Search Results for Folklore -- England.

Folklore and customs of rural England.

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Baker, Margaret,
[1974]
Book

What they say in New England, and other American folklore.

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Johnson, Clifton,
1963.
Book

The folklore of the coal miners of the northeast of England

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Fish, Lydia M.
1975.
Book

Fantastic folklore and fact : New England tales of land and sea.

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Snow, Edward Rowe,
[1968]
Book

Spirit of the New England tribes : Indian history and folklore, 1620-1984

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Simmons, William Scranton,
1986.
Book

Spirit of the New England tribes : Indian history and folklore, 1620-1984

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Simmons, William Scranton,
[1986]
"Spanning three centuries, this collection traces the historical evolution of legends, folktales, and traditions of four major native American groups from their earliest encounters with European settlers to the present. The book is based on some 240 folklore texts gathered from early colonial writings, newspapers, magazines, diaries, local histories, anthropology and folklore publications, a variety of unpublished manuscript sources, and field research with living Indians."--Publisher's description.
Electronic resource

Spirit of the New England tribes : Indian history and folklore, 1620-1984

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A treasury of New England folklore; stories, ballads, and traditions of Yankee folk,

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Botkin, Benjamin Albert,
[1965]
Rev. ed.
Book

The Food, folklore, and art of lowcountry cooking : A Celebration of the foods, history, and romance handed down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland

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Dabney, Joseph Earl.
2010.
Discover the secrets of one of the most mysterious, romantic regions in the South: the Lowcountry. James Beard Cookbook of the Year Award-winning author Joe Dabney produces another gem with this comprehensive celebration of Lowcountry cooking. Packed with history, authoritative folklore, photographs, and fascinating sidebars, Dabney takes readers on a tour of the Coastal Plain, including Charleston, Savannah, and Beaufort, the rice plantations, and the sea islands.
Book

Faiths and folklore of the British Isles; a descriptive and historical dictionary of the superstitions, beliefs and popular customs of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, from Norman times to the end of the nineteenth century, with classical and foreign analogues,

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Hazlitt, William Carew,
[1965]
Book

A book of New England legends and folk lore in prose and poetry

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Drake, Samuel Adams,
1901.
New and rev. ed.
Electronic resource

Folklore [electronic resource].

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1890-
Folklore Folklore (London, England : Online) Archaeological review (Online) Folk-lore journal (London, England : 1883 : Online)
Electronic resource Other
JLC Title 245h [electronic resource].

The folk-lore record [electronic resource].

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1878-1882.
The folk-lore record Folk-lore record (Online) Folklore record Folk-lore journal (London, England : 1883 : Online)
Electronic resource Other
JLC Title 245h [electronic resource].

The folk-lore journal [electronic resource].

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1883-1889.
The folk-lore journal Folk-lore journal (London, England : 1883 : Online) Folklore journal Folk-lore record (Online) Archaeological review (Online)
Electronic resource Other
JLC Title 245h [electronic resource].

Social historians in contemporary France : essays from Annales

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1972.
1st Harper Torchbooks ed.
Book

The spoken word : oral culture in Britain, 1500-1850

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2002.
"The early modern period was of great significance throughout Europe with respect to its gradual transition from a largely oral to a fundamentally literate society. On the one hand, the spoken word remained of the utmost importance to the dissemination of ideas, the communication of information and the transmission of the cultural repertoire. On the other hand, the proliferation of written documents of all kinds, the development of printing and the spread of popular literacy combined to transform the nature of communication. Studies previous to this have traditionally focused on individual countries or regions, and emphasised the contradictions between oral and literate culture. The essays in this fascinating collection depart from these approaches in several ways. By examining not only English, but also Scottish and Welsh oral culture, they provide the first pan-British study of the subject. The authors also emphasise the ways in which oral and literate culture continued to compliment and inform each other, rather than focusing exclusively on their incompatibility, or on the 'inevitable' triumph of the written word. The chronological focus, ranging from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, with glances ahead to the twentieth, set the problem against a longer chronological span than most other studies, providing a link between early modern and modern oral and literate cultures. This book it will be of interest to students and scholars of British history, Linguistics, Literary Studies and Folklore Studies"--Publisher's description.
Electronic resource

Folk groups and folklore genres : a reader

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The Witch figure;

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[1973]
Book

The Green Mist

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Sewall, Marcia.
1999.
A retelling of a Lincolnshire, England, tale, probably eighteenth-century, in which a dying child is made well by the spring rituals intended to placate the mischievous beings hiding in the earth.
Book

The three sillies

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Kellogg, Steven.
1999.
1st ed. 1st U.S. ed.
A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.
Book

Duffy and the devil;

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Zemach, Harve.
[1973]
[1st ed.]
The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
Book

Robin Hood : the man behind the myth

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Phillips, Graham.
1995.
"Although searches have been made for an historical Robin Hood, little or no evidence has been found. Indeed if Robin was a Sherwood outlaw during the period in which the modern story is set - the 1190s, when Richard I was absent on the Third Crusade - the historical records in Nottingham reveal no such character." "However in the county records of Yorkshire and the ecclesiastical archives of York Minster, historical detectives Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman have discovered remarkable new evidence that Robin Hood did exist historically, but in a different place and at a different time. The true story of Robin Hood originated not in Nottinghamshire but in Yorkshire. Robin was not the disinherited Earl of Huntington but a peasant revolutionary from Wakefield. The original story was set not in the 1190s but in the 1320s." "This vital new evidence at last allows the authors to reveal the man behind the myth, Robin Hood's true identity and his role in British history. And in overgrown woodland beside the ruins of an ancient priory, the burial site of the world's most famous outlaw is revealed."--BOOK JACKET.
Book

The teeny-tiny woman : a folk tale classic

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Galdone, Paul,
[2016]
When a teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny-tiny village churchyard, she takes it home to boil for her teeny-tiny supper. She never expects the bone will object. This slightly silly, slightyly spooky classic ghost story is retold and illustrated with singular wit by Paul Galdone. Sure to become a spine-tingling story-time favorite.
Book

The teeny-tiny woman : a ghost story

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Galdone, Paul,
[1984]
Retells the tale of the teeny-tiny woman who finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before she goes to sleep.
Book

The old woman and her pig

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Kimmel, Eric A.,
©1992.
1st ed.
When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so that she can get home that night.
Book

Princess Furball

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Huck, Charlotte S.,
1989.
First edition.
A princess in a coat of a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with her.
Book

Beowulf, a hero's tale retold

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Rumford, James,
c2007.
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
Book

Beowulf : a tale of blood, heat, and ashes

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Raven, Nicky.
2007.
1st U.S. ed.
A modern, illustrated retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Book

The folklore of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

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Boase, Wendy.
1976.
Book

The teeny tiny woman : an old English ghost tale

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Seuling, Barbara.
1976.
1st ed.
Retells the tale of the teeny tiny woman who found a teeny tiny bone in a churchyard and put it away in her cupboard before she went to sleep.
Book

The outlaws of Sherwood

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McKinley, Robin.
c1988.
1st ed.
The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.
Book

Teeny tiny

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Bennett, Jill.
1986
1
Book

Robin of Sherwood

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Morpurgo, Michael.
1996.
1st U.S. ed.
A twelve-year-old boy dreams about the life and adventures of Robin Hood who lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

The folklore calendar.

