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Books in Start-Off Stories series

  • The Three Bears

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1986)
    None
  • Country Mouse and City Mouse

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Anne Sikorski

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1985)
    A retelling of the well-known fable about two mice and the discovery they make
    G
  • King Midas and His Gold

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1986)
    King Midas discovers that gold does not make him happy after all especially when he can't eat it or love it.
    L
  • Three Billy Goat's Gruff

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Tom Dunnington

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987)
    A retelling of the fairy tale about three clever goats and a nasty troll
    G
  • The Little Red Hen

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1986)
    An easy-to-read retelling of the traditional tale about the little red hen and her lazy friends.
    H
  • Cinderella

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1986)
    None
  • The Frog Prince

    Mary Lewis Wang, Gwen Connelly

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1986)
    A retelling of the Grimm fairy tale in which a frog retrieves the princess' ball for a promise that the princess is reluctant to keep
    F
  • Little Red Hen

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Dennis Hockerman

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1985)
    An easy-to-read retelling of the traditional tale about the little red hen and her lazy friends.
    G
  • King Midas and His Gold

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1986)
    King Midas discovers that gold does not make him happy after all especially when he can't eat it or love it.
    L
  • The Good Witch

    Mary Lewis Wang

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Feb. 1, 1990)
    A good witch rewards a helpful sister and a selfish sister in kind
  • El Leon Y El Raton/ the Lion and the Mouse

    Mary Wang, Tom Dunnington

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1988)
    None
  • Let's Go on a Picnic: The Art of Millet

    Seon-hak Jo, Ji-won Baik

    Library Binding (Big & Small, Jan. 1, 2017)
    French artist Jean Francois Millet was deeply moved by the ordinary life of the people in Barbizon, who were poor yet always maintaining a heart of gratitude. This story aims to show what he saw and painted by telling a story of young girl pleading with her busy parents to go on a picnic.
    S