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The Sugar Child

by Varennes, Monique de & Gore, Leonid

When a child made of marzipan candy mysteriously comes to life her loving parents and friends shelter and protect her, but there comes a time when she must ris...

The Little Sleepyhead

by Manushkin, Fran & Gore, Leonid

A tired little boy searches for a place where he can sleep.

Voices of the Trojan War

by Hovey, Kate & Gore, Leonid

A collection of poems that give voice to the ancient Greeks and Trojans who fought the Trojan war, a ten-year battle which ended when Greek warriors gained ent...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

by Coville, Bruce & Shakespeare, William & Gore, Leonid

Retells, in simplified prose, William Shakespeare's play about a prince of Denmark who seeks revenge for his father's murder.

The Princess Mouse

A Tale of Finland

by Shepard, Aaron & Gore, Leonid

A retelling of a Finnish folk tale about a young man who plans to marry his mouse sweetheart.

The Angel and Other Stories

by STAUFFACHER, SUE & Gore, Leonid

Retellings of folktales which reflect Christian oral traditions from fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe,

The Secret of the Great Houdini

by Burleigh, Robert & Gore, Leonid

As Sam and Uncle Ezra watch, the Great Houdini escapes from a trunk at the bottom of the river. Includes factual information about Houdini and his career as a ...

Behold the Trees

by Alexander, Sue & Gore, Leonid

A land once protected by all sorts of wonderful trees is reduced over time by war and environmental neglect to desert, until new inhabitants plant trees and sl...

Sleeping Boy

by Craddock, Sonia & Gore, Leonid

A young German boy and his family fall under a spell that puts them to sleep until peace comes to the city of Berlin.

Lucy Dove

by Del Negro, Janice & Gore, Leonid

While sewing the laird's trews by moonlight in a haunted churchyard in return for a sackful of gold, an aging seamstress outwits a terrible monster.