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Long, George.
1970.
Book

Food for the dead : on the trail of New England's vampires

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Bell, Michael Edward,
©2011.
Wesleyan pbk. ed.
"Close your eyes and imagine a vampire: Your mind's eye may conjure up Count Dracula with bared teeth and a shiny tuxedo. But, another kind of vampire was believed to live in rural New England long ago. Author and folklorist Michael E. Bell has spent twenty years pursuing this forgotten vampire tradition. His discoveries will surprise and enthrall skeptics, believers, and all readers of this engaging book." "Bell's odyssey began in 1981 when Rhode Islander Everett Peck told him a family story passed down for generations. In 1892, months after young Mercy Brown succumbed to tuberculosis, her body was exhumed from a local graveyard. Relatives cut out her heart, burned it on a nearby rock, and fed the ashes to her dying brother, hoping to cure him of the wasting disease. They feared that Mercy had become a vampire, sapping her sibling's vitality to provide sustenance for her own spectral existence. Or, had she become a scapegoat, blamed for the baffling affliction ravaging her family?"--Jacket
Electronic resource

The story of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar

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Gammell, Stephen,
c1982.
After their pickle-jar home breaks, Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar find a fortune, but soon trade it away until they are left with nothing.
Book

Nelly May has her say

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DeFelice, Cynthia C.,
2013.
First edition.
A retelling of an old tale, "Master of all masters, " in which a servant girl's new master insists she use uncommon names for common objects.
Book

Robin Hood

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Early, Margaret,
1996.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

The Legend of King Arthur & other classic adventures [sound recording].

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1986, c1985.
Audio cassette
JLC Title 245h [sound recording].

The little wee tyke : an English folk tale

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Sewall, Marcia.
1979.
1st ed.
An unwanted dog is taken in by a little girl whose family's farm is bewitched. But the little dog has some ideas and soon puts everything right.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Randall, Ronne.
2012.
When Jack buys some magic beans from a mysterious old man, they lead him to a place he could never have imagined.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Walker, Richard,
©1999.
Classic fairy tale, retold with sparky originality and lively humor, complemented by fascinatingly offbeat illustrations.
Book

The old woman and her pig : an old English tale

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Litzinger, Rosanne.
c1993.
1st ed.
When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so she can get home that night.
Book

English folk-rhymes; a collection of traditional verses relating to places and persons, customs, superstitions, etc.,

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Northall, G. F.
1892. 1968.
Book

Peasant customs and savage myths: selections from the British folklorists;

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Dorson, Richard Mercer,
1968.
Book

Dick Whittington and his cat

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Brown, Marcia.
c1950.
Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.
Book

Robin Hood

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Hayes, Sarah,
1989.
1st American ed.
Retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his men in Sherwood Forest as they right wrongs and fight injustice.
Book

Little Johnny Buttermilk : after an old English folktale

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Wahl, Jan.
1999.
Little Johnny Buttermilk must escape from the witch who keeps trying to steal his pails of milk, until finally he outwits her once and for all.
Book

The three sillies

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Galdone, Paul.
c1981.
A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the three silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.
Book

Forgotten folk tales of the English counties

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1970.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

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Williams, Marcia,
1995.
1st U.S. ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Hastings, Selina.
©1981.
1st U.S. ed.
Retells the story of Gawain's quest for the Green Chapel and his puzzling encounters with Sir Bercilak and his lady.
Book

Princess Furball

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Huck, Charlotte S.,
1994.
First Mulberry edition.
A princess in a coat of a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with her.
Book

Saint George and the dragon

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McCaughrean, Geraldine.
1989.
A rendition of the legend of Saint George, recounting how the brave, mysterious horseman saved a city from a terrible dragon.
Book

Robin Hood and Little John

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Cohen, Barbara,
1995.
Recounts the circumstances of the the first meeting between Little John and Robin Hood.
Book

The gingerbread man

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Mackinnon, Mairi.
2007.
A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.
Book

Robin Hood

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Storr, Catherine.
1984.
Retells some of Robin Hood's adventures in Sherwood Forest including episodes with Maid Marian, Little John, Friar Tuck, and Will Scarlett.
Book

Folktales of England,

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Briggs, Katharine Mary,
[1965]
Book

Robin Hood and his merry men.

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1996, ©1995.
1st Longmeadow Press ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Lost country life

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Hartley, Dorothy.
©1979.
1st American ed.
How English country folk lived, worked, threshed, thatched, rolled fleece, milled corn, brewed mead, and carried on all the other tasks and trades of daily rural life.
Book

Bold Robin Hood and his outlaw band : their famous exploits in Sherwood Forest

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Rhead, Louis,
[1912]
Book

Robin Hood

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Philip, Neil.
2000.
1st American ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Book

The merry adventures of Robin Hood [sound recording]

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Pyle, Howard,
[2010]
Howard Pyle tells the gripping adventures of the brave, good-humored outlaw Robin Hood and his cohorts Friar Tuck, Little John, and Will Scarlet as they outsmart the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham in Sherwood Forest.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Robin Hood in the greenwood

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Curry, Jane Louise.
c1995.
1st ed.
Recounts further adventures of Robin Hood, the English hero who lived as an outlaw with his followers in Sherwood Forest and dedicated his life to fighting tyranny.
Book

Anecdotes and traditions, illustrative of early English history and literature, derived from ms. sources.

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Thoms, William John,
[1968]
Book

Peasant customs and savage myths; selections from the British folklorists,

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Dorson, Richard M.
[1968]
Book

The magic beans

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Hillert, Margaret.
2006.
Rev. and expanded library ed.
Reading activities accompany this retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk."
Book

Robin Hood and his Merry Men

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Curry, Jane Louise.
c1994.
1st ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Robin Hood

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Rhead, Louis,
©1988.
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

The merry adventures of Robin Hood

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Pyle, Howard,
[1962]
The story of Robin of Locksley, outlaw of Sherwood Forest, telling how he gathered such loyal followers as Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Allan a Dale, and relating their adventures in the service of Richard the Lion-Hearted.
Book

The merry adventures of Robin Hood

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Pyle, Howard,
2002.
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Thielges, Alissa,
[2023]
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune. Includes factual sidebars, discussion of fairy tale traits, and glossary.
Book

Robin Hood

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Creswick, Paul,
[1984]
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.
Book

Robin Hood

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Creswick, Paul,
2003.
1st ed.
An abridged version of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

Robin Hood

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McSpadden, J. Walker
[©1990]
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

Robin Hood [videorecording] : prince of thieves

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c1991.
A Robin Hood for the 90's, light years removed from the romantic vision of Errol Flynn ... but this gritty, pumped-up version can stand on its own. Rough, tough, and a rousing good time, with this version of the Sheriff of Nottingham a real surprise.
Videocassette
JLC Title 245h [videorecording] :

English folktales

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c2005.
Book

The ghosts of Sherwood

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Vaughn, Carrie,
2020.
First edition.
"Robin of Locksley and his one true love, Marian, are married. It has been close on two decades since they beat the Sheriff of Nottingham with the help of a diverse band of talented friends. King John is now on the throne, and Robin has sworn fealty in order to further protect not just his family, but those of the lords and barons who look up to him - and, by extension, the villagers they protect. But when the Locksley children are stolen away by persons unknown, Robin and Marian are going to need the help of everyone they've ever known, perhaps even the ghosts that are said to reside deep within Sherwood."--Publisher.
Book

