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1) The Jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
Description
A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore about an ordinary girl who must use her extraordinary bravery--and a bit of magic--to save her island home from jumbies, the scary spirits that haunt the forest.
Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into...
4) The treasure
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Prankster, joker, raven, fool? King Oberon?s right-hand jester from A Midsummer Night?s Dream. The legends are many, but the truth will now be known, as Puck finally tells his own story and faces a threat from a time before Faery began. A threat that brings him face-to-face with a new enemy?himself. With the Iron Queen Meghan Chase and her prince consort, Puck?s longtime rival Ash, and allies old and new...
11) Cursed
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Serilda and Gild attempt to break the curses that tether their spirits to Adalheid's haunted castle before the Endless Moon, when the Erlking means to capture one of the seven gods and make a wish to return his lover, Perchta, from the underworld. But as the story progresses, it becomes clear he doesn't want just one god―he wants to capture all seven, and force them to bring down the veil that keeps the Dark Ones separate from...
12) Gilded
Author
Series
Gilded duology volume 1
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue. Or so everyone believes...
13) One true king
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume 6
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In this sixth and final installment in Soman Chainani?s New York Times bestselling fantasy series, the School for Good and Evil, Camelot?s crown?and the fate of the Endless Woods?are up for grabs. Beyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters. The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final book of Soman Chainani?s New York Times bestselling fantasy series. Who will sit on Camelot?s throne...
15) The iron vow
Author
Series
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The extraordinary finale to Julie Kagawa's bestselling Iron Fey series is here and the fate of the Nevernever and all the world hangs in the balance. Join Meghan, Ash, Puck, Grimalkin, and the entire Iron Fey cast for this final epic journey into worlds where imagination knows no boundaries.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: In the realm of Awara, where gods, monsters, and humans exist side by side, Miuko is an ordinary girl resigned to a safe, if uneventful, existence as an innkeeper’s daughter. But when Miuko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Aided by a thieving magpie spirit and continuously thwarted by a demon prince, Miuko must outfox...
20) It is a tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
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