Stephanie Peter's

In this Swedish folktale, a young boy longs for all the nice things other children have. An old woman tells the boy a secret for granting his wishes: sprinkling salt on a magpie's tail. But, before the magpie will grant the boy's wish, the bird has some strange requests of his own. With clever text and easy-to-follow panels, Discover Graphics: Global Folktales are perfect for even the newest graphic novel fans!

"Track season is about to begin, and Sully is ready and raring to run. But on the first day of tryouts, no other students show up! If the Titans don't get more members, there won't be a track team. So Sully pays a visit to the other sports teams, hoping their star athletes will join. None of the other athletes think much of track and field. Sully will have to beat them at their own sports to change their minds"--Unedited summary from book.

In this graphic version of the classic fable there is a new contest at the spring festival--a robot battle--and Shelly the Tortoise is determined to build a robot that can defeat that perennial winner and all around jerk, Hunter the Hare--especially after he steals her prototype suit.

Presents an adaptation of the The Elves and the Shoemaker tale in which Alfred, the village swordmaker, becomes successful making swords for area knights with the help of a friendly dragon who forges the beautiful swords during the night.

In this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, little werewolves who live in a remote valley are taught never to venture to the far side of a mountain, but the youngest daughter of the pack's alpha wolf sneaks to the forbidden side, discovering a ski resort where she befriends a young boy.

"Born with a hammer in his hand, John Henry was destined to become a steel-driving legend. As a young man, he makes his mark on the American railroads, whistling while he works. But one day, a shady salesman comes to the railroad camp, claiming that his hammering machine is superior to any railroad worker. John Henry steps up to challenge the man's machine, hoping to save the jobs of thousands of railroad workers. But will John Henry be able to prove...

In this graphic adaptation of the American folk tale, young Johnny Slimeseed is a gentle monster who does not look forward to Fright Night like the other monster kids in Nightmare swamp-- so, with advice from a wise worm, he decides to plant a forest of slime trees to entertain the other swamp kids and give them something other than scaring humans to do.

"Cousins Liam and Carter work hard to earn positions on their regional All Star baseball teams"--

Examines the constellation known as the Big Dipper, the stars of which it is composed, and how to locate it in the night sky.