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Relates the fate of the fisherman's greedy wife who was never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Hardcover:

9780688860035 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1979, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Relates the fate of the fisherman's greedy wife who was never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Paperback:

9781523861699 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 4, 2016, cover price $12.99 | also contains Fisherman and His Wife, The Fisherman and His Wife
9781523862757 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 4, 2016, cover price $12.99 | also contains Fisherman and His Wife, The Fisherman and His Wife | About this edition: When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world.
9781508827337 | Large print edition (Createspace Independent Pub, March 11, 2015), cover price $13.45 | also contains Fisherman and His Wife, The Fisherman and His Wife

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By Elizabeth Shub (trans)

Paperback:

9781250021991 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, February 5, 2013), cover price $7.99

Prebinding:

9780606284257 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, February 5, 2013), cover price $18.40

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The mean and ugly Emperor Cho Cho Shang orders that everything is to made opposite, with all things kind and decent to be deemed evil and all things evil deemed good, causing the people of China much distress, until a few brave souls defy the emperor and set things straight again.
By Julian Jusim (illustrator), Elizabeth Shub (trans) and Isaac Bashevis Singer

Hardcover:

9780374376819 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The mean and ugly Emperor Cho Cho Shan, determined to be considered the handsomest and noblest man in China, declares that everything is to be the opposite of what it was and evil, ugliness, and stupidity are to be the most admired qualities in his kingdom.

Reinforced:

9780606099837 | Demco Media, April 1, 1996, cover price $12.20 | also contains The Topsy-Turvy Emperor of China | About this edition: The mean and ugly Emperor Cho Cho Shan, determined to be considered the most handsome and noble man in China, declares that everything is to be the opposite of what it was, so that evil, ugliness, and stupidity are to be the most admired qualities in hiskingdom.

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On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses

Hardcover:

9780688012106 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1982, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Carried away from her wagon train in Texas in 1845 by the old mare she is riding, a little girl is befriended by a white stallion.

Paperback:

9780440412922 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, March 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses
9780553156157 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, August 1, 1989), cover price $3.50 | also contains Zulfikar Ghose: The Lost Son of the Punjab | About this edition: On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses
9780553152449 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1984, cover price $2.25 | About this edition: On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses

Library:

9780688012113 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1982, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Carried away from her wagon train in Texas in 1845 by the old mare she is riding, a little girl is befriended by a white stallion.

Reinforced:

9780606033961 | Demco Media, March 1, 1996, cover price $13.05 | About this edition: On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses

Prebinding:

9780808534037 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.75 | About this edition: On the way across Texas, Gretchen falls asleep on the back of an old mare and awakens in the middle of a band of wild horses

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A new beautifully illustrated edition of a much-acclaimed retelling of a leprechaun story from Ireland and a story from Cornwall concerns young men named Tom, who learn to respect magic. Reissue.

School and Library:

9780688136475 | Reissue edition (Greenwillow, August 1, 1994), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A retelling of a leprechaun story from Ireland and a pisky story from Cornwall, both concerning a young man named Tom, who learns to respect magic

Library:

9780688842116 | Greenwillow, October 1, 1979, cover price $8.88 | About this edition: Retellings of two folktales find Tom nearly stepping on a leprechaun and being kidnapped by pixies

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Because of her naèivetâe Kate both loses her husband's treasure and gains it back again.

Paperback:

9780689710773 | Atheneum, February 1, 1987, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Because of her naèivetâe Kate both loses her husband's treasure and gains it back again.

School and Library:

9780027824902 | Atheneum, November 1, 1973, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A young bride's efforts to please her husband prove disastrous until she proves her cleverness by scaring off three thieves

In 1797 Sam and his grandfather explore the wild and uninhabited Fire Island, just missing a band of pirates but finding a cutlass and buried treasure

Library:

9780688059286 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1986, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: In 1797 Sam and his grandfather explore the wild and uninhabited Fire Island, just missing a band of pirates but finding a cutlass and buried treasure

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The spirit of good luck outwits the spirit of bad luck and helps a poor but honest peasant lad marry the king's daughter.
By Elizabeth Shub (trans)

School and Library:

9789995615116 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 1, 1979, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The now classic tale about the conflict between Mazel, the debonair spirit of good luck, and Schlimazel, the wicked old spirit of bad luck

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An orphaned midget boy leaves his native Turkish town to seek his fortune and finds a pair of magical shoes and an old walking stick that can detect buried treasure

Hardcover:

9780027434002 | Atheneum, February 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A dwarf proves that it is mind, not body, that is important.

Uncle Harry takes in a stray kitten for the night but then cannot find anyone who take it off his hands.

School and Library:

9780027812305 | Atheneum, August 1, 1972, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Uncle Harry rescues a frightened kitten from a tree and begins to lose his dislike for cats

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