The hero Beowulf

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Kimmel, Eric A.
2005.
1st ed.
A simple, brief retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

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Mattern, Joanne,
c1996.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Robin Hood

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Philip, Neil.
1997.
1st American ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Book

Robin Hood

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Ingle, Annie.
©1991.
Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and the merry outlaws of Sherwood Forest repeatedly outwit the sheriff of Nottingham and befriend the poor.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

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Green, Roger Lancelyn.
c1994.
Everyman's library children's classics
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Current superstitions : collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk

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Bergen, Fanny D.
1969.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

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Burrows, John,
[2022]
"An abridged retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor"--
Book

Robin Hood and the golden arrow

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San Souci, Robert D.
2010.
1st ed.
Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

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Burrows, John,
2005.
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

The tale of Tricky Fox : a New England trickster tale

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Aylesworth, Jim.
2001.
1st ed.
Tricky Fox uses his sack to trick everyone he meets into giving him ever more valuable items.
Book

Saint George and the dragon : a golden legend

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Hodges, Margaret,
[1984]
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood. The complete first season [DVD]

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c2008.
This classic television series ran from 1955 to 1960, featuring the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. Richard Greene stars as our gallant hero who fought the forces of the evil Prince John, his local official the Sheriff of Nottingham and any aristocrat or ne'er-do-well who threatened the common people and loyal subjects of King Richard. Robin and his band lived in the shelter of Sherwood Forest, fighting their foes and hoping for the day when their beloved King Richard will return from the Crusades to rule once again.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

Jack and the beanstalk = Juan y los frijoles magicos

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Bofill, Francesc.
c1998.
A retelling of the classic story of the boy who climbs a beanstalk and outwits a giant.
Book

Sir Gawain and the loathly lady

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Hastings, Selina.
1985.
1st U.S. ed.
After a horrible hag saves King Arthur's life by answering a riddle, Sir Gawain agrees to marry her and thus releases her from an evil enchantment.
Book

Cambridgeshire customs and folklore; with Fenland material provided

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Porter, Enid.
1969.
Book

The witchcraft and folklore of Dartmoor

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St. Leger-Gordon, Ruth E.
[1972]
Book

A book of New England legends and folk lore, in prose and poetry.

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Drake, Samuel Adams,
1969.
New and rev. ed. Boston, Little, Brown, 1901.
Book

The folklore of Sussex;

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Simpson, Jacqueline.
1973.
Book

All the way to Pennywell: children's rhymes of the North East.

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Rutherford, Frank,
1971.
Book

Folkways in Thomas Hardy,

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Firor, Ruth A.
[1968]
Book

The folklore of Hertfordshire

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Jones-Baker, Doris.
1977.
Book

The treasure [sound recording]

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Shulevitz, Uri,
p2001.
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
Sound recording
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

The folklore of Staffordshire

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Raven, Jon.
1978.
Book

The folklore of Wiltshire

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Whitlock, Ralph.
1976.
Book

The folklore of Devon

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Whitlock, Ralph.
1977.
Book

The folklore of Warwickshire

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Palmer, Roy,
1976.
Book

Folk tales and superstitions.

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Addy, Sidney Oldall,
[1973]
Book

The folklore of Somerset

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Palmer, Kingsley,
1976.
Book

A dictionary of English folklore

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Simpson, Jacqueline.
2003.
Reissued with new covers.
Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs.
Electronic resource

A book of New England legends and folk lore, in prose and poetry [microform]

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Brake, Samuel Adams,
1884.
Book
JLC Title 245h [microform]

A dictionary of English folklore [electronic resource]

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Simpson, Jacqueline.
2000.
Electronic resource
JLC Title 245h [electronic resource]

A dictionary of English folklore

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Simpson, Jacqueline.
2000.
Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day.
Electronic resource

Robin Hood and his merry outlaws,

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McSpadden, J. Walker
[c1946]
Twenty-four tales of Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck, and Allan-a-Dale, and the merry adventures they have while defying the Sheriff of Nottingham and other authority figures in and around Sherwood Forest.
Book

Worthy of legend

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White, Roseanna M.,
[2022]
"After a summer of successful pirate-treasure hunting, Lady Emily Scofield and her friends must hide the unprecedented discoveries they've made, thanks to the betrayal of her own family. Horrified by her brother, who will stop at nothing to prove himself to their greedy father, Emily is forced to take a stand against her family--even if it means being cut off entirely. Bram Sinclair, Earl of Telford, is fascinated with tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table--an interest he's kept mostly hidden for the last decade. But when a diary is unearthed on the islands that could lead to a secret artifact, Bram is the only one able to piece the legends together. As Bram and Emily seek out the whereabouts of the hidden artifact, they must dodge her family and a team of archaeologists. In a race against time, it is up to them to decide what makes a hero worthy of legend. Is it fighting valiantly to claim the treasure . . . or sacrificing everything in the name of selfless love?" --
Book

Folkways in Thomas Hardy

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Firor, Ruth A.
1931.
A veritable source book of superstition, this volume seeks out the abundant examples of belief in the forces of magic and the survival of old customs among the Wessex peasantry as revealed in the works of Thomas Hardy. the fear of falling mirrors and single magpies; the belief that horses found in a sweat in the morning have been "hag-ridden" all night; the notion that cattle kneel in their stalls on Christmas Eve; the credulous use of "corpse cures" and love potions--all are but individual expressions of the complete acceptance of the supernatural by a people who still think in a way we consider unsophisticated. A delightful portion of the book is devoted to descriptions of the great trade hiring-and-firing fairs, May festivals, country dances, caroling and wassailing, and to the legends of "Druidical Stones" on Egdon Heath and Roman roads through Wessex. In addition the study covers a wealth of related subjects, including English sheep-shearing songs; the ancient tradition of the magic powers of the mandrake, originally identified with the Black Aphrodite; the ritual significance of the Mummer's play; the medieval absurdity of the "Vegetable Lamb," which lived suspended from a tree by a flexible stalk; the survival of the moon cult of Astarte in the Isle of Slingers, and many other equally absorbing topics.
Electronic resource

Tattercoats

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Greaves, Margaret.
c1990.
1st American ed.
Retells the traditional English tale of how poor, neglected Tattercoats comes to marry the Prince.
Book

The folklore of East Anglia.

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Porter, Enid.
[1974]
Book

The treasure

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Shulevitz, Uri,
1986, c1978.
Sunburst ed.
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
Book

The outlaws of Sherwood

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McKinley, Robin.
1989.
Ace ed.
The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.
Book

Needle and Noodle, and other silly stories

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Wahl, Jan.
c1979.
Book

The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle.

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Godden, Rumer,
[1972, c1970]
[1st ed.]
A poor old woman is rewarded for her kindness when she throws back into the lake a little fish purchased for her dinner.
Book

The folklore of East Anglia;

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Porter, Enid.
[1974]
Book

The folklore of the Lake District

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Rowling, Marjorie.
1976.
Book

Oyez! oyez! the story of the three sillies

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Front, Sheila.
1975.
A young lady's over-active imagination leads her suitor to set out in search of three people even sillier than she.
Book

Religious belief and popular culture in Southwark, c.1880-1939

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Williams, S. C.
c1999.
Book

Young Merlin

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San Souci, Robert D.
©1990.
1st ed.
Presents the life of Merlin the magician from his miraculous birth through the age of seventeen, before he met King Arthur.
Book

Godiva

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Cullen, Lynn.
2001.
With only her long hair as a cloak, Lady Godiva takes her heroic ride through the English village of Coventry in exchange for her husband's promise to lower the people's taxes.
Book

Dick Whittington and his cat.

