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With the aid of a sorceress, young Li Ju seeks his mother's precious handmade tapestry held by the fairies of Sun Mountain
By Laszlo Gal (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780803703049 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1987, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: With the aid of a sorceress, young Li Ju seeks his mother's precious handmade tapestry held by the fairies of Sun Mountain

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Product Description: A retelling of a Blackfeet Indian legend in which a young brave travels to the land of the Sun to ask for the hand of his beloved.

Paperback:

9780385158749 | Doubleday, April 1, 1987, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A retelling of a Blackfeet Indian legend in which a young brave travels to the land of the Sun to ask for the hand of his beloved.

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Details the inner workings, strategies, and tactics that made the Rajneesh movement a major international religious phenomenon and reveals how the Bhagwan inspired thousands of sophisticated people to give their lives and possessions to him

Hardcover:

9780062508218 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1987, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Details the inner workings, strategies, and tactics that made the Rajneesh movement a major international religious phenomenon and reveals how the Bhagwan inspired thousands of sophisticated people to give their lives and possessions to him

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A retelling of a Blackfeet Indian legend in which a young brave travels to the land of the Sun to ask for the hand of his beloved.

Paperback:

9780440413585 | Reprint edition (Doubleday, May 1, 1987), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A brave named Scarface must journey to the lands beyond the Great Waters to prove himself and ask Father Sun to release Singing Rain, the daughter of his chief, from her vow never to wed

Reinforced:

9780606035194 | Demco Media, May 1, 1987, cover price $13.35 | About this edition: A brave named Scarface must journey to the lands beyond the Great Waters to prove himself and ask Father Sun to release Singing Rain, the daughter of his chief, from her vow never to wed

Tony Kovacs, seventeen, realizes that he is the only one who can stop a bloodthirsty succubus from increasing her powers

Paperback:

9780425114339 | Berkley Pub Group, January 1, 1989, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Tony Kovacs, seventeen, realizes that he is the only one who can stop a bloodthirsty succubus from increasing her powers

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A retelling of how the king's daughter rescues her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother

School and Library:

9780671658489 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A retelling of how the king's daughter rescues her six brothers from the enchantment imposed on them by their wicked stepmother

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Explores the mystery of the legendary beast said to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness and which has always eluded scientific scrutiny. Is it a leftover dinosaur or a harmless folktale?

Library:

9780899080727 | Greenhaven Pr, May 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Explores the mystery of the legendary beast said to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness and which has always eluded scientific scrutiny.

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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

School and Library:

9780803706194 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1989, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded

Library:

9780803706200 | Dutton Childrens Books, September 1, 1989, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded

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Product Description: With the aid of a sorceress, young Li Ju seeks his mother's precious handmade tapestry held by the fairies of Sun Mountain.

Paperback:

9780140546262 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1990, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: With the aid of a sorceress, young Li Ju seeks his mother's precious handmade tapestry held by the fairies of Sun Mountain.

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The White Cat helps the youngest prince win his father's throne.

Hardcover:

9780531058091 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The White Cat helps the youngest prince win his father's throne

Paperback:

9780531071700 | Orchard Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The White Cat helps the youngest prince win his father's throne.

Library:

9780531084090 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: The White Cat helps the youngest prince win his father's throne

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Product Description: 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 American South. A 1989 Caldecott Honor Book.

Paperback:

9780590441896, titled "The Talking Eggs" | Scholastic Paperbacks, August 1, 1990, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: 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 American South.

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A collection of four short tales about such legendary American heroes as John Henry, Old Stormalong, Sluefoot Sue, and Paul Bunyan
By Andrew Glass (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780385249072 | Doubleday, September 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A collection of four short tales about such legendary American heroes as John Henry, Old Stormalong, Sluefoot Sue, and Paul Bunyan

Paperback:

9780385321808 | Doubleday, August 1, 1995, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A collection of four short tales about such legendary American heroes as John Henry, Old Stormalong, Sluefoot Sue, and Paul Bunyan

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A picture-book version of the ballet famed for its Stravinsky music depicts the plight of Prince Ivan after a magnificent firebird gives him a magical feather with which he tries to rescue the Princess Elena.
By Robert D. San Souci and Kris Waldherr (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803707993 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1992, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Prince Ivan wanders into an enchanted garden and, with the help of the magnificent Firebird, rescues a princess from an evil sorcerer

Library:

9780803708006 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1992, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Prince Ivan wanders into an enchanted garden and, with the help of the magnificent Firebird, rescues a princess from an evil sorcerer

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Recounts the coming of the Pilgrims to America, with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.
By Robert D. San Souci and N. C. Wyeth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781880507032 | Lectorum Pubns, June 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Brings to life the establishment of the Plymouth Colony, the lifestyles of the early settlers, and the events of the first Thanksgiving, with paintings by N.

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Unhappy with her life at home, Sukey receives kindness and wealth from Mama Jo the mermaid.

