Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mbeku, the greedy tortoise, gets himself invited to the banquet in Skyland, but is trapped with no way to get back to Earth in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell.
62) Cavan Folk Tales
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The history of Cavan, affectionately known as 'The Lakeland County', is made up of a rich tapestry of folk tales, myths and legends. It is said to be the home of the wailing banshee of the McCabes, the site of Finn MacCool's last resting place (where his fingers can still be seen) and where, legend has, a young girl came perilously close to marrying the devil.
In this book Gary Branigan will take you on a journey through Cavan's past, recalling...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Do motorists pick up a phantom hitchhiker on Blue Bell Hill during stormy nights? Does Satan appear if you dance round the Devil's Bush in the village of Pluckley? Do big cats roam the local woods? And, what happens if you manage to count the 'Countless Stones' near Aylesford?
For centuries, strange urban legends have materialised in the Garden of England. Now, for the first time, folklorist and monster-hunter Neil Arnold looks at these intriguing...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafia: his father. As Artemis rushes to his rescue, he is stopped by a familiar nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. But this time, instead of battling the fairies, he is going to have to join forces with them if he wants to save one of the few people in the world he loves....
66) The soup stone
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
When a family claims it has no food to feed him, a hungry soldier proceeds to make a soup with a stone and water.
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poe t Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer,psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around Lancashire, the Phantom Voice at Southport, the Leprechauns of Liverpool and the famous hanging of Pendle Witches at Lancaster,to the infamous Miss Whiplash at Clitheroe. Enjoy a rich feast of local...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
STORYTELLERS Lindsey Gibb & C.A. Hope bring together stories from Perthshire, the heart of Scotland, with its bleak moors and majestic mountains, rushing rivers and great woodlands. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet witches and faeries, black dogs and dragons, the Cailleach and those mysterious painted people, the Picts – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Fermanagh's culture, heritage, characters and stories sets it apart from other places. Every mountain, tree, lake, stream, rock, stone and character tells a tale. There are the stories about "educated" ancient Irish pigs who understood three languages (Irish, Latin and English) and monsters that lurk under the surface of Lower Lough Erne, and there are spooky tales of ghosts, such as that of a murdered stableboy said to haunt the stable of Tempo Manor...
75) Sleeping Beauty
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautiful and beloved princess, cursed by the one fairy who was not invited to her christening, pricks her finger on her sixteenth birthday and falls asleep for one hundred years.
79) The magic gourd
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brother Rabbit and Chameleon teach a greedy king to be grateful for what he has.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request