Fourth Grade
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Middle Eastern Mythology
USD $11.95 Add to cartThe role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the fascinating subjects of this comparative survey. Based on firsthand sources, it recounts legends of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and (read more)
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Minn of the Mississippi
USD $12.75 Add to cartAnother favorite book from my own childhood, Minn of the Mississippi is a great story, a wonderful natural history of the Mississippi River, and an outstanding geography/history lesson all rolled into one. Minn is a snapping turtle (read more)
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Moominland Midwinter: Book 6
USD $7.99 Add to cartEveryone knows that Moomins sleep through the winter. But this year, Moomintroll has woken up early. So while the rest of the family slumber, he decides to visit his favorite summer haunts. But all he finds is this strange white (read more)
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Moominpappa at Sea: Book 7
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Moominpappa’s Memoirs: Book 4
USD $7.99 Add to cartAt last it can be told! The true story of Moominpappa's youth - his triumphs, his tribulations, and his momentous meetings with the Joxter and the Muddler (the fathers of Snufkin and Sniff, respectively), and, of course, Moominmamma.
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Moominsummer Madness: Book 5
USD $7.99 Add to cartA huge wave has crashed through the valley, flooding the Moomins out of their home! With their usual resilience, the Moomins and their friends move into the first house that comes bobbing along. It's strange-looking, like a big cave with (read more)
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Moominvalley in November: Book 9
USD $7.99 Add to cartRemembering the geniality of Moominpappa and Moominmamma, six lonely friends find their separate ways back to the loving household. But the Finn family Moomintroll is gone, and the November gloom of the visitors deepens. Although none of the six is (read more)
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Mother West Wind’s Animal Friends
USD $3.00 Add to cartOld Mother West Wind has a lot of friends in the Green Forest, among them Reddy Fox, Happy Jack Squirrel, old Mr. Toad, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, and Jerry Muskrat. And of course, she and the Merry Little Breezes ((read more)
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Mother West Wind’s Neighbors
USD $3.00 Add to cartGrowing up during the late 19th century in Sandwich, Massachusetts, Thornton W. Burgess often wandered through the countryside, where he learned to recognize and appreciate the birds and animal life of the area. Later on, as an adult, he told (read more)
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Mrs. Peter Rabbit
USD $3.00 Add to cartSomething is definitely wrong with Peter Rabbit . . . he has no appetite! Deciding he is terribly lonely, Peter sets off to visit some friends in the Old Pasture but instead finds himself narrowly escaping the clutches of Hooty Owl, experiencing a (read more)
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My Bookhouse in the Nursery
USD $19.99 Add to cartFrom Mother Goose to Shakespeare, this volume assembles more than 350 beloved nursery rhymes, chants, and children's poems from around the world. Hundreds of colorful illustrations enhance the old English ballads, American Indian songs, Italian rhymes, and other folklore favorites of <(read more)
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My Bookhouse Storytime
USD $19.99 Add to cartFrom Mother Goose to Shakespeare, this edition of Story Time from the acclaimed My Book House series assembles the beloved nursery rhymes, chants, and children's poetry of many cultures. Colorful illustrations add imaginative zest to Japanese lullabies, American (read more)
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Myths and Legends of Japan
USD $12.95 Add to cartWow. What an amazing collections of stories and delicious cultural/historical tidbits - and retold so very well! Here are the most popular Japanese myths of gods, heroes and warriors; legends of Buddha, and of the goddess Benten and the (read more)
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Native American Creation Myths
USD $14.95 Add to cartJeremiah Curtin was one of the greatest linguists and ethnographers of his day, and it is to him that we owe the preservation of many of the world's greatest myths and legends. I should add, he was also a consummate (read more)
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Native American Tales and Legends
USD $4.99 Add to cartThis exciting collection contains more than thirty richly imaginative stories from a wide variety o f Native American sources covering a broad spectrum of subjects. Included are creation myths, hero tales and trickster stories, as well as tales of little (read more)
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Nature Stories
USD $7.00 Add to cartMargaret Peckham originally created these dear stories for her first graders at the Rudolf Steiner School in NYC. They are a lively, imaginative introduction to nature and its ways -- sure to captivate any child who hears them.