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Moore, Eva,
[1974]
Retells the legend of the poor boy who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and becomes Lord Mayor of London.
Book

The fate of the dead : a study in folk-eschatology in the West Country after the Reformation

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Brown, Theo,
c1979.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Wells, Rosemary,
1997.
First American edition.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Dick Whittington and his cat

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Hodges, Margaret,
c2006.
1st ed.
Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.
Book

The magic beans

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Hillert, Margaret.
1966.
A boy climbs to the top of a huge beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Robin Hood

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Creswick, Paul,
[between 1984 and 1990]
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Book

Robin Hood, the prince of outlaws : a tale of the fourteenth century from the "Lytell Geste"

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Oman, Carola,
1949.
Book

The fine round cake

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Esterl, Arnica.
c1991.
1st American ed.
A fine round cake escapes from the oven and eludes man and beast until it meets its match in the wily fox.
Book

King of the Cats : a ghost story

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Galdone, Paul.
c1980.
As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity.
Book

The folklore of Cornwall : the oral tradition of a Celtic nation

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James, Ronald M.,
2018.
Electronic resource

Robin Hood : the tale of the great outlaw hero

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Bull, Angela,
2000.
1st American ed.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Book

Jack the giant killer : Jack's first & finest adventure retold in verse as well as other useful information about giants including how to shake hands with a giant

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De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk.
1987.
Retells in verse Jack's encounter with a giant, including such lore as the right way to shake hands with a giant.
Book

Folk-lore of Shakespeare

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Thiselton-Dyer, T. F.
[1966]
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood : an English legend

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Creswick, Paul,
c1991.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.
Book

English fairy tales

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Jacobs, Joseph,
1993.
Everyman's library children's classics
A collection of more than eighty traditional stories that recount the adventures of giants, witches, princes, princesses, and animals.
Book

The merry adventures of Robin Hood

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Kestel, Deborah,
[1990]
The brave and bold outlaw, Robin Hood, and his merry band of followers roam through Sherwood Forest robbing the rich and aiding the poor.
Book

Jack and the bean tree

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Haley, Gail E.
c1986.
1st ed.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his fortune.
Book

Jack the Giant-Killer

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1999.
Jack goes searching for giants to kill and it is impossible for him to fail, especially with the aid of The Cloak of Darkness, The Cap of Wisdom, The Shoes of Speed, and The Sword of Sharpness.
Book

Beowulf

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Morpurgo, Michael,
[2015]
First U.S. paperback edition.
A retelling of Britain's oldest epic vividly brings to life a Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf who, after defeating two great evils, meets his match in the death-dragon of the deep, Grendel.
Book

The teeny tiny woman

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O'Connor, Jane,
[1986]
A teeny tiny woman, who puts a teeny tiny bone she finds in a churchyard away in a cupboard before she goes to sleep, is awakened by a voice demanding the return of the bone.
Book

Jack & the beanstalk : a folktale

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Töwe, Nina,
2017.
English edition.
Book

The imagined village : culture, ideology, and the English folk revival

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Boyes, Georgina.
c1993.
Music and society
Book

Robin Hood : outlaw of Sherwood Forest : an English legend

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Storrie, Paul D.
c2007.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Presented in comic book format.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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McKay, Sindy.
c1997.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

The folklore of the Welsh border

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Simpson, Jacqueline.
1976.
Book

King Arthur. The sword in the stone

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Talbott, Hudson.
1991.
By being the only person able to draw a sword from an anvil on a block of marble, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain.
Book

East Yorkshire folk tales

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Barton, Ingrid,
2015.
[US & CA version].
East Yorkshire is ripe with tales of fairy gold and illusive characters. The county's folklore is engrained in every port, cliff and bridge, passed on through whispered accounts of witches long dead, legends of strange creatures or the bawdy tales of adventuring heroes. Filey Brigg was once a dragon, the people of Skinningrove held a merman captive, and Eskdale's Beggar's Bridge holds a love story in its history. By night a mysterious traveller stalked Bowes Moor, with a shrivelled Hand of Glory in his grasp ... These engaging stories, brought to life with charming illustrations, will be enjoyed by readers time and again.
Electronic resource

Gawain and the Green Knight

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Shannon, Mark.
c1994.
Young Gawain proves himself a worthy knight when he accepts the challenge of a mysterious visitor from the North Country.
Book

Three prose works.

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Aubrey, John,
[1972]
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Kellogg, Steven.
c1997.
1st Mulberry Ed.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Arabella and Mr. Crack : an old English tale

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Gackenbach, Dick.
©1982.
Mr. Crack's new housekeeper quickly learns to use his idiosyncratic vocabulary.
Book

Kate and the beanstalk

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Osborne, Mary Pope,
[2000]
1st ed.
In this version of the classic tale, a girl climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where she uses her quick wits to outsmart a giant and make her and her mother's fortune.
Book

The merry adventures of Robin Hood

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Pyle, Howard,
2004.
Children's classics series
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.
Book

Wizard of wind & rock

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Service, Pamela F.
1990.
1st ed.
Teased by the other children for not having a father, young Merlin develops his magic powers and comes to the aid of a king.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Johnson, Dana William,
©1976.
First edition.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he must use his quick wits to outsmart on ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Strongheart Jack & the beanstalk

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DeSpain, Pleasant.
©1995.
In this version of the classic tale, Jack climbs the magic beanstalk with a wise cat who helps him kill the giant, rescue his true love, and regain his father's fortune.
Book

Duffy and the Devil : a Cornish tale

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Zemach, Harve,
2014.
First Square Fish edition.
A Cornish version of Rumpelstiltskin. The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
Book

Robin Hood

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Calcutt, David.
2012.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny. Features excerpts from the medieval ballads on which the legend is based.
Book

Pagan imagery in English folksong

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Stewart, R. J.,
1977.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

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Walker, Richard,
[2009?], c1999.
A retelling of the tale of a boy who climbs to the top of magic beanstalk and outsmarts a giant to make his and his mother's fortune.
CD

Jack & the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©1990.
1st ed.
A version, illustrated from various antique editions, of the familiar tale of a magical beanstalk that leads Jack to a giant's castle ... and revenge for his father's death.
Book

Parzival : the quest of the Grail Knight

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Paterson, Katherine.
©1998.
1st ed.
A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Parzival, unaware of his noble birth, comes of age through his quest for the Holy Grail.
Book

The sword in the stone

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Talbott, Hudson.
c1991.
By being the only person able to draw a sword from an anvil on a block of marble, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood [sound recording]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Vivian, Evelyn Charles.
[2010], p1980.
Unabridged.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Weird New England : your travel guide to New England's local legends and best kept secrets

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Citro, Joseph A.
c2005.
Book

King Arthur and his knights

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

1986.
Recounts the tales of King Arthur and his knights, from the early prophecies of Merlin and Arthur's birth to the destruction of Camelot.
Book

