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Books for Exam #2
68
Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/24/2013

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A Quetzalcoatl Tale of Corn
Definition
Multicultural, Aztec, legend: Quetzalcoatl brings gift of corn to the Aztecs.
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A Snowy Day
Definition
Picture book: Peter experiences a great snowfall.
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Aesop's Fables
Definition
Fable: Thirteen fables are illustrated with full-color paintings.
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Alligators All Around an Alphabet
Definition
Alphabet: A family of alligators illustrate the alphabet with every day activities.
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Alphabatics
Definition
Alphabet: A series of pictures change a letter into an object.
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Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Definition
Alphabet,, African American: Traditions of twenty-six African peoples are presented in alphabetical order.
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Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare
Definition
Horror: A frightening saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world vampires.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Definition
Alphabet: the ABCs are presented through rhythmic verse.
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
Definition
Picture Book: Cows revolt at Farmer Brown's farm.
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Count and See
Definition
Counting: Photographs illustrate numbers.
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Dr. Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fables
Definition
Multicultural, fables, Native American: Collection of Aesop's fables with a Southwestern theme.
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The Lightning Thief
Definition
Fantasy: Percy Jackson finds out that he is a child of an Olympian God when his mother sends him off to a private school.
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Freight Train
Definition
Concept: Colors, cars on a freight train, and concepts such as daylight, and darkness are developed.
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Frog and Toad Are Friends
Definition
Easy-to-read, controlled vocabulary: Frog and Toad are seen in five short stories.
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Frog on His Own
Definition
Wordless: the adventures of a little boy and his frog when they go fishing.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Fantasy: A young wizard is in a setting with magical possibilities.
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In the Tall, Tall Grass
Definition
Fantasy: A young boy searches for different animals in the tall gras..
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Legend of the Bluebonnet
Definition
Native American, Multicultural: A Comanche tale about the bluebonnet.
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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
Definition
Chinese Little Red Riding Hood: three sister - Shang, Tao, and Paotze- who are staying home alone are endangered by a wolf. The girls outwit the wolf in this version.
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Math Curse
Definition
Concept, storybook: when the teacher tells her clas that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse, he tries to calculate everything around.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Definition
Fantasy, Sci-Fi: A boy tries to find information about his grandfather's strange childhood.
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting
Definition
Counting: Numbers from one through ten are shown in numbers written in Swahili, and illustrated with scenes of Africa.
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Mother Goose on the Rio Grande
Definition
Collection of Mother Goose rhymes: tales told in English and Spanish.
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Mother Goose: Or the Old Nursery Rhymes
Definition
Collection of Mother Goose rhymes: A small Mother Goose is illustrated with charming Greenaway children.
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Mother Scorpion Country
Definition
Hispanic American, Multicultural (Miskito Indians): A central American tale is written in both English and Spanish.
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Definition
African Cinderella Tale: An African folktale has some Cinderella elements.
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Officer Buckle and Gloria
Definition
Picture storybook, friendship: A police dog adds humorous displays to safety tips.
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Picnic
Definition
Wordless: A young mouse is lost on the day of the family picnic.
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Sheep in a Jeep
Definition
Easy-to-read, controlled vocab: Sheep have an adventure while driving a Jeep.
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The Cat in the Hat
Definition
Picture storybook, fantasy, humorous: A very unusual cat causes both amusement and mischief when he entertains two bored children on a rainy day.
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The Giver
Definition
Sci-Fi, fantasy: A boy changes a world that is devoid of conscience.
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The Invisible Hunters
Definition
Hispanic American, multicultural (Miskito Indians): A tale reflects the impact of European traders.
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The Little House
Definition
Picture storybook, personification: A house is strong but needs love as it become dilapidated and lonely over the years.
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The Llama's Secret
Definition
Peruvian, Multicultural (Noah's Ark story): A llama warns the people and animals to seek shelter on Huillcacoto to avoid the rising sea.