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Nordic Gods and Heroes
USD $11.95 Add to cartOne of the world's greatest storytellers has given us what I believe is the most elegant and engaging versions of the core of Norse mythology. Padraic Colum's retellings of these timeless stories of the rather raucous pantheon of Norse Gods, (read more)
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Nordic Hero Tales from the Kalevala
USD $8.95 Add to cartOne of the finest collections of stories from the Finnish epic, the Kalevala, Nordic Hero Tales is filled with heroes, rivals, maidens, gods and goddesses. Centered on the sampo, the magical artifact around which the epic revolves in (read more)
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Norse Mythology and the Modern Human Being
USD $16.00 Add to cartThis is a valuable study of a mythology that has as much to do with the future of human evolution as it does with these old stories of the Norse gods. Uehli moves systematically through the major figures in this (read more)
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Norse Stories and their Significance – Wilkinson
USD $14.95 Add to cartAt first sight, the Norse stories appear to be a weird and wonderful collection of tales, illogical in sequence and with no coherent theme. . . . However that may be, there is in the Norse stories a great depth of knowledge (read more)
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Old Mother West Wind
USD $3.00 Add to cartWelcome to the timeless world of the Green Forest, the laughing Brook, and the Smiling Pool. Here young readers will meet a menagerie of funny and fascinating animal friends — Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog and many more — (read more)
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Old Mother West Wind: Hardcover
USD $17.50 Add to cartIt's been a century since readers first ventured into the Green Forest to encounter Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk, and other winsome characters. This special edition commemorates the 100th anniversary of Thornton W. Burgess's first published work, Old (read more)
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Otto of the Silver Hand
USD $9.95 Add to cartPyle created a gem of story when he wrote Otto of the Silver Hand. With his wonderful command of language and consummate skill as an artist, he weaves the tale of Otto, the motherless son of a valiant (read more)
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Paddle-to-the-Sea
USD $12.75 Add to cartAn Indian boy living along the shores of Lake Superior carves a small canoe with a "Paddle Person" in it. He names it "Paddle-to-the-Sea" and sets it on its journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. (read more)
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Pagoo
USD $12.75 Add to cartThe stories of Holling Clancy Hollings rest as some of my childhood favorites - I still remember the thrill of getting to check them out of the library (again and again!) and my rapt absorbtion in the stories of creatures (read more)
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Papercraft
USD $25.00 Add to cartPaper is a remarkably versatile, easy-to-use, and easy-to-find material for use in arts and crafts. In this book, Angelika Wolk-Gerche presents detailed instructions for making hundreds of things out of paper. Papercraft includes easy-to-follow instructions for cutting out (read more)
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Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush
USD $5.95 Add to cartThe hermit thrush, a shy bird with an enchanting song, usually hides deep in the forest and reveals his song only to the lucky few. Tehanetorens, a master storyteller steeped in Mohawk tradition, presents the legendary tale of this bird (read more)
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Seabird
USD $12.75 Add to cartIn the days of the great square-rigged sailing ships, a seaman and his ship are saved from a collision with an iceberg by the swooping flight of a seagull off the shores of Greenland. In gratitude and for future good (read more)
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Song of the Seven Herbs
USD $11.95 Read moreYou and your children can enter into a beautiful story of how it came to be that the Creator of All Good Things gave healing herbs to the people of the Earth. It all began when the Creator of (read more)
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Song of the Wild Violets
USD $9.95 Add to cartThe story of a young Chippewa girl who gains new understanding about her place in the world by spending time in the woods with the plants and animals. From her new sense of being, she inspires her parents to value (read more)
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Sticks Across the Chimney
USD $11.95 Add to cartWhen young Siri, Erik, and their widowed mother buy a deserted farm with an ancient Viking grave mound on the land, they have no idea of the challenges and adventures that await them. First they must use their wits (read more)
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Sun So Hot I Froze to Death: Hardcover Edition
USD $14.95 Add to cartThe sometimes outrageous folk tales of the early days of America are the focus of this riveting reader for advanced fourth grade. You'll find Brer Rabbit, Davy Crocket, John Henry, Johnny Appleseed, Sweet Betsy from Pike, Pecos Bill and more (read more)
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Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo – OUT OF PRINT
USD $12.95 Read moreFolklore, myths, and legends compiled by a 19th century explorer offer intriguing glimpses of an unspoiled culture. This treasury of 150 stories constitutes a priceless reference for anthropologists and historians and a delight for aficionados of folktales. New Introduction. 35 black-and-white illustrations.
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The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon
USD $3.00 Add to cartThe gentle, old-fashioned animal stories of Thornton W. Burgess, told with great warmth and charm, draw young readers into the timeless world of the creatures who live in the Green Forest and around the Smiling Pool. In this engaging episode, (read more)
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The Adventures of Buster Bear
USD $3.00 Add to cartWhen Buster Bear comes to live in the Green Forest, the amiable bully stirs up quite a commotion, for bears haven't lived in the forest for years. And sure enough, before long Buster has a series of run-ins with Little (read more)
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The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
USD $3.00 Add to cartAuthor and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined a gift for storytelling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose adventures he (read more)
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The Adventures of Danny the Meadow Mouse
USD $3.00 Add to cartA plump little meadow mouse is always an inviting target for hungry hunters in the Green Meadows. This certainly should give Danny Meadow Mouse enough cause for concern; but lately, he's been worrying about something else — his short tail! In (read more)
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The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
USD $3.00 Add to cartDetermined to see the Great World beyond the familiar vistas of the Smiling Pool, Laughing Brook, Green Meadows, and Green Forest, Grandfather Frog leaps forth to tumble haplessly into the pitfalls of greed, boastfulness, and carelessness. In this time-honored classic, (read more)
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The Adventures of Happy Jack
USD $3.00 Add to cartHappy Jack Squirrel fills his days with fun and foolishness — even while jealously guarding his winter supply of hickory nuts from his mischief-making cousin, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, and playful Striped Chipmunk.But the bouncing, bushy-tailed creature's days of comfort (read more)