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Lexile measure
AD 920L
Language
English
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While nearly everyone has a memory of their own favorite tattered teddy bear, the details of the day President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear have been lost to time. Now, nearly 100 years later, the legend that has grown around that fateful encounter will captivate you in this delightful tale.Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen brings his magical touch to another great American legend with illustratons for the origins of America's favorite...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Long ago, the emperor of China, seeking a way to help recall the year in which certain events occur, calls upon the animals to race one another and the first twelve to finish will have a year named after them.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
The young maiden Leelinau is forbidden from going into the Spirit Wood. But Leelinau so enjoys her time spent there with the Pukwudjinees (the tiny fairies of the forest) that she risks playing with them time and time again. The legend explores the resistance many of us harbor of entering adulthood. 'Leelinau was so happy to be in the Spirit Wood once again that she began to dance all around. Then she sat down amidst a mess of large tree roots that...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Long, long ago, the ancient people of the forest gathered around warm fires and told the tale of a time long past, when the land known as 'Michigane' was covered with ice and snow. For thousands of years the cruel North Wind ruled the land North of Up North, chasing away the gentle, benevolent winds from the East, West and South. Winter stayed the whole year round, so nothing could live in Michigane. Not until an old warrior and a young boy traveled...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
At the southernmost tip of New Jersey lie the resort town of Cape May and its sparkling sandy beaches, sheltering the Delaware Bay. Formed by melting glaciers thousands of years past, the Delaware River flows from its headwaters to spill into the Delaware Bay. And for thousands of years, fragments of quartz rock have ridden the river, plucked from the mountains lining its banks. Polished and buffed as they tumble along, these rock particles dazzle...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
The sixth tale in our Legend series, The Legend of the Petoskey Stone focuses on the naming of this unique fossil, found only on the shores of Lake Michigan. From the ancient, warm sea that covered most of the state, through Native American history and the history of the town named after a great chief, The Legend of the Petoskey Stone is a welcome addition to the fables so richly told and illustrated by this much-loved and honored children's book...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
The great Gitchee Manitou has sent Nanabush the Giant Hare to the new north country to give the first animals their names and special markings. But trickster that he is, Nanabush prefers to play silly games. When Ahmik the Giant Beaver lures Nanabush into a chase across the newly formed land and water, their game etches out a beautiful wonderland of islands and ponds and lakes. Readers young and old will enjoy the legend behind the creation of the...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
AD 990L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"An original legend explaining the origin of sea glass, those small pieces of colored glass found and collected on beaches. This tale attributes it to the tears of mermaids, weeping for lives lost at sea" --