Weird England : your travel guide to England's local legends and best kept secrets

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Lake, Matthew.
c2007.
Some of the local legends and best kept secrets in England.
Book

King Arthur and the knights of the round table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hanft, Joshua E.
c1993.
Book

Crazy Jack

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Napoli, Donna Jo,
2001, c1999.
Laurel-leaf books
In this version of the traditional tale of the young boy who climbs a beanstalk, Jack searches for his father, falls in love with Flora, and learns the value of real treasure.
Book

City of ravens : the extraordinary history of London, the tower and its famous ravens

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Sax, Boria.
2011.
Tales tell of how Charles II, fearful of ancient legends that "Britain will fall" if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave their abode, ordered that the wings of the six ravens be clipped.But the truth is that the ravens only arrived at the Tower in 1883, when they were brought in as props in tales of Gothic horror that were told to tourists. The legend itself originated from the summer of 1944, when ravens in London were used as unofficial spotters for enemy bombs and planes.
Book

The legend of King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Lister, Robin.
1990, c1988.
1st U.S. ed.
A retelling of fourteen tales from the legend of King Arthur, beginning with the wizard Merlin and ending with the departure of Arthur for the magical isle of Avalon.
Book

Excalibur

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Talbott, Hudson.
c1996.
The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor.
Book

Kent urban legends : the phantom hitch-hiker and other stories

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Arnold, Neil,
[2013]
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Crews, Nina.
2011.
1st ed.
Photo-collage illustrations and updated text provide a new look at the traditional tale of a boy who plants magic beans, climbs the beanstalk, and is captured by a giant and his wife.
Book

King Arthur and the Round Table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Talbott, Hudson.
1995.
Retells the story of how the young Arthur became High King of all Britain and assembled his Knights of the Round Table.
Book

Social Dreaming : Dickens and the Fairy Tale.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Ostry, Elaine.
2013.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Electronic resource

Of swords and sorcerers : the adventures of King Arthur and his knights

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hodges, Margaret,
c1993.
1st ed.
Nine episodes in the Arthurian cycle, from the placing of the boy Arthur in Merlin's care to Arthur's departure for Avalon.
Book

The three swingin' pigs

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Rubin, Vicky,
2007.
1st ed.
This version of the traditional English tale depicts three musical pigs who try to win Wolfie over with their vivacious vocals and toe-tapping tunes.
Book

Tomie dePaola's front porch tales & North Country whoppers.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

DePaola, Tomie,
2007.
A collection of folk tales, original stories, and jokes reflecting the regional humor of northern New England.
Book

The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack : Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Cultures

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Bell, Karl.
2013.
This book uses the nineteenth-century legend of Spring-heeled Jack to analyse and challenge current notions of Victorian popular cultures. Drawing upon a rich variety of primary source material, 'The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack' provides a fascinating insight into Victorian cultures and will appeal to anyone with an interest in nineteenth-century English cultural and social history, folklore and literature.
Electronic resource

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Howe, John,
©1989.
1st ed.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Kids classics King Arthur : the illustrated just-for-kids edition

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Malory, Thomas, Sir,
2024.
Thousands upon thousands of years ago, Welsh and English folklore told of an unusually brave, kind, and fair leader named King Arthur who protected his people from Saxon invaders in the fifth century. Medieval author Sir Thomas Malory collected, translated, and retold the folktales of King Arthur in his 1485 book Le Morte d’Arthur, which remains one of the most famous books of Arthurian legend to this day. Kid Classics: King Arthur is the thrilling new just-for-kids edition of the classic tales of King Arthur, abridged and retold for modern kids while staying true to the original Arthurian legends. It’s a story you can’t put down: Merlin guides young Arthur Pendragon to claim his throne as King of the Britons by pulling the sword Excalibur from the stone, and fantastical adventures ensue! Arthur nearly loses Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake, befriends Sir Lancelot, falls in love with Guinevere, and calls the best knights of the realm to join him at the Round Table, a place where fairness is paramount, and everyone has an equal say. With page after page of captivating illustrations, this magical hardcover will be the fought over favorite in your home and schoolroom!
Book

Tales of King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Riordan, James,
1982.
Twelve of the best-known tales of King Arthur and his knights, retold from Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" and other medieval sources.
Book

Chaek kwa k'ong namu = Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

2005.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book
Title (vernacular script) ????? = Jack and the beanstalk / ?????? ; ? ??? ; ?????.
Publication Information (vernacular script) ?? : ?????, 2005.

Jacques and de beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Artell, Mike.
2010.
In this Cajun version of "Jack and the Beanstalk, " a handful of magic beans takes Jacques up through the clouds to the castle of a hungry giant.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Cauley, Lorinda Bryan.
c1983.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

Three romances : love stories from Camelot retold

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Rosen, Winifred,
c1981.
Book

Ardizzone's English fairy tales : twelve classic tales

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Jacobs, Joseph,
1980.
Twelve traditional English tales include "Jack the Giant-Killer," "Henny-Penny," and "The Story of the Three Bears."
Book

The three sillies

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hewitt, Kathryn.
c1986.
1st ed.
A young man believes his sweetheart and her family are the silliest people in the world until he meets three others who are even sillier.
Book

The Knight of the Lion

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

McDermott, Gerald.
©1979.
A retelling of the adventures of Sir Yvain and his faithful lion, as the young knight goes through several trials to prove himself worthy of a great triumph.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©1991.
Tells the classic British tale of young Jack, who stumbles into a hilarious series of misadventures with a dim-witted ogre and his spouse.
Videocassette

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Kellogg, Steven,
[1991]
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
Book

The story of King Arthur and his knights [sound recording]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
[2013], ?2002.
Unabridged.
For hundreds of years, the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has been one of the world's most precious literary possessions. In 1902, the distinguished American artist Howard Pyle undertook to retell this classic. His four-volume work on King Arthur has long been considered one of the outstanding interpretations of the Arthur cycle. This first volume, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, conveys the true spirit of the England of that time, when Arthur Pendragon was overlord of Britain and Merlin was a powerful enchanter, when the sword Excalibur was forged and won, and when the Round Table came into being
Sound recording
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Macon, Jeff.
[2007]
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.
CD

King O' the Cats

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Shepard, Aaron.
c2004.
1st ed.
A church sexton, known for his wild tales, has three weird encounters with magical cats and can't convince Father Allen that they really happened, until the priest's cat shows an intense interest.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood [large print]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Green, Roger Lancelyn.
2003.
Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny.
Large print
JLC Title 245h [large print]

Beanstalk Jack [music]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

[2018]
"A poor boy goes up the Beanstalk and steals the heart of the giant's daughter. A Folk Rock Opera for families from executive producer Tami Stronach and the Paper Canoe Company"--From beanstalkjack.com, viewed on May 11, 2018.
CD

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Nesbit, E.
2006.
1st ed.
After climbing to the top of a huge beanstalk, a boy uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and gain a fortune for himself and his mother.
Book

Tattercoats : an old English tale

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Steel, Flora Annie Webster,
©1976.
Retells the traditional English tale of how poor, neglected Tattercoats comes to marry the Prince.
Book

