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Medusa (Spanish)

Laura Layton Strom (author), Stefania Bisacco (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827740

Los mitos griegos son relatos de hace muchísimo tiempo. Con estos relatos, los griegos de la antigüedad explicaban sus héroes, sus dioses y su mundo.

Caperucita Roja

Laura Layton Strom (author), Bill Greenhead (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827733

¡Averigua qué sucede cuando Caperucita Roja habla con un desconocido!

Ratón y León

Cynthia Swain (author), Wilson Williams (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836100

Esta es una fábula acerca de la bondad y la misericordia. Si el león le hace un favor al ratón, ¿será posible que la bondad sea devuelta algún día?

¿Quién le pone el cascabel al gato?

Antonio Blane (author), Joanna Czernichowska (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836193

Los ratones convocan una reunión importante. Deben encontrar la manera de protegerse del gato de la casa. Un ratón tiene una gran idea. Pero ¿quién le pone el cascabel al gato?

Ratón de ciudad y Ratón de campo

Cynthia Swain (author), Bill Greenhead (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836117

Dos primos viven en lugares muy distintos: la ciudad y el campo. ¿Qué lugar es mejor?

¿Por qué el colibrí bebe néctar?

Cynthia Swain (author), Lisa Workman, Terry Workman (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836186

La leyenda cuenta que los colibríes comían peces. En este cuento del por qué escucharás la explicación de por qué los colibríes actualmente sólo beben néctar.

Iktomi y Muskrat

Amanda Jenkins (author), Anthony Carpenter (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836131

Este cuento de los indios Lakotas habla sobre Iktomi, un embaucador muy perezoso que no quiere tomarse la molestia de cazar para comer. ¿Muskrat le dará una lección?

Hodja y la Sopa

Jeffrey B. Fuerst (author), Bill Greenhead (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478836124

¡Un joven pobre y hambriento tiene que pagar por el simple hecho de oler una sopa! ¡Aquí viene Hodja al rescate! ¿Qué hará para ayudar al joven?

Cómo el conejo perdió la cola

Cynthia Swain (author), Juan Bautista Juan Oliver (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827719

¿Has visto alguna vez la cola peluda de un conejo? Es mullida como una bola de algodón. Según este cuento, los conejos tenían antes la cola larga como la de las ardillas.

Tlacuache y Coyote

Yanitzia Canetti (author), Lydia Mba Blazquez (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827757

Tlacuache es un animal noble que siempre quiere ayudar. Coyote aprovecha su inocencia y siempre lo logra engañar.

Por qué el cielo está lejos

Antonio Blane (author), Gerardo Suzan and A Corazon Abierto (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827627

Hace mucho tiempo los seres humanos podían comer bocados del delicioso cielo siempre que querían. Pero pronto el cielo tuvo que hacer algunos cambios.

John Henry (Spanish)

Antonio Blane (author), Michael Kress-Russick and Juan Bautista Juan Oliver (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827634

Este cuento exagerado afroamericano habla de John Henry, un hombre tan grande como un roble vestido de overol. ¡Lee sobre el más forzudo constructor de ferrocarriles en el este, el oeste, el norte y el sur!

Neptuno y Minerva

Laura Layton Strom (author), Kirk Parrish (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827672

Dos dioses quieren gobernar una ciudad. Se organiza un concurso para decidir quién es el ganador. ¿El que resulte vencido será un buen perdedor?

Cómo obtuvo sus rayas la ardilla rayada

Brooke Harris (author), Julia Patton (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827641

¿Sabes por qué todas las ardillas rayadas tienen tres rayas largas en el lomo? Este cuento del porqué explica de manera muy creativa cómo las obtuvieron

El jaguar y la nutria

Yanitzia Canetti (author), Andrew Rowland (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827665

The jaguar gets angry when all of the animals in the jungle create a ruckus. The otter says he isn't afraid and continues to make noise. What will happen?

Buli el sapo y Bibi la bibijagua

Yanitzia Canetti (author), Manuela Santoni (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827702

Un sapo grande y cabezón vive burlándose y ofendiendo a todos los animales a su alrededor. Hasta que un buen día, por molestar a una pequeña hormiga aprende una gran lección.

