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A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

Eleven-year-old Eldon, growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.

Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.

Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.

In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.

"The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, and swear. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual Christmas pageant. None of the Herdmans has ever heard the Christmas story before. Their interpretation of the tale--the Wise Men are a bunch of dirty spies--has a lot of people up in arms. And their wild antics cause havoc throughout the play's production....

A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.

A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

Yellowstone is artfully celebrated in this board book, designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an appreciation for this national treasure. Rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of Yellowstone. A wonderful introduction to the world’s first national park, this guide to Yellowstone highlights many of the park's most interesting places...

First Published in 1892, "The Green Fairy Book" is the fourth in a series of collections of fairy tales from around the world edited by Andrew Lang, the Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic, with translations and retellings by several authors, including his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. Lang and Alleyne collaborated on popular and enduring collections of fairy tales and poetry for over twenty years. Lang and Alleyne achieved great commercial...