The dwarf, the giant, and the unicorn : a tale of King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Giblin, James Cross,
©1996.
When his ship runs aground on a strange island during a storm, Arthur sets off on his charger to look for help and meets a dwarf who tells a curious story about his son and the unicorn who has befriended them both.
Book

Costume for births, marriages & deaths

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Cunnington, Phillis Emily,
[1972]
Book

The Palatine wreck : the legend of the New England ghost ship

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Farinelli, Jill,
2017.
"The history and legend of the 'Palatine ghost ship' wrecked off Block Island in 1725"--
Electronic resource

King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Kerven, Rosalind.
1998.
1st American ed.
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "Once and Future King," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk = Jieke he mo dou : English-Mandarin

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

2013.
Book
Title (vernacular script) Jack and the beanstalk = ????? : English-Mandarin / translated by Lei Tang.

The Romance of Tristan and Isolt.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

1973.
Book

The famous adventures of Jack

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Doherty, Berlie.
2001.
1st American ed.
In a magical land of giants and castles and beautiful princesses, Jill hears several tales about characters named Jack, then embarks on a fairy tale adventure of her own.
Book

Young Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

San Souci, Robert D.
1997.
Recounts the story of King Arthur's boyhood, the sword in the stone, his first victorious battle, and his unification of a new kingdom.
Book

The boy's King Arthur; Sir Thomas Mallory's history of King Arthur and his knights of the round table.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Malory, Thomas, Sir,
[197-? c1924]
Relates the chivalrous and romantic deeds of King Arthur, Launcelot, Gareth, Tristram, Galahad, and other knights of the Round Table.
Book

Reproductive rituals : the perception of fertility in England from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

McLaren, Angus.
1984.
Book

The teeny-tiny woman

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Ziefert, Harriet.
1995.
A teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in a graveyard and takes it home to make soup, but changes her mind during the night.
Book

The challenge of the green knight

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Serraillier, Ian.
1967 [©1966]
[1st American ed.].
Sir Gawain is determined to keep his rendezvous with the Green Knight even though he believes it will mean his death.
Book

Saint George and the Dragon : a golden legend

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hodges, Margaret,
2009.
25th anniversary ed., 1st commemorative pbk. ed.
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
Book

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table [sound recording]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Flynn, Benedict.
p1997.
Presents an adaptation of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
CD
JLC Title 245h [sound recording]

Young Lancelot

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

San Souci, Robert D.
1996.
Presents the life of Lancelot, relating how he became the greatest knight of the Round Table.
Book

The book of King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
c1970.
Book

The story of the Grail and the passing of Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
[1985?]
Follows the adventures of Sir Gerwaint, Galahad's quest for the holy Grail, the battle between Launcelot and Gawaine, and the slaying of Mordred.
Book

King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table : retold out of the old Romances

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Green, Roger Lancelyn.
1993.
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "true-born King of Britain," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing.
Book

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
2002.
A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
Book

On to Widecombe Fair

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Piskies, spriggans, and other magical beings : tales from the Droll-teller

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Climo, Shirley.
c1981.
1st ed.
Retells nine tales about the mortals and magical beings who reside in Cornwall. A discussion of the various magical ones follows each selection.
Book

King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Riordan, James,
c1998.
Book

The story of King Arthur and his knights

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
1954.
The legends of King Arthur, Excalibur and the Knights of the Round Table are retold.
Book

The road to Camlann

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Sutcliff, Rosemary.
1982, ©1981.
1st ed.
The evil Mordred, plotting against his father King Arthur, implicates the Queen and Sir Lancelot in treachery and brings about the downfall of Camelot and the Round Table.
Book

Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde. 1, The selfish giant, the star child

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Wilde, Oscar,
©1992.
The Selfish Giant relates the tale of a formidable giant who frightens children away from his garden only for it to wither in a never-ending winter. When the children come back, the giant becomes of a different mind. The Star-Child is found in a field one day, thought to be left by a star. But he lets his uniqueness and fair looks fill him with vanity, cruelty and haughtiness until he meets a beggarwoman that he laughs and casts stones at.
Book

Lancelot

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Talbott, Hudson.
1999.
Lancelot is welcomed into the court of King Arthur as a valiant fighter and later rescues Queen Guinevere, fights the tournament at Astolat, and pursues other adventures.
Book

The story of Sir Launcelot and his companions,

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
1907.
Follows Sir Launcelot of the Round Table as he rescues Queen Guinevere, fights in the tournament at Astolat and pursues other adventures.
Book

Religion and the decline of magic : studies in popular beliefs in sixteenth and seventeenth century England

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Thomas, Keith,
1997.
Oxford University Press paperback
Presents an analysis of the religious beliefs of English society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the use of popular magic, and the role the Protestant Reformation played in taking magic out of religion.
Book

The tale of Sir Gawain

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Philip, Neil.
1987.
The knight Gawain recounts the adventures of King Arthur and his fellow members of the Round Table, his own battle with the Green Knight, his marriage, and the final days before the fall of Camelot.
Book

Knights of the Round Table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Gross, Gwen.
c1985.
Step-up adventures
Retells the exploits of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk : the graphic novel

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hoena, B. A.
c2009.
Graphic spin
"When Jack sells his family's cow for magic beans, his mother is anything but pleased. Soon, however, the beans sprout into a towering beanstalk. It leads to a castle filled with gold and other treasures. Jack's family will be rich, if he can sneak past the man-eating giant!"--Amazon.com.
Book

Magic & mischief : tales from Cornwall

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Climo, Shirley.
c1999.
A collection of stories detailing the charms, powers, and adventures, each about "some kind of magical being, good or bad" from the small corner of England known as Cornwall.
Book

The legend of King Arthur

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Lister, Robin,
1989.
First Edition in the United States of America
A retelling of fourteen tales from the legend of King Arthur, beginning with the wizard Merlin and ending with the departure of Arthur for the magical isle of Avalon.
Book

The story of King Arthur and his knights : retold from the Howard Pyle original

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Zamorsky, Tania.
©2006.
An abridged version of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
Book

The Fall of Camelot

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©1986.
Recounts the tales of King Arthur, from his early years with Merlin, through the rise of Camelot with its great knights, to the destruction of the kingdom.
Book

Dick Whittington and his cat;

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

1950.
Retells the legend of the poor boy in medieval England who trades his beloved cat for a fortune in gold and jewels and eventually becomes Lord Mayor of London.
Book

Freaky tales from far and wide

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Lupton, Hugh.
1999.
1st ed.
A collection of seven freaky stories especially compiled for parents and teachers to share with young children. Bright and bold illustrations complement the lively text.
Book

Beowulf

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Morpurgo, Michael.
c2006.
1st U.S. ed.
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Book

Origins of Arthurian romances : early sources for the legends of Tristan, The Grail and The abduction of the queen

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Johnson, Flint.
c2012.
"There are three archetypal and widespread Arthurian stories--the abduction of Guinevere, the Holy Grail, and Tristan. Through the author's research of the literature and comparative literature of the stories, and by studying the history, laws, and archaeology of the post-Roman period, a new methodology was found for approaching sources"--Provided by publisher.
Book

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Morpurgo, Michael.
2004.
1st U.S. ed.
The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor.
Regular print

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Cech, John.
c2008.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. Includes historical notes on versions of this tale.
Book

The Magpies' nest

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Foster, Joanna.
©1995.
A story, based on English folklore, explains why each bird builds its nest in a different way.
Book