Pandora (Spanish)

Laura Layton Strom (author), Stefania Bisacco (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827696

Qué tal que te dieran de regalo una caja cerrada con candado? ¿Qué tal que te dijeran que nunca la abrieras? Pandora recibió de Zeus un regalo cerrado con candado. ¿Se fijará qué hay adentro?

El tucán y la tortuga

Yanitzia Canetti (author), Louise Pigott (illustrator)

Publisher: Newmark Learning ISBN: 9781478827658

El silencio de la naturaleza, ¿te aburre o te da tranquilidad? En esta fábula, el tucán y la tortuga deben decidir al respecto.

The Legend of the Loon

Kathy-jo Wargin (author), Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627531818

The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island stories. A Grandmother's love for her grandchildren is magically portrayed in "The Legend of the Loon". A perfect addition to your collection, this book remains true to the heartwarming qualities you've come to expect from these legendary storytellers.

The Legend of Sleeping Bear

Kathy-jo Wargin (author), Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627531795

It started with a mother's love... Fleeing from a forest fire, a mother bear urges her two cubs into the watery shelter of a vast body of water. Though it will be difficult, she knows if they can swim across to the opposite shore, they will be safe. With calls of encouragement and steadfast love, Mother Bear guides her cubs across the great lake, Lake Michigan. And the story of what happens once Mother Bear reaches the far shore becomes the legend behind the natural wonder known as Sleeping Bear Dune.

Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet

Helen L. Wilbur (author), Victor Juhasz (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627531634

Whose face launched a thousand ships? Who dropped an apple to win a race? What creature has the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and always wakes up on the wrong side of the bed? The Oracle knows and so will young readers after they encounter the strange creatures, exotic gods, and exciting stories in Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet. Human endeavors are often at odds with the whims and the will and the ways of the gods. Although they're up in Olympus without any cares, they just can't stop meddling in human affairs

Johnny Kaw: A Tall Tale

Devin Scillian (author), Brad Sneed (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627530064

Five minutes after his birth, Johnny Kaw is over six feet tall and still growing. When he outgrows his crib and even their town, his parents decide to move west where "little" Johnny can have plenty of room to play. After the family crosses the wide Missouri River to Kansas, Johnny sits down to play with his dog. His bottom ends up making the valley where his family will settle. And when Johnny clears stones from a field so his father can plow, he ends up creating the Rocky Mountains in the process. The legendary folk hero shapes the state's landscape by carving out valleys and creating prairies with his bare hands. Why, he even takes on a tornado when it threatens the family farm.

Finn McCool and the Great Fish

Eve Bunting (author), Zachary Pullen (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781585365821

Finn McCool is the largest giant in all of Ireland. He's a fierce warrior, even beating the giant Culcullan and saving Ireland from the Scots. Helpful and kind, he helps the farmers bring in the hay. And everyone in the village of Drumnahoon admires him. "He's the best-hearted man that ever walked on Ireland's green grass." But for all his strength, courage, and goodness, there's one thing that Finn lacks. He's just not smart. And he knows it. When a wise man living in a nearby village tells Finn about a magical red salmon with the wisdom of the world, Finn sets out to catch the fish. And he learns a thing or two about himself in the process

Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart

Marybeth Lorbiecki (author), Rene Graef (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627535922

Paul Bunyan has a BIG problem. He's in love but the lady who has caught his eye will have nothing to do with him. What's a giant lumberjack to do? When Paul Bunyan meets pretty Lucette, he knows she's the gal for him. After all, she's so tall she can't fit into an ordinary cabin. She can churn butter into a thick creamy river, and when she cleans house she can twirl up a tornado! Why, it's a match made in heaven! But to win Lucette's heart, Paul must prove his worth in a love test.

Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers

Gloria Whelan (author), Yan Nascimbene (illustrator)

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 9781627531665

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Japanese provincial governors had to travel between the cities of Kyoto and Edo (modern-day Tokyo). This 300+ mile journey on the historic Tokaido Road required the presence of one to three thousand attendants (carriers). Yuki's father has been called to Edo and she, along with her mother and pet dog, must accompany him in this royal procession. Yuki does not want to go. She will miss her home and her teacher. But she must not be disrespectful so Yuki captures her thoughts in haiku, a Japanese form of poetry. Once outside the gate How will I find my way back? Will home disappear?