Theme: Greed

Saving The Griffin

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Three American siblings on holiday in a small Italian town encounter an extraordinary creature and find adventure, mystery, and a whole new world of trouble. For Kate, life back home in Minnesota is a not-so-distant memory. Her father’s work has brought the family overseas to a countryside estate in Tuscany. Kate spends much of her [...]

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Ring of the Slave Prince

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Tom O’Connor, a poor, adventurous boy lives with his mother and half sister at a tavern on the island of Nevis in 1639. He rescues a slave from drowning, learns he is prince, loses him, travels the Southern Hemisphere in search of him, and finally brings him home to Cape Verde, hoping for a grand [...]

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Fisherman and the Turtle

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Although this is based on the Grimm Brothers’ The Fisherman and His Wife, the author shifts the setting to Aztec society and reshapes the story so that the fisherman’s good wishes come from a wise old sea turtle. Shortly after he frees the sea turtle from his net, the modest fisherman first asks for four [...]

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The Fisherman and His Wife

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Caldecott Honor–winning artist Rachel Isadora brings another fabulous fairy tale to brilliant life with her stunning collages. The Brothers Grimm story of the kind fisherman who catches an enchanted fish, and his greedy wife who always wants more, is perfect for these “give-me” times.

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Crazy Jack

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Once there was a boy named Jack who traded away a cow for a handful of beans. But Jack was no fool, he was haunted since the day his father climbed up into the clouds and vanished. When the beans provide a way for Jack to pursue his father, he enters the Giant’s world, where [...]

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The Robe of Skulls

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet, but her treasure chest is empty of gold. That doesn’t stop her, however — from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will her plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie Gillypot, two chatty bats, a [...]

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Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. By the time she’s seven, the tireless girl can even outskip the fairies and is rewarded with a gift of rare and lasting value. Can she use it many years later to save the children’s fabled skipping grounds from a greedy, factory-building lord?

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Mangoes & Bananas

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Mangoes and Bananas tells the tale of Kanchil the mouse deer and Monyet the monkey-two friends who plant a garden together. But when the trees bear fruit, Monyet begins to eat everything himself. Kanchil has to act fast if he is to get anything at all. Combining folk art with folk tale, this book reflects [...]

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The Flying Bed

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard spins an original fairy tale about a poor baker who finds a beautiful bed for his wife in a strange new shop–for free! Perhaps his bad luck has turned? But there are more wonders in store, for the bed has magical powers. That night, the couple flies across the heavens to [...]

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The Tenth Power

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Having lost her magical powers of chantment, eighteen-year-old Calwyn searches for the missing half of the broken Wheel of the Tenth Power so she can stop the plague and endless winter that have fallen on her world. Sequel to Waterless sea.

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