Starve acre

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hurley, Andrew Michael,
2023.
"An atmospheric and unsettling story of the depths of grief found in an ancient farm in northern England, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, Juliette seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree. But as they delve further into their grief, both uncover more than they set out to"--
Book

Folklore in the English & Scottish ballads.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Wimberly, Lowry Charles,
[1965]
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 [DVD]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©2009.
Richard Greene stars as the valiant swashbuckler, Robin Hood, who fought the forces of the greedy Prince John by defending the common people from the tyrant of the vile Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin and his band of Merry Men, living in the shelter of Sherwood Forest, embark on a quest to steal from the rich and give to the poor while fighting their foes and hoping for the return of their beloved King Richard to rule once again!
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

The loathsome dragon

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Wiesner, David.
c2005.
A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful stepdaughter, turning her into a loathsome dragon until such time as her wandering brother shall return and kiss her three times.
Book

Sir Morien : the legend of a knight of the Round Table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Black, Holly,
2023.
First edition.
Sir Morien sets off from Africa in search of his father, and meets Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot who invite him to join their quest.
Regular print

The sword and the circle : King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Sutcliff, Rosemary.
©1981.
1st ed.
A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
Book

The black legend of Prince Rupert's dog : witchcraft and propaganda during the English Civil War

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Stoyle, Mark.
2011.
The story of Boy, the canine companion of King Charles I's nephew, Prince Rupert, whose fame as a dog-witch was one of the stranger consequences of the English Civil War.
Book

The heirs of Locksley

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Vaughn, Carrie,
[2020]
First edition.
"'We will hold an archery contest. A simple affair, all in fun, on the tournament grounds. Tomorrow. We will see you there.' The latest civil war in England has come and gone, King John is dead, and the nobility of England gathers to see the coronation of his son, thirteen year old King Henry III. The new king is at the center of political rivalries and power struggles, but John of Locksley--son of the legendary Robin Hood and Lady Marian--only sees a lonely boy in need of friends. John and his sisters succeed in befriending Henry, while also inadvertently uncovering a political plot, saving a man's life, and carrying out daring escapes. All in a day's work for the Locksley children..."--Provided by publisher.
Book

King Arthur : Excalibur unsheathed : an English legend

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Limke, Jeff.
c2007.
Graphic myths and legends
"A retelling, in graphic novel form, of the story of the boy fated to be the "Once and Future King.""--From source other than the Library of Congress
Book

The rise and fall of merry England : the ritual year, 1400-1700

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hutton, Ronald.
1994.
Book

Jack and the beanstalk

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Galdone, Paul.
2013.
Instead of returning from the fair with the goose Old Mother Twaddle told him to buy, her son Jack brings a single bean with magic properties, which grows nearly as high as the sun and which harbors a giant surprise. Adapted from The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of her Son Jack, written by B.A.T. and published in 1807 by J. Harris, London.
Book

Once & future. Volume four, Monarchies in the U.K.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Gillen, Kieron,
2022
"Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose, -- along with the entirety of Britain -- are dragged into the Otherworld. It's a land of predatory monsters and things seem like they can't get any worse. Of course they can. A rival king rises to confront Arthur, plunging the land into civil war... and both pursue Bridgette, Duncan and Rose as they travel across the land, desperately trying to find a way to return Britain to its senses--
Book

Perceval : King Arthur's Knight of the Holy Grail

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Perkins, John.
c2007.
1st ed.
Retells the Arthurian legend of Perceval, a foolish and impatient boy who realizes his dream of becoming a great knight, but meets with misfortune when he forgets to pray and serve God.
Book

The sword in the stone

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Maccarone, Grace.
c1992.
Despite the boasting of grown men, only young Arthur is able to draw a sword from a stone, thereby becoming king.
Book

Scarlet

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Gaughen, A. C.
2012.
Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.
Book

Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Roach, Joseph R.,
c1996.
Book

The adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Morris, Gerald,
c2008.
Relates tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court.
Book

The light beyond the forest : the quest for the Holy Grail

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Sutcliff, Rosemary.
1980, c1979.
1st ed.
A retelling of the adventures of King Arthur's knights, Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival, as they search for the Holy Grail.
Book

The treasure

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Shulevitz, Uri,
c1978
1st ed.
A retelling of the traditional English tale in which a poor man follows the advice of his dream and is eventually led to a treasure.
Book

The sword in the stone

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

White, T. H.
1993.
1st illustrated ed.
A retelling of the Arthurian legend.
Book

Yvain, the Knight of the Lion

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Anderson, M. T.
2017.
First edition.
"Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur's court and defeats a local lord in battle, unknowingly intertwining his future with the lives of two compelling women: Lady Laudine, the beautiful widow of the fallen lord, and her sly maid Lunette" -- provided by publisher.
Book

Merlin and the making of the king

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Hodges, Margaret,
c2004.
1st ed.
A retelling of four Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone, " "Excalibur, " "The Lady of the Lake, " and "The Last Great Battle, " which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures.
Book

Young Guinevere

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

San Souci, Robert D.
c1993.
1st ed.
Presents the life of Guinevere from her girlhood to her betrothal to King Arthur.
Book

How Glooskap Outwits the Ice Giants; and other tales of the Maritime Indians

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Norman, Howard A.
1989.
1st ed.
Six tales featuring the mythical giant who roamed the coast to New England and Canada, created the Indian peoples to keep him company, and fought battles to protect them ever after.
Book

The adventures of Robin Hood

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Punter, Russell.
2017.
The adventures of Robin Hood and his band of good-hearted outlaws are vividly brought to life in this action-packed picture strip story.
Book

The world of King Arthur and his court : people, places, legend, and lore

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
1999.
1st American ed.
Surveys the known history of King Arthur, the legends and lore surrounding him, his treatment in literature, and the possible historical background of his associates and stories.
Book

Shakespeare's festive world : Elizabethan seasonal entertainment and the professional stage

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Laroque, François.
1991.
Book

Of giants : sex, monsters, and the Middle Ages

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome.
©1999.
A monster lurks at the heart of medieval identity, and this book seeks him out. Reading a set of medieval texts in which giants and dismemberment figure prominently, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen brings a critical psychoanalytic perspective to bear on the question of identity formation-particularly masculine identity-in narrative representation. This is a compelling inquiry into the phenomenon of giants and giant-slaying in various texts from the Anglo-Saxon period to late Middle English, including Beowulf, several works by Chaucer, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Electronic resource

The story of King Arthur and his knights

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Pyle, Howard,
2016.
2016 edition.
A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
Book

Merry Men

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Rodi, Robert,
2018.
First edition.
"13th century England. Robert Godwinson, former lover of King Richard, lives with his band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest, away from the watchful eye of Prince John, who has outlawed homosexuality. Though isolated, the men live in peace - that is, until a stranger enters their camp seeking aid for a nearby town besieged by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Robert - nicknamed Robin - is reluctant to help, but equally eager to get rid of this perplexing stranger... and to put his formidable bow-and-arrow to use. It's Robin Hood like you've never seen him before, based on schlarly speculation about what's really behind the outlaw's legend." -- Page 4 of cover.
Book

