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6) The turnip
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
One of an old man's turnips grows to such an enormous size that he needs the help of his wife, a little girl, a dog, a cat, and a mouse to pull it up.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"On the eve of the very first Christmas, an old grandmother is busy tidying her home when a bright star illuminates the sky. Soon three wise men arrive and invite Babushka to join them in their travelsfollowing the star in search of a newborn babe, the Prince of Peace. But there are dishes to be washed, and floors to be swept, and Babushka is too absorbed in her work to leave her home with presents for the baby Jesus. The next day, when Babushka tries...
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
Contents: SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE (by Perrault, Charles); FROG PRINCESS, THE (from the Russian); DONKEY-SKIN (by Perrault, Charles); KUZMA AND THE FOX (from the Japanese); PUSS IN BOOTS (by Perrault, Charles); THUMBELINA (by Andersen, Hans Christian); GREEN SNAKE (by d'Aulnoy, Madame); TINDER BOX, THE (by Andersen, Hans Christian); CINDERELLA (by Perrault, Charles); KIP, THE ENCHANTED CAT (from the Russian); GRACE AND DEREK (by d'Aulnoy, Madame); URASHIMA...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this traditonal Russian tale, a farmer grows a turnip so big that it takes the combined efforts of him, his wife, six canaries, five geese, four hens, three cats, two pigs, one cow, and, finally, one mouse to pull it from the ground.
17) Winter hut
Author
Series
Description
Five animals enjoy summer in the forest after running away from the masters who planned to eat them, but only Bull thinks of the approaching winter.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Sophie Smith is a teenage orphan stuck in a boarding school in London, but at night she dreams of Russia and wolves--then, on a class trip to St. Petersburg, she finds herself and her two friends deliberately separated from the group and whisked off into the silver forest of her dreams, where a mystery awaits.
20) The turnip
Author
Pub. Date
1990.
Description
One of Dedoushka's turnips grows to such an enormous size that the whole family, including the dog, cat, and mouse, is needed to pull it up.