town's most infamous killer approaches, an anonymous text message lures five twelve-year-olds to the cemetery, inspiring the first meeting of the Graveyard Girls and setting the stage for a terrifying tale from Whisper that they will never forget.
73) Maya
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Pub. Date
2016.
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1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm.
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"The electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark -- and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away. Maya's mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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When a knight's story of battling a dragon is stalled by the dragon's vacation, he discovers the One-Stop Story Shop, which might be what he needs to finish his tale, but maybe not exactly the way he had planned.
75) Strange star
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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230 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Told primarily by servant Felix, a former slave, Lord Byron and friends gather to tell ghost stories on a stormy night in 1816 Switzerland, but a scarred girl arrives with her own dark and dangerous tale.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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71 pages ; 22 cm
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As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy in the middle of the sea at night, one of them uses his violin to tell a story of how the instrument was invented and of a white stallion that ran like the wind, weaving their stories together and giving them hope for freedom in the future.
77) Poison
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ALA Best Book for Teens recipient Chris Wooding delivers a twisted fairytale fantasy sprinkled with marvelous characters and seasoned with incredible plot twists. In the rotting stilt-village of Gull just above the foul-smelling Black Swamp, 16-year-old Poison vows to rescue her kidnapped sister from the phaeries. A wise friend reluctantly provides the money, directions, and ancient lore necessary for her journey. Poison soon encounters the treacherous...
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Clever muskrat outwits a hungry tiger with his story. "I'm going to eat you, little muskrat," said the tiger. "Wait!" said the muskrat. "I want to tell you a story." "Okay," said the tiger, "but make it quick!" Clever muskrat! He knows just how to outwit a very hungry tiger: tell him a story. Silly tiger! Tigers shouldn't listen to muskrats and their stories...especially clever muskrats with clever stories. Tom Willans creates a delightful read-aloud...
79) What I Call Life
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When Cal Lavender's mother has an "unfortunate episode" at the library, Cal is taken to a group care home run by a strange old woman called "The Knitting Lady." Cal is clear that this is not her real life, just a temporary detour. But even detours can take you where you need to be. A charming, funny, and insightful first novel.
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2019.
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57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"Gerald es cuidadoso. Piggie no lo es. Piggie no puede dejar de sonreír. Gerald puede. A Gerald le preocupa que Piggie no tenga que hacerlo. Gerald y Piggie son los mejores amigos. ¡En me rompí el trompa! Gerald le cuenta a Piggie la larga y loca historia de romper su baúl. ¿Terminará Piggie con una larga y loca historia propia?"--Libreriainternacional.com
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