Browse all books

Books in Legends of the Team series

  • Night Owl and the Rooster: A Haitian Legend

    Charles Reasoner

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, July 1, 1995)
    Retells a Haitian folktale in which Coucou the owl hides his face from the light of day because he believes himself to be ugly, and Rouge the rooster tries to trick him into leaving his true love Drina the swallow
    K
  • Peach Boy: A Japanese Legend

    Gail Sakurai, Makiko Nagano

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, Aug. 1, 1994)
    When an old couple finds a baby inside a peach floating on the river, they raise him as their son, and he grows up to fight the terrible demons who have terrorized the village for years
    P
  • Wyatt Earp: Legends of the West

    Michael E Goodman

    Hardcover (Creative Education, July 30, 2005)
    Profiles Wyatt Earp, a peace officer in the "Wild West" who is remembered for his part in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where a dozen men fought, several died, and only Wyatt was not shot.
    X
  • Wild Bill Hickok

    Richard O'Connor

    Hardcover (Longmeadow Press, March 15, 1987)
    Wild Bill Hickok is an authoritative and lively biography of one of the most colorful characters in the Wild West. Richard O'Conner tells the story of the deadliest gunslinger of his time, a two-legged, half-blind shooting gallery, a knight chivalric of the plains who inspired a thousand tales, each one taller than the last and many of them true
  • Calamity Jane: Legends of the West

    Sara Gilbert

    Hardcover (Creative Education, July 30, 2005)
    Learn about the life of Calamity Jane. Includes glossary, index, photographs and illustrations.
    Y
  • The Black Cowboys

    John Wukovits

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1997)
    A history of the exploits of Jim Beckwourth, Bill Pickett, Bose Ikard, and other African-American cowboys who contributed to the development of the American West
    X
  • The Magic Amber: A Korean Legend

    Charles Reasoner

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, Nov. 1, 1993)
    An old rice farmer and his wife are repaid for their kindness and generosity
    Q
  • The Seventh Sister: A Chinese Legend

    Cindy Chang, Charles Reasoner

    Library Binding (Troll Communications Llc, Oct. 1, 1994)
    A lonely shepherd is saddened when he must let the maiden he loves return to help her sisters weave the tapestry of the night sky
  • Kwian and the Lazy Sun: A San Legend

    Lilly, Steve Cox, Melinda Lilly

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Aug. 10, 1999)
    In order to have light, Kwian and the other children throw another villager, the lazy Kattenttu, into the sky where he becomes the sun
    H
  • Monsters of the Marsh

    David Tant

    Paperback (Armada Bks., March 15, 1985)
    1st edition paperback, vg+
  • Annie Oakley

    John Wukovits

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1997)
    Recounts the life of the markswoman and performer who achieved fame with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show
    P
  • Warrior Son of a Warrior Son: A Masai Legend

    Lilly, Melinda Lilly, Charles Reasoner

    Paperback (Troll Communications, March 15, 1998)
    A Masai folktale about how the tiny caterpillar outsmarts the other animals even though they are much bigger and stronger.
    R