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5) Gilded
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When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to...
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Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving first published in 1819. Set in the years before and after the American Revolutionary War in a village at the foot of New York's Catskill Mountains, it follows a Dutch-American villager named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England...
9) The hat
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When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.
10) Flunked
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When petty thief Gilly, who lives with five younger brothers and sisters in a run-down boot, gets caught stealing, she is sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform School, where all of the teachers are former villains, including the Big Bad Wolf, the Evil Queen, and Cinderella's Wicked Stepmother.
12) Sleeping Beauty
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Hidden in the woods is a castle that has been asleep for a hundred years. Only the handsome prince, and your young readers, can wake the sleeping princess and break the spell. Green level for your beginning reader. Reviewed Short Tales introduce entertaining, easy-to-read books to children in the hopes that they will acquire a love of reading that will last a lifetime. Bring the fantasy world of fairy tales to beginning readers with the Short Tales...
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Deep under the sea, the little mermaid imagined the human world. Finally, her day came to go to the surface, and even your youngest reader can tag along on her journey! Green level for your beginning reader. Reviewed Short Tales introduce entertaining, easy-to-read books to children in the hopes that they will acquire a love of reading that will last a lifetime. Bring the fantasy world of fairy tales to beginning readers with the Short Tales Fairy...
14) Armadilly chili
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In this Texas-style adaptation of a traditional folktale, a tarantula, mockingbird, and horned toad refuse to help an armadillo prepare a batch of chili but nevertheless expect to eat it when it's ready.
15) Hearts of ice
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Evangeline discovers that she has a long-lost twin sister and is forced to use powers she never knew she possessed to protect her from their father, king of a land of snow, who is trying to lure her sister into his magical realm.
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In the town of Fairfold, where humans and faeries exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king.
19) A day in the sun
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Olaf the snowman dreams of summer and a variety of summertime activities he would enjoy.
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Straight from Arabian Nights, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp is adapted for your youngest readers. Follow Aladdin as he discovers the genie and true love in this Short Tale. Green level for your beginning reader. Reviewed Short Tales introduce entertaining, easy-to-read books to children in the hopes that they will acquire a love of reading that will last a lifetime. Bring the fantasy world of fairy tales to beginning readers with the Short Tales Fairy...
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