Sylvester and the magic pebble [DVD] : --and more magical tales

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©2005.
In "Sylvester and the magic pebble," a small donkey finds a wishing stone. In "Possum magic, " Grandma Poss needs a certain food for a magical mix that will make Hush visible again. In "Princess Furball," a cruel king intends to marry his daughter to an ogre in exchange for wagons full of silver.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD] :

The sword in the stone

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

White, T. H.
[2008]
Unabridged.
Account of everyday life on a great medieval manor, with two boys, Kay and the Wart (who turns out to be King Arthur), learning the code of being a gentleman, and busy with hawking, jousting, sword play, hunting. The outline of this story is the narrative of how the boy, Wart, was made worthy to become the king and leader, Arthur.
CD

Once & future. Volume two, Old English

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Gillen, Kieron,
[2020]
"When an ancient helmet at the British Museum is taken, Bridgette and Duncan are confronted by another hero of yore, one who will lead them to facing off against their most formidable challenge yet...a beast and his mother. Although Bridgette and Duncan stopped Arthur from retrieving the Grail and separated him from the legendary scabbard of Excalibur, the undead King of the Britons still has his sights on returning to our world and returning to power. By inadvertently changing the story of the famous King, Duncan and Gran have thrown the Otherworld into shambles, allowing for new legends and characters to make their appearance - and bring a world of trouble along with them."--Provided by publisher.
Book

Intimate relations

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Durrell, Jacquie,
1976.
Book

New England

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

1985.
An annotated bibliography of fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and folklore from and about the six New England states.
Book

Yellow fairy book

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Lang, Andrew,
1980.
Rev. ed.
A collection of more than 40 fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, and the American Indians.
Book

The BFG

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Dahl, Roald.
1998.
Puffin ed.
From the Publisher: "Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers. But not the Big Friendly Giant. He and Sophie cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of troggle-humping-forever.
Book

The giant, O'Brien : a novel

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Mantel, Hilary,
1998.
1st ed.
A sick Irish giant in 18th century London is offered money by an anatomist if he will bequeath his body. The giant refuses, he wants to enter heaven whole, but the anatomist gets the body anyway. A parable on man of myth versus man of science. By the author of Eight Months on Ghazzah Street.
Book

From demons to Dracula : the creation of the modern vampire myth

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Beresford, Matthew.
2008.
Book

Semi-precious stones

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Wooster, Nora.
1952.
Book

Ballad studies

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

1976.
Book

Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Bryan, Eric Shane,
[2021]
Nearly all recent examinations of Icelandic (and Scandinavian) folklore from the nineteenth century and earlier have concerned themselves with the origins and production of folktales rather than with the cultural implications of their content. This volume extends those discussions by offering an interdisciplinary methodology that weaves together the literature, religious and political history, and other cultural phenomena that have impacted folk narratives as evidence of the emergent cultural memory of a society undergoing the religious developments of Christianization and Reformation. Iceland's uncommon proclivity towards storytelling, its robust tradition of medieval manuscripts, and the "re-oralization" of those narratives after the medieval period, create a body of folktales and legends that have encoded a hidden account of how orthodox and heterodox beliefs (sometimes pagan in origin) intermingled as Christianity, and later Reformation, spread through the North. This volume unlocks that secret story by placing Icelandic folktales in a context of religious doctrine, social history, and Old Norse sagas and poetry. The analysis herein reveals a cultural memory of belief.
Book

Flowers and trees of Tudor England;

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Putnam, Clare.
c1972.
Book

Blue fairy book

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

©1948.
1st ed.
Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scotland, England, and Scandinavia from such collections as those of Perrault, the Grimm brothers, or Asbjornsen and Möe.
Book

The mulberry tree

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Rushby, Allison,
2020.
First U.S. edition.
"Ten-year-old Immy and her family have run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England, where her depressed physician father can take a sabbatical and get back on his feet. Luckily, they find an adorable thatched cottage to begin a new life in. But their new home comes with one downside: in the backyard, there is an ancient, dark, and fierce-looking mulberry tree that has ceased bearing any fruit. There’s a legend that the towering tree steals away girls who live in the cottage on the eve of their eleventh birthday, and villagers even cross the street when they pass by the house. Of course, Immy thinks this is all ridiculous. But then she starts to hear a strange song in her head..."--Provided by publisher.
Book

The English mummers and their plays; traces of ancient mystery.

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Brody, Alan,
[1970]
Book

The white hare

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Johnson, Jane,
2022.
Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
"For fans of Alice Hoffman and Kate Morton, The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and daughters finding a new home for themselves, the secrets they try to bury, and the local legends that may change their lives. In the far west of Cornwall lies the White Valley, which cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea at White Cove. The valley has a long and bloody history, laced with folklore, and in it sits a house above the beach that has lain neglected since the war. It comes with a reputation and a strange atmosphere, which is why mother and daughter Magdalena and Mila manage to acquire it so cheaply in the fateful summer of 1954. Magda has grand plans to restore the house to its former glory as a venue for glittering parties, where the rich and celebrated gathered for cocktails and for bracing walks along the coast. Her grown daughter, Mila, just wants to escape the scandal in her past and make a safe and happy home for her little girl, Janey, a solitary, precocious child blessed with a vivid imagination, much of which she pours into stories about her magical plush toy, Rabbit. But Janey's rabbit isn't the only magical being around. Legend has it that an enchanted white hare may be seen running through the woods. Is it an ill omen or a blessing? As Mila, her mother, and her young daughter adjust to life in this mysterious place, they will have to reckon with their own pasts and with the secrets that have been haunting the White Valley for decades."--
Book

The bone keeper

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Veste, Luca,
[2019]
He'll slice your flesh. Your bones he'll keep. The Bone Keeper's coming. And he'll make you weep. What if the figure that haunted your nightmares as a child was real? Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find the supposed home of the Bone Keeper. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the evil urban myth. And then a body turns up.
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Robin Hood [DVD]

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

[2005]
When King Richard goes off to war, the greedy sheriff of Nottingham forces the residents to pay all their money to him. But Robin Hood, his friend Maid Marion, and a spy in the sheriff's castle are out to stop him and return the King to his rightful throne.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [DVD]

Eating mammals : three novellas

2024-06-02T02:53:52Z

Barlow, John,
2004.
1st U.S. ed.
In the tradition of T. C. Boyle, Steven Millhauser, and Michel Faber -- with a penchant for the macabre worthy of Irvine Welsh -- comes Eating Mammals. Gypsies, businessmen, servants, masters, and unwise children come together in three mythical tales from Victorian England. Eating Mammals evokes a lost time and place in which the realm of the magical seems almost too possible: a winged cat wreaks havoc in a Yorkshire workhouse and then in the minds of a succession of owners; a famed stunt eater introduces his apprentice, Captain Gusto, to the delicate art of devouring anything for a living; a blooming romance between two meat-pie makers leads thirty-two adorned donkeys to the altar. Wholly original and as assured as folklore, Eating Mammals marks the arrival of a very distinctive new voice.
Book

North and south

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,
1973.
Book

Blue fairy book

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Lang, Andrew,
1975.
Rev. ed. / edited by Brian Alderson ; illustrated by John Lawrence.
A collection of fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, Scotland, and England.
Book

Type and motif-index of the folktales of England and North America

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Baughman, Ernest Warren,
1966.
Electronic resource

Urban legend [videodisc]

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1998.
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend--a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor.
DVD
JLC Title 245h [videodisc]