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22) Liebre y Tortuga
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Español
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Hare & Tortoise Spanish Edition. A tortoise is an animal that moves very slowly. A hare is an animal that runs very fast. A tortoise has short legs and a hare has long legs. If they had a race, who do you think would win?
23) The Ugly Troll
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English
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The animals in this story were very hungry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff wanted to cross over a bridge to eat some delicious grass. But an ugly, hungry troll lived under the bridge. How could the goats get over the bridge?
27) May
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English
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Book 2 in Kathryn Lasky's shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.May feels her life drying up. The sea calls to her, but her parents forbid her from swimming. She longs for books, but her mother finds her passion for learning strange. She yearns for independence, but a persistent suitor, Rudd, wants to tame her spirited ways. Yet after her fifteenth birthday, the urge to break free becomes overpowering and May makes a life-changing...
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English
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Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale
delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...
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English
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This novel reflects the author real life experience standing for others being bullied. Also, his experiences filled with being the underdog in his own life dealing with the trials on the job, personal relationships, and unexpected drama from the hood. This is the second novel using the character RACE from his first published book entitled NO MORE! which explain the origins of the character.
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English
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Once upon a time...
There were mischievous gnomes, sweet fairies, and talking animals who lived happily in the forest. There were also children, princes and princesses, magical flowers, and witches on flying brooms. There were, in fact, enchanting and amusing stories, all gathered in an incredible collection of fairy tales.
Add this book to your cart and get ready to fly on the wings of imagination... get ready to dream!
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Charming stories - brimming with humor, whimsy, and imagination - include an Algonquin tale of how Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog; "The Meeting of the Wild Animals," a Tsimshian myth recounting how all the animals came to fear the porcupine; "The Man Who Married the Moon" a Pueblo story; others. 6 full-page illustrations.
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English
Description
Each booklet in the collection is inspired by traditional stories and allows novice readers to discover the marvelous world of fables. The author uses simple phrasing to recount the adventure of legendary characters. The illustrations help support the narrative and promote further study. Furthermore, each tale
delivers an important moral or life lesson that activates the imagination of young readers and encourages them to make deeper and more meaningful...
33) Gaïa m'a raconté
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Français
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À l'origine, c'était la confusion sur Terre. Mais Gaïa m'a raconté comment le soleil et la lune se sont entendus pour faire régner l'ordre.
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English
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Bonnie the Black Bitch is the protector and guardian of Linlithgow and it's inhabitants. Bonnie is no ordinary dog she has magic powers and the ability to travel in time. A loyal servant to many Kings,Queens,Chieftains & Masters of old she never tires of helping people and to work out problems that arise in the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow. This first book is introducing some of the Characters who live in the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow and one of these...
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Français
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Les merveilleux contes rassemblés dans ce livre sont un voyage magique à travers des histoires imaginatives qui ont enchanté des générations d'enfants. Chaque page est une fenêtre ouverte sur un monde fantastique o des animaux qui parlent, des princes et des princesses, des sorcières et des lutins vivent des aventures passionnantes et apprennent d'importantes leçons de vie. En feuilletant les pages de ce livre, les enfants seront transportés...
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Italiano
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Questo libro è una raccolta di fiabe per bambini.
Ho scelto esperienze della mia vita per condividerle con le future generazioni di bambini.
Alcune sono vere, mentre altre sono inventate. Sappiamo tutti che i bambini hanno un'immaginazione brillante.
Questo libro stimolerà la loro creatività e insegnarà loro l'abilità di leggere fin da giovani. A casa, potrete godervi le avventure contenute in questo libro. Buona lettura, bambini,...
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Once upon a time...
There were mischievous gnomes, sweet fairies, and talking animals who lived happily in the forest. There were also children, princes and princesses, magical flowers, and witches on flying brooms. There were, in fact, enchanted and amusing stories, all gathered in an incredible collection of fairy tales.
Get ready to fly on the wings of imagination... get ready to dream!
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English
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The story is set in a fictitious Middle Eastern region two thousand years ago. The tale begins with the arrival of a mysterious stranger to a goat herder's campsite, who captivates a little girl named Alimud with a story about a giant donkey and his young mistress who cared for him. The story is ultimately one of Love and Friendship between an unusual giant donkey named Aba that has preternatural abilities, which also includes having a very strong...
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Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Boy and His Mud Horses features a collection of 27 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. Also includes, a foreword by Albert White Hat, Sr., a nationally respected Lakota leader and linguist.
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