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Seventy-nine entries set forth the lineage and describe the habitats, appearances, and deeds of fairies, leprechauns, elves, and other tiny imaginary creatures of folklore

Hardcover:

9780809044504, titled "A Field Guide to the Little People" | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1977, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Seventy-nine entries set forth the lineage and describe the habitats, appearances, and deeds of fairies, leprechauns, elves, and other tiny imaginary creatures of folklore

Paperback:

9780671790363 | Pocket Books, November 1, 1978, cover price $4.95

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Tells the stories of a girl mistreated by her stepsisters, a beautiful woman imprisoned in a tower by an evil witch, and a prince's search for a real princess
By Darcy May (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780307628039 | Goldencraft, October 1, 1986, cover price $13.27 | About this edition: Tells the stories of a girl mistreated by her stepsisters, a beautiful woman imprisoned in a tower by an evil witch, and a prince's search for a real princess

Tells the stories of a pig who outsmarts a hungry wolf, a goat who saves his younger brothers from a troll, and a country mouse who visits his cousin in the city
By Christopher Santoro (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780307628008 | Goldencraft, January 1, 1987, cover price $13.27 | About this edition: Tells the stories of a pig who outsmarts a hungry wolf, a goat who saves his younger brothers from a troll, and a country mouse who visits his cousin in the city

Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals

Hardcover:

9780517017906 | Outlet, March 1, 1990, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals
9780872260443 | Peter Bedrick Books, April 1, 1987, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals

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Tales of monsters, heroes, deities, and tragic lovers are narrated in this classic anthology of ancient legends

Hardcover:

9780600562931 | Book Sales, March 1, 1990, cover price $10.98 | About this edition: Tales of monsters, heroes, deities, and tragic lovers are narrated in this classic anthology of ancient legends

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Product Description: Based on Henson's Emmy Award-winning television series, this magnificent and unusual book is comprised of nine traditional European folk and fairy tales beautifully told with original full-color illustrations. The tale encompass the universal themes of folk literature--faith and need, enchantment, folly and greed, and courage and generosity...read more

Hardcover:

9780679453116 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Based on Henson's Emmy Award-winning television series, this magnificent and unusual book is comprised of nine traditional European folk and fairy tales beautifully told with original full-color illustrations.
9780394582566, titled "Jim Henson's the Storyteller" | Random House Childrens Books, November 1, 1991, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Nine fairy tales and folktales from Europe relate the stories of princesses, good and wicked giants, a boy who is half hedgehog and half human, and a storyteller who fears that he will run out of stories

Paperback:

9780375702150 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Nine fairy tales and folktales from Europe relate the stories of princesses, good and wicked giants, a boy who is half hedgehog and half human, and a storyteller who fears that he will run out of stories

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Tales of monsters, heroes, deities, and tragic lovers are narrated in this anthology of ancient legends

Hardcover:

9780679600466 | Modern Library, March 1, 1993, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Tales of monsters, heroes, deities, and tragic lovers are narrated in this anthology of ancient legends

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A varied collection of stories from German folk literature includes accounts of such characters as Siegfried, Gudrun, Reineke Fox, and Big Hermel

Paperback:

9780192741639 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 1994, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A varied collection of stories from German folk literature includes accounts of such characters as Siegfried, Gudrun, Reineke Fox, and Big Hermel

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Product Description: An absorbing look at the mythical Wild Man in Western culture

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9780472104772 | Univ of Michigan Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: An absorbing look at the mythical Wild Man in Western culture

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Retells the Finno-Ugric legend of how Bear descended from the stars in a basket of gold coins on a silver chain and learned how to live in the forest and find a place to sleep during the winter
By Tree De Gerez and Lisa Desimini (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780670851713 | Viking Childrens Books, December 1, 1994, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Retells the Finno-Ugric legend of how Bear descended from the stars in a basket of gold coins on a silver chain and learned how to live in the forest and find a place to sleep during the winter

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In this warm tale of love, Dybbuk, a spirit in Jewish legends, helps change the destiny of an unhappy bride, Leah, when he takes possession of her on her wedding day as she is being forced to marry Mean Old Benya instead of her true love, Chonon.
By Mark H. Podwal (illustrator) and Francine Prose

School and Library:

9780688143077 | Greenwillow, March 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Because forty days before a baby is born the angels in heaven decide whom it will marry, nothing prevents the wedding of Leah and Chonon from taking place.

Library:

9780688143084 | Greenwillow, March 1, 1996, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Because forty days before a baby is born the angels in heaven decide whom it will marry, nothing prevents the wedding of Leah and Chonon from taking place.

Product Description: This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.

Hardcover:

9780780802643 | Reprint edition (Omnigraphics Inc, June 1, 1997), cover price $44.00 | About this edition: This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.

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Product Description: Telling Tales explores the interlocking relationships among written medieval texts, the oral tradition, and the influence of folklore, and examines folklore and culture within literary and historical contexts. The diverse essays in this collection highlight the mutual shadowing of literature and oral narrative and how they relate to other areas of cultural production and performance, including systems of learning, political ideologies, gender formation and conflicts, folk religion, ethnic tensions, and legal practices...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780312211318 | Palgrave Macmillan, May 1, 1998, cover price $79.95 | About this edition: Telling Tales explores the interlocking relationships among written medieval texts, the oral tradition, and the influence of folklore, and examines folklore and culture within literary and historical contexts.

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Presents a collection of folktales, fables, and legends from the British Isles, Scandanavia, Central Europe, and the Mediterranean countries

Library:

9780791027561 | Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 1998, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A collection of traditional tales from Europe, including 'Lazy Jack,' 'The Lambton Worm,' and 'The Legend of the Lorelei.

A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including 'Beowulf,' 'The Sword in the Stone,' 'The Song of Roland,' and 'The Island of the Lost Children.'

School and Library:

9780590600422 | Scholastic, May 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including 'Beowulf,' 'The Sword in the Stone,' 'The Song of Roland,' and 'Gudren and the Island of the Lost Children'

Reinforced:

9780606249386 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | also contains Favorite Medieval Tales | About this edition: A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including 'Beowulf,' 'The Sword in the Stone,' 'The Song of Roland,' and 'The Island of the Lost Children.

Prebinding:

9780613935296 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2002, cover price $16.85 | also contains Favorite Medieval Tales | About this edition: A collection of well-known tales from medieval Europe, including 'Beowulf,' 'The Sword in the Stone,' 'The Song of Roland,' and 'The Island of the Lost Children.

By Kathryn A. Edwards (editor)

Hardcover:

9781931112093 | Truman State Univ Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $44.95

Paperback:

9781931112086 | Truman State Univ Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $34.95

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When his daughter falls in love with Konin, an orphaned scholar, wealthy Sender refuses to let the two be married and promises her to another man, but after Konin hears the news and dies of a broken heart, his pained soul returns to seek his revenge by inhabiting his one true love's body on her wedding day to the shock and dismay of the bride and groom's families.

Hardcover:

9780823416165 | 1 edition (Holiday House, September 30, 2005), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In this retelling of a Jewish legend, a girl is possessed by the spirit of the man she was destined to, but did not, marry.

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Hardcover:

9780517226889 | Ill edition (Gramercy, November 1, 2005), cover price $19.99

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Hardcover:

9780124371019, titled "Nmr of Newly Accessible Nuclei: Chemical and Biochemical Applications, Part A" | Academic Pr, November 1, 1983, cover price $114.00 | also contains Nmr of Newly Accessible Nuclei: Chemical and Biochemical Applications, Part A

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By Lesley Sims (other contributor) and Elisa Squillace (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780794522780 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2009, cover price $6.99

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