Paperback:

9780689807183 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, May 1, 1996), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A beautiful, brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves Sukey from her bossy stepfather, who works her too hard, but safe beneath the sea, Sukey reconsiders and decides she would like to return to the world she left behind

School and Library:

9780027781410 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Eager to escape her stepfather's scolding, Sukey, the hardworking daughter of poor South Carolina Islanders, unwittingly conjures up Mama Jo, a beautiful, brown-skinned mermaid, who gives Sukey a special gift

Prebinding:

9780785791348 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A beautiful, brown-skinned, black-eyed mermaid saves Sukey from her bossy stepfather, who works her too hard, but safe beneath the sea, Sukey reconsiders and decides she would like to return to the world she left behind

A poor boy hopes to win a fortune for himself and his family by spending the night in a haunted house and bravely standing up to a frightening ghost

Paperback:

9780671792480 | Reissue edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, August 1, 1992), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: A poor boy hopes to win a fortune for himself and his family by spending the night in a haunted house and bravely standing up to a frightening ghost

School and Library:

9780671671761 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A poor boy hopes to win a fortune for himself and his family by spending the night in a haunted house and bravely standing up to a frightening ghost.

Reinforced:

9780606121989 | Reissue edition (Demco Media, August 1, 1992), cover price $15.81 | also contains The Boy and the Ghost | About this edition: A poor boy hopes to win a fortune for himself and his family by spending the night in a haunted house and bravely standing up to a frightening ghost

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The author of The Talking Eggs recounts the story, derived from Russian folklore, of a tsar who unwittingly pledges his son to a demon and a princess who helps the young man escape his fate, with many richly painted illustrations.

School and Library:

9780399215810 | Philomel Books, November 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The tsar's son outwits a powerful demon with the aid of a beautiful princess

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When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back
By Stephen Johnson (photographer) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780803714090 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back

Library:

9780803714106 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back

Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea.

Library:

9780385158671 | Doubleday, March 1, 1981, cover price $9.29 | About this edition: In an illustrated retelling of an ancient Eskimo legend, Sedena, a beautiful maiden who lives by the sea, is courted by many men but dreams only of a certain handsome hunter who lives on the Island of Birds

Reinforced:

9780606043298 | Demco Media, June 1, 1994, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: In an illustrated retelling of an ancient Eskimo legend, Sedna, a beautiful maiden who lives by the sea, is courted by many men but dreams only of a certain handsome hunter who lives on the Island of Birds

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A collection of thirty short and spooky tales includes eerie stories from the folklore of Russia, Italy, China, Mexico, and other areas of the world. Reprint.
By Katherine Coville (illustrator), Jacqueline Rogers (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780385321020, titled "More Short & Shivery: Thirty Terrifying Tales" | Delacorte Pr, September 1, 1994, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A collection of contemporary and classic scary stories from around the world, complete with ghastly details and spooky endings

Paperback:

9780440418573 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, August 1, 2002), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A collection of contemporary and classic scary stories from around the world, complete with ghastly details and spooky endings.
9780385322508, titled "More Short & Shivery: Thirty Terrifying Tales" | Reprint edition (Delacorte Pr, September 1, 1996), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A collection of contemporary and classic scary stories from around the world, complete with ghastly details and spooky endings

Maria's kindness to two strangers is repaid with a gold star on her forehead, while her ill-tempered stepsisters receive rewards more appropriate for their behavior.

Hardcover:

9780399226946 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Maria's kindness to two strangers is repaid with a gold star on her forehead, while her ill-tempered stepsisters receive rewards more appropriate for their behavior.

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A tailor who kills seven flies with one blow outwits the king and earns half his kingdom and his daughter's hand in marriage.

Paperback:

9780440408949 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, November 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A tailor uses his wits to outsmart a terrible giant and to win from the king half the kingdom and marriage to the princess

Prebinding:

9780785754015 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: A tailor uses his wits to outsmart a terrible giant and to win from the king half the kingdom and marriage to the princess

Recounts the fateful encounter of Ichabod Crane with the ghostly Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow

Paperback:

9780440410744 | Yearling Books, July 1, 1995, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A superstitious school master, rival for the hand of a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Reinforced:

9780606077798 | Demco Media, July 1, 1995, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: A superstitious school master, rival for the hand of a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Prebinding:

9780613827522, titled "Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" | Turtleback Books, June 1, 1995, cover price $15.70 | About this edition: A superstitious school master, rival for the hand of a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

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An itinerant shoemaker in colonial New England makes a pair of shoes for a beautiful young woman, although he fears the red heels are a sign that she is a witch.
By Gary Kelley (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780803711334 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1996, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: An itinerant shoemaker in colonial New England makes a pair of shoes for a beautiful young woman, although he fears the red heels are a sign that she is a witch.

Library:

9780803711341 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1995, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: An itinerant shoemaker in colonial New England makes a pair of shoes for a beautiful young woman, although he fears the red heels are a sign that she is a witch.

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A portrait of nineteenth-century American heroine Kate Shelley recounts how the Iowa teenager risked her own life to rescue the survivors of an 1881 train wreck. By the author of The Talking Eggs.
By Max Ginsburg (illustrator) and Robert D. San Souci

Hardcover:

9780803712898 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1995, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A biography of the fifteen-year-old Iowa teenager who helped avert a train disaster in 1881 and became a national heroine

Library:

9780803712904 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A biography of the fifteen-year-old Iowa teenager who helped avert a train disaster in 1881 and became a national heroine

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