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Definition
Wordless: mystery and fantasy pictures encourage readers to plot their own stories.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Definition
Picture storybook: this is the original tale of mischievous rabbit.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Definition
Illustration-collage: A child must give up his toy rabbit after an illness.
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The Z Was Zapped
Definition
Alphabet: letters from a twenty-six act play.
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Tortillas Para Mama
Definition
Multicultural, Hispanic: Nursery rhymes appear in Spanish and English.
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Tuesday
Definition
Wordless, fantasy: what occurs on Tuesday night when frogs float though the air.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Definition
picture storybook, fantasy: Max's vivid imagination turns his room into a forest inhabited by wild things.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Definition
African Tale, cumulative, porquoi: tells the humorous reason for mosquitoes' buzzing.
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Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Definition
Counting: a counting story uses instruments.
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10 Rubber Ducks
Definition
Counting book: when a cargo of rubber ducks falls into the sea, they choose different paths to where they are going.
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A Bad Case of Stripes
Definition
Humorous picture storybook: Camilla is diseased with stripes, then polka dots, and other pattern spoken around her.
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Animalia
Definition
Alphabet book: alphabet book with beasts and animals for each letter of the alphabet.
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Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave
Definition
Russian folktale: Evil stepmother sends girl to visit the witch, Baba Yaga.
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Iktomi and the Boulder
Definition
Trickster tale, Sioux Indians: Plains Indians trickster to defeat a boulder.
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Lemons Are Not Red
Definition
Concept book: cutouts help children with learning about colors.
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Mother Goose's Words of Wit and Wisdom
Definition
Folktales: collection of Mother Goose rhymes.
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Pete the Cat, I Love My New Shoes
Definition
Easy-to-read, picture storybook: Pete the Cat takes a stroll with his new white shoes and they do not stay white.
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Pigs from 1-10
Definition
Counting book: Counting book using pigs.
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Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
Definition
Concept book: finding shapes in every life.
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The Hidden Folk
Definition
Norwegian Folktales: stories of fairies, dwarves, selkies, and other secret beings.
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The Maiden of Northland
Definition
Fairy tale from Finland: friends become rivals for the love of the Maiden of Northland.
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The Matzah Man
Definition
Jewish folktale: a passover "Ginger Bread Man" story.
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The Persian Cinderella
Definition
Persian folktale: evil stepsisters turn Settareh into a dove.
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The Three Princes
Definition
Folktale from the Middle East: three young men save a beautiful princess.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Definition
Counting book, easy to read book: counting bok with a very hungry caterpillar.
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The Wreck of the Zephyr
Definition
Picture storybook: the story of a storm that carried the boy and his boat.
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Thunder Cake
Definition
Picture storybook: Grandmother bakes a cake during thunder storm.
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It Could Be Worse
Definition
Humorous folktale: grandfather tells grandchildren amazing stories.
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The Channukkah Tree
Definition
Humorous Jewish folktale: people of Chel are tricked into a burying a Channukkah tree.
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The Clever Boy and the Dangerous Animal
Definition
Folktale from Afghanistan: boy introduces watermelon to a village that thinks it's a monster.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
Definition
Mr. Vinegar and Mrs. Vinegar found gold left behind by robbers, when Mrs. Vinegar fell on top of them causing them to flee. Mr. Vinegar goes to the market and buys:
1. Traded the gold for an old red cow
2. Traded the old red cow for bagpipes
3. Traded bagpipes for gloves
4. Traded gloves for walking stick
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Dick Whittington and His Cat: how did Whittington become rich and get enough money to become famous?
Definition
his cat had been sold for a great fortune to the King of Barbary whose palace had been overrun with mice.
Term
What three things did the brothers promise Dar they would do?
Definition
1. Not to sell the wari meat, but to give it away.
2. Never to hunt with guns, only with sticks.
3. To use the power of invisibility well.
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Why do the brothers become invisible?
Definition
By holding on to Dar's vines. They stayed permanently invisible because they broke the promises they made to the Dar.
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