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Books with author Charles Mikolaycak

  • Babushka: An Old Russian Folktale

    Charles Mikolaycak

    Library Binding (Holiday House, Sept. 1, 1984)
    The classic Christmas tale of a Russian peasant woman who left too late to catch up to the Wise Men and who continues her search for the Christ child
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  • Juma and the Magic Jinn

    Joy Anderson, Charles Mikolaycak

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Sept. 1, 1986)
    Juma likes to sing and draw but dislikes school until the jinn of the jar teaches him better
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  • Babushka: An Old Russian Folktale

    Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Holiday House, July 1, 1988)
    Retells the traditional tale of the old lady who, having missed her chance to take gifts to the newborn Christ Child, still wanders leaving gifts for all children in hopes that, one day, she will come upon Him.
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  • Tam Lin: An Old Ballad

    Jane Yolen, Charles Mikolaycak

    Library Binding (Harcourt Childrens Books, Oct. 1, 1990)
    In this retelling of an old Scottish ballad, a Scottish lass, on the Halloween after her sixteenth birthday, reclaims her family home which has been held for years by the fairies, and at the same time effects the release of Tam Lin, a human held captive by the Queen of the Fey.A Scottish lass, on the Halloween after her sixteenth birthday, reclaims her family home from the fairies and effects the release of Tam Lin, a human held captive by the Queen of the Fey
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  • The Twelve Clever Brothers and Other Fools: Folktales from Russia

    Mirra Ginsburg, Charles Mikolaycak

    Hardcover (J.B. Lippincott, March 15, 1979)
    Fourteen traditional folktales from the different peoples of Russia featuring both clever and silly fools.
  • Bearhead

    Eric A. Kimmel, Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Holiday House, Dec. 1, 1996)
    Bearhead succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin.
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  • Captain Grey

    Avi, Charles Mikolaycak

    Hardcover (Beech Tree Books, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Following the Revolution, an eleven-year-old boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own "nation," supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast.
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  • Babushka: An Old Russian Folktale

    Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Holiday House, Aug. 16, 1984)
    a lady who still searches for the Christ Child
  • Captain Grey

    Avi, Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Aug. 16, 1993)
    In 1783, young Kevin Cartwright is kidnapped by the mysterious Captain Grey and his crew of pirates after they kill Kevin's father and sister. Reprint. SLJ. NYT.
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  • The Man Who Could Call Down Owls

    Eve Bunting, Charles Mikolaycak

    Library Binding (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, March 1, 1984)
    An evil stranger seeks to gain the powers of an old man who can call down owls, but only succeeds in calling down his own doom
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  • Lavender-Green Magic

    Andre Norton, Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Ace Books, Aug. 16, 1974)
    Paperback copy of classic Andre Norton title - 5th title in the Magic Sequence series
  • Tam Lin

    Jane Yolen, Charles Mikolaycak

    Paperback (Sandpiper, April 15, 1998)
    A young girl triumphs over the Queen of Faeries to reclaim her ancestral home and free her true love in this haunting retelling of an old Scottish ballad. “Mikolaycak’s illustrations...attract attention yet do not overpower the story, making the book one that could be easily used as a picture story book presentation for middle- and upper-grade or even adult audiences.”-The Horn Book
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