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1. Bone soup: a spooky, tasty tale

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Author:
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
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Cary Regional - Picture Books - Holidays
E CAPUCILLI
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books - Holidays
E CAPUCILLI
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books - Holidays
E CAPUCILLI
Description:
In this version of the classic tale Stone soup, three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup.

2. Goldilocks and the three bears

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Author:
Brett, Jan, 1949-
Series:
Well-loved Tales
Language:
English
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Book, Board Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

3. Who will bell the cat?

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Author:
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017
Publisher:
Holiday House
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E MCKISSACK
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 4
E MCKISSACK
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E MCKISSACK
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After barn mice make a collar with a bell to warn them when Marmalade the cat is approaching, Smart Mouse must devise a way to safely put the collar on her in this retelling of a Aesop fable.

4. Mee-An and the magic serpent

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Author:
Diakité, Baba Wagué
Publisher:
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date:
[2007]
Language:
English
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Green Road Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 DIAKI
Richard B Harrison - Juvenile Non-Fiction - Does Not Circulate
J398.2 DIAKI
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When Assa finds her beautiful sister Mee-An the perfect mate, the two sisters go off to live with him, only to discover that he is not at all what he seems to be. Humorous African folktale tells about beautiful Mee-An who wants to get married but can't seem to find a man who is as perfect as she is.

5. The tale of the tiger slippers

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Author:
Brett, Jan, 1949-
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
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East Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 3
J398.2 BRETT
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 BRETT
Green Road Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 BRETT
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A retelling of a folktale about how a pair of magical slippers always find their way back to the tiger whose mother made them for him.

6. The squeaky door

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Author:
MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
[2006]
Language:
English
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E MACDONALD
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E MACDONALD
North Regional - Picture Books
E MACDONALD
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When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.

7. The Little Red Hen (makes a pizza)

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Author:
Sturges, Philemon
Series:
Picture Puffins
Publisher:
Puffin
Pub. Date:
2002
Language:
English
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13 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E STURGES
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In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it.

8. Call it courage

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Author:
Sperry, Armstrong, 1897-1976
Language:
English
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Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.

9. The three snow bears

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Author:
Brett, Jan, 1949-
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date:
[2007]
Language:
English
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Cary Regional - Picture Books has 2
E BRETT
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E BRETT
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E BRETT
Description:
Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

10. Tops & bottoms

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Author:
Stevens, Janet
Publisher:
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date:
[1995]
Language:
English
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E STEVENS
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E STEVENS
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E STEVENS
Description:
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

11. Sikulu & Harambe by the Zambezi river: an African version of the good Samaritan story

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Author:
Oguneye, Kunle
Publisher:
Blue Brush Media
Pub. Date:
[2008]
Language:
English
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Northeast Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.209 OGUNE
Richard B Harrison - Juvenile Non-Fiction - Does Not Circulate
J398.209 OGUNE
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When an old woman's wash floats away in the Zambezi river, the fish, stork, and elephant do not help her, but Sikulu the spider and Harambe the hippopotamus come to her aid and she rewards them with lavish gifts.

12. The three little pigs

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Author:
Hillert, Margaret
Series:
Beginning-to-Read
Publisher:
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
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35 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Beginning Readers Fiction
BR HILLERT
Duraleigh Road - Beginning Readers Fiction has 2
BR HILLERT
East Regional - Beginning Readers Fiction
BR HILLERT
Description:
Simple text relates the adventures of three little pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes and how they deal with the big bad wolf. Includes reading activities.

13. Mouse & lion

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Author:
Burkert, Rand
Publisher:
Scholastic
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E BURKERT
Wake Forest Community - Picture Books
E BURKERT
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Presents an adaptation of Aesop's classic tale about an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a lion in which an act of mercy proves to be a lifesaving gesture.

14. Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile

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Author:
Paye, Won-Ldy
Publisher:
H. Holt
Pub. Date:
2003
Language:
English
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Richard B Harrison - Picture Books - Does Not Circulate
E PAYE
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When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.

15. The pig who went home on Sunday: an Appalachian folktale

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Author:
Davis, Donald/ Mazzucco, Jennifer (ILT)
Series:
LittleFolk
Publisher:
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date:
2004
Language:
English
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Duraleigh Road - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.209 DAVIS
East Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.209 DAVIS
Leesville Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.209 DAVIS
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An Appalachian variant of "The Three Little Pigs," in which Mama Pig sends her three sons out into the world with good advice that only one of them heeds.

16. The story of lightning & thunder

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Author:
Bryan, Ashley
Publisher:
Atheneum
Pub. Date:
1993
Language:
English
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Cary Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.26 BRYAN
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.26 BRYAN
Middlecreek Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.26 BRYAN
Description:
In this retelling of a West African tale, Ma Sheep Thunder and her impetuous son Ram Lightning are forced to leave their home on Earth because of the trouble Ram causes.

17. Gershon's monster: a story for the Jewish New Year

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Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date:
2000
Language:
English
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Athens Drive Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 KIMME
East Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 3
J398.2 KIMME
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J398.2 KIMME
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When his sins threaten the lives of his beloved twin children, a Jewish man finally repents of his wicked ways.

18. The three bears

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Author:
Barton, Byron
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
[1991]
Language:
English
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East Regional - Picture Books
E BARTON
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E BARTON
North Regional - Picture Books
E BARTON
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While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

19. The three bears

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Author:
Galdone, Paul
Publisher:
Seabury Press
Pub. Date:
[1972]
Language:
English
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Cary Regional - Picture Books has 2
E GALDONE
East Regional - Picture Books
E GALDONE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E GALDONE
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Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

20. Goatilocks and the three bears

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Author:
Perl, Erica S.
Publisher:
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date:
[2014]
Language:
English
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 3
E PERL
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E PERL
North Regional - Picture Books has 3
E PERL
Description:
In this version of the classic tale, a hungry goat pays a visit to the home of the three bears.

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