Marcia Brown

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1) Stone soup: an old tale

Author

Brown, Marcia

Series

Billie M. Levy Collection of Illustrated Children's books

Language

English

Description

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When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make a soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

2) Cong qian you yi zhi lao shu

Author

Brown, Marcia

Series

Ai xin shu shi jie jie chu hui ben xuan volume 42
Ai xin shu hui ben guan volume 196
Xin jing dian wen hua

Language

中文

3) Dick Whittington and his cat

Author

Brown, Marcia

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the legend about a boy who became mayor of London, who heard his future in the Bells of Bow and made his fortune through his cat.

4) Once a mouse: A fable cut in wood

Series

Aladdin book

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Description

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As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

5) The three billy goats Gruff

Author

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen

Series

[Motheread]

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. A troll meets his match.

6) Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper

Author

Perrault, Charles

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

7) Shadow

Author

Cendrars, Blaise

Language

English

Description

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Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller.

8) The Snow Queen

Author

Andersen, H. C

Language

English

Description

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The story that was the inspiration for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and more recently, Frozen by Disney is re-designed in celebration of 50 years of working with Bernadette Watts--one of Europe's most recognized and beloved fairy-tale artists, known in Europe simply as Bernadette. When a young boy is cursed and unable to detect goodness, a young girl goes on a courageous journey to restore his heart and free him from the palace...