"A collection of international folktales about storytelling and the role of stories in transmitting information, history, and values."

Ex-library has marks. Otherwise, very nice book. 

❤️ One of my personal favorites.

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

Multicultural Folktales about Stories and Storytellers

A collection of international folktales about storytelling and the role of stories in transmitting information, history, and values.

⭐ Apples from Heaven

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Tae Keller

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

(Newbery Medal Winner)

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL * WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother.

Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...

When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger.

Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. Think Walk Two Moons meets Where the Mountain Meets the Moon!

"If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." --Booklist, Starred Review

When You Trap a Tiger

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Elizabeth George

Vermont

From Idea to Novel

As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful--and prolific--novelists today. In Mastering the Process, George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a subject she knows well, having taught creative writing both nationally and internationally for over thirty years. "I have never before read a book about writing that is so thorough, thoughtful, and most of all, helpful." --Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women For many writers, the biggest challenge is figuring out how to take that earliest glimmer of inspiration and shape it into a full-length novel. How do you even begin to transform a single idea into a complete book? In these pages, award-winning, number one New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George takes us behind the scenes through each step of her writing process, revealing exactly what it takes to craft a novel. Drawing from her personal photos, early notes, character analyses, and rough drafts, George shows us every stage of how she wrote her novel Careless in Red, from researching location to imagining plot to creating characters to the actual writing and revision processes themselves. George offers us an intimate look at the procedures she follows, while also providing invaluable advice for writers about what has worked for her--and what hasn't. Mastering the Process gives writers practical, prescriptive, and achievable tools for creating a novel, editing a novel, and problem solving when in the midst of a novel, from a master storyteller writing at the top of her game.

Mastering the Process

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The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf?

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Based on the translation of George Fyler Townsend 

Vintage 1968 - Aesop's Fables

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Exlibrary but in wonderful condition, the Library of America 

Wisconsin

Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories Vol. 1 (LOA #149)

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Harris Harris III

Some of the pages have dog ear creases. I smoothed them out as much as possible. 

New York

The Difference Between Limiting Your Life and Living Your Dream

In The Wonder Switch, professional illusionist Harris III draws from brain science and his expertise as a magician turned storyteller to take us on a journey back to magic--not the stuff of sleight of hand that he performs on stage, but real magic: love, hope, joy, belonging, meaning, and purpose--which transforms every facet of our work and lives.

The Wonder Switch

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Ashley Bryan

This book contains stories representing four distinct African cultures. The author has captured the very essence of African storytelling. Through spirit and humor the author’s animal characters bring about and celebrate the triumph of common sense over superior strength. 

Alaska

And Other African Folk Poems

Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.

Lion and the Ostrich Chicks (autographed)

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Mario Vargas Llosa

Helen Lane

The Storyteller

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Mark Malamud

California

Selected Stories from the 2020 Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition

34 STORIES / 124 BELOVED contains the finalists from the 2020 Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition-a contest that invites aspiring writers to stitch together their own stories using the first and last lines from a classic work of fiction.

34 Stories / 124 Beloved

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Ever wonder why there’s a little pink eraser on every pencil? This story shows all of us how to try new things! 

Virginia

Named one of the "Best Children's Books of 2019" by Parents magazine, this funny, clever picture book tells the true story of how Pencil and Eraser became the best of friends. Perfect for back to school and all year round!

When Pencil draws on the pages of this book, Eraser erases parts of Pencil's work, and the book itself becomes a canvas for their different takes on creativity--until the two discover their artwork is even better when they work together.

From Karen Kilpatrick, Luis O. Ramos, Jr., and illustrator Germán Blanco, When Pencil Met Eraser brings to life something kids use every day at school and at home. Engaging art, adorable characters, and a clever ending create a memorable story that's perfect for first school days, teacher gifts, and more.

"Readers young and old alike will love this imagining of the dynamic duo that is Pencil and Eraser." --School Library Journal

When Pencil Met Eraser

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Jack Canfield

Mark Victor Hansen

Kimberly Kirberger

Kansas

101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

Offers another collection of inspiring stories to help teenagers take control of their lives, acting as a teacher of the lessons of survival and success, and offering guidance, encouragement, support, and love. Simultaneous. 1,000,000 first printing.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

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Neil Gaiman

True Stories about Facing the Unknown

-From storytelling [radio hour] The Moth, a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the ... stories .. told on their stages, [featuring] voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, as well as a hip hop 'one hit wonder, ' an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, and a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's 'secret army' during World War II. They share their ventures into uncharted territory--and how their lives were changed forever by what they found there---

The Moth Presents All These Wonders

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

Is it an accident? Or murder?

Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's uncle, wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But when Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the trio's digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies, and motives.

As the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the Fairclough patriarch to the troubled son Ian left behind.

Believing the Lie

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William J. Bennett

Torn inside page, back cover stained, book itself is in excellent condition. Please see pics. 

A senior editor of National Review and leading conservative spokesperson provides commentary to accompany this anthology of character-building stories from history, the Bible, and such poets as Frost and Angelou. 60,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

Book of Virtues

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Else Holmelund Minarik

There is a store sticker on the back cover as shown in the attached pictures. 

A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

‘Mrs. Minarik is at her superb best in depicting the charming childlikeness of Little Bear’s delight in visiting his grandparents.’ —H.

Little Bear's Visit

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Library stamp on inside page - slight wear of outside cover 

All Creatures Great and Small

Ayana Mathis

Illinois

A Novel

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama—about a mother fighting for her sanity and survival "Emotionally propulsive ... Through a chorus of distinctive and virtuosic voices, we gather the story of a mother, a daughter, and the land that both unites and divides them.”– Oprah Daily • "Showcases Ayana Mathis's grace on the page, as writer, as storyteller. A book to be read and re-read." – Jesmyn Ward, author of Let Us Descend Two bold, utopic communities are at the heart of Ayana Mathis’s searing follow-up to her bestselling debut, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Bonaparte, Alabama – once 10,000 glorious Black-owned acres – is now a ghost town vanishing to depopulation, crooked developers, and an eerie mist closing in on its shoreline. Dutchess Carson, Bonaparte's fiery, tough-talking protector, fights to keep its remaining one thousand acres in the hands of the last five residents. Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, her estranged daughter Ava is drawn into Ark – a seductive, radical group with a commitment to Black self-determination in the spirit of the Black Panthers and MOVE, with a dash of the Weather Underground’s violent zeal. Ava’s eleven-year-old son Toussaint wants out – his future awaits him on his grandmother’s land, where the sounds of cicada and frog song might save him if only he can make it there. In Mathis’s electrifying novel, Bonaparte is both mythic landscape and spiritual inheritance, and 1980s Philadelphia is its raw, darkly glittering counterpoint. The Unsettled is a spellbinding portrait of two fierce women reckoning with the steep cost of resistance: What legacy will we leave our children? Where can we be free?

The Unsettled

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Christopher Vogler

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Mythic Structure for Writers

Shows how writers can use mythic structure to give coherence and weight to both narrative fiction and nonfiction

The Writer's Journey

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Washington

And Other Warped and Creepy Tales

Presents thirty-five horror stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things.

Curse of the Campfire Weenies

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Josh Barkan

Arizona

Stories

The unforgettable characters in Josh Barkan’s astonishing and beautiful story collection—chef, architect, nurse, high school teacher, painter, beauty queen, classical bass player, plastic surgeon, businessman, mime—are simply trying to lead their lives and steer clear of violence. Yet, inevitably, crime has a way of intruding on their lives all the same. A surgeon finds himself forced into performing a risky procedure on a narco killer. A teacher struggles to protect lovestruck students whose forbidden romance has put them in mortal peril. A painter’s freewheeling ways land him in the back of a kidnapper’s car. Again and again, the walls between “ordinary life” and cartel violence are shown to be paper thin, and when they collapse the consequences are life-changing. These are stories about transformation and danger, passion and heartbreak, terror and triumph. They are funny, deeply moving, and stunningly well-crafted, and they tap into the most universal and enduring human experiences: love even in the face of danger and loss, the struggle to grow and keep faith amidst hardship and conflict, and the pursuit of authenticity and courage over apathy and oppression. With unflinching honesty and exquisite tenderness, Josh Barkan masterfully introduces us to characters that are full of life, marking the arrival of a new and essential voice in American fiction.

Mexico

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Stephen King

Florida

A Memoir of the Craft

Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999—and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it—fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.

On Writing

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Gail Carson Levine

Book is in good condition. Slight bend in the front cover.

Creating Stories That Fly

In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing. She shows how you, too, can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop memorable characters--and much, much more. She advises you about what to do when you feel stuck--and how to use helpful criticism. Best of all, she offers writing exercises that will set your imagination on fire.

With humor, honesty, and wisdom, Gail Carson Levine shows you that you, too, can make magic with your writing.

Writing Magic

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