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Robert D. San Souci
A spellbinding Native American version of the well-loved Cinderella story, this title is by the award-winning author and illustrator team of many popular books for young readers, including The Legend…
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Robert D San Souci
This Caribbean version of the Cinderella fairy tale is told from the point of view of the fairy godmother, giving the story a fresh take and a new flavor by…
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In a romantic folktale drawn from various African-American traditions, a beautiful brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves a poor, unhappy girl. Sukey’s step-pa’s a bossy do-nothing man who drinks and works her…
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.
A fine text and superlative production ( The Horn Book ). San Souci dedicated this book to the school teachers of America (and) they will find the book extremely helpful…
Adapted from the Brother’s Grim, Mama and Papa Bear leave Jonas and Juniper in charge of the household but pandemonium follows when the young bears try to recover the family…
Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring worm saves two bear cubs stranded at the top of the rock known as El Capitan.
Robert San Souci
Inviting readers back to a hair-raising world of chills and thrills, this companion to Short & Shivery presents 30 carefully selected stories from international ghostlore, both classic and contemporary, vividly…
When the doll maker creates Zigzag from clothing scraps, she promises that some child will love you. Her promise gives the strange-looking doll hope. But the other dolls and stuffed…
Provides a collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world.
Written in San Souci’s trademark style for maximum jitters, and illustrated with Ouimet’s eerie black-and-white drawings, this second volume includes ghost stories, science fiction, dark fantasy, and jump stories for…
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Meet Cinderella Skeleton, as sweetly foul as only a ghoul can be. Poor Cinderella has no one to help her hang the cobwebs and arrange dead flowers–certainly not her evil…
Little Gold Star is a Spanish-American retelling of the familiar Cinderella story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin…
This collection of American folktales spans the U.S. with 15 stories of larger-than-life women, from Molly Cottontail, who can outwit any critter in the woods, to Hekeke, who slays a…
This haunting tale from the French West Indies is both a Caldecott Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book for Illustration. The story is filled with dark…
The author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktale that captures the unique flavor of the…
Scary stories are a perennial favorite among youngsters, and Robert D. San Souci obliges them with 13 more spine-tingling horror stories in Triple-Dare to Be Scared. Each elegantly crafted vignette…
In this new addition to the series, author San Souci and illustrator Ouimet join forces to present 13 deliciously frightening tales. Elements of urban legend and folklore are utilized to…
In this creepy collection, award winning writer Robert San Souci draws on myths, legends, and folk tales to create thirteen completely new stories, all featuring boys and girls from 8…
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Thirty hair-raising tales by some of the world’s most famous authors have been skillfully retold here especially for young readers. Includes such famous chillers as the Brothers Grimm’s The Robber…
Scare-master San Souci serves up 10 chilling tales about untraditional haunted houses: a mansion full of pirate treasure, a ghost trapped in a mysterious dollhouse, a boy whose vacation house…
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