Trina Schart Hyman
9) Tight times
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1983, c1979
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small boy, not allowed to have a dog because times are tight, finds a starving kitten in a trash can on the same day his father loses his job.
12) Canterbury tales
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Several of the popular stories are retold with handsome illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Beautiful edition of selected stories including: The Pardoner's Tale and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In 1386, Chaucer recorded, or created, the stories spun by 30 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury. Cohen and Hyman have responded to Chaucer's masterpiece with lively prose and unforgettable pictures that evoke the colorful world of 14th-century England....
14) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Retells the tale of the beautiful girl imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Latke, the lucky dog: Rescued from an animal shelter on the first night of Hanukkah, Latke the puppy joins the family just in time for the celebrations. Although he has trouble learning the house rules, he is one Lucky Dog! Told from the pup's point of view, this sweet Hanukkah song is perfect for little ones.
Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins: Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
19) Matilda Bone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inquisitions postmortem are the single most important source for the history of medieval English landed society and are indispensable to social, economic, and political historians of the later middle ages, they were compiled with the help of jurors from the area, as a county-by-county record of a deceased individual's land-holdings and associated rights, where the individual held land directly of the crown. It is this explicit connection with land...
20) A Hidden Magic
Author
Language
English
Description
A young princess is tasked with rescuing a spoiled prince-if she really wants to-in this fantasy adventure by the author of Dragon Bait.
Once upon a time, there lived a very nice but very plain young princess named Jennifer. And, she had the bad luck to fall in love with the very handsome but very conceited prince Alexander. The prince had a gift for offending everyone he met, including one day an evil witch, who cast a deep spell over him. It falls...