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1) The twits
Author
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
37 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Norse god Loki records the highs and lows of living on Earth as an eleven-year-old in grumbles, snarks, and doodles in his enchanted diary. He might not have shown any moral improvement (yet); but Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. Earning everyone's trust isn't easy, however. So far, Loki has managed to make only one human friend, Valerie, but is now irritated to learn that Valerie has made another friend, Georgina....
Author
Language
English
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Description
The question has plagued us for centuries: Can we change our fate? Before the days of going toe-to-toe with the Avenger, a younger Loki is desperate to prove himself heroic and capable, while it seems everyone around him suspects him of inevitable villainy and depravity...except for Amora. Asgard's resident sorceress-in-training feels like a kindred spirit-someone who values magic and knowledge, who might even see the best in him. But when Loki and...
12) The goblin twins
Author
Series
The goblin twins volume 1
Publisher
The Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two 601-year-old goblin tricksters dokkaebi from Korea go on an unexpected Halloween adventure in New York City.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a secret: she's strong. Like suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it's making it impossible for her to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, Thom makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary trickster she accidentally released from his 500-year prison sentence. Thom agrees to help the Monkey King get back his magical staff if he'll take away...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fox really, really wants to win the jumping contest. He knows just where he'll put that first-place trophy. The only problem? Fox is not a very good jumper. But he is a very good schemer. . . .The irrepressible fox (sort of) wins and (sort of) gets his comeuppance in this hilarious modern-day trickster tale" Cover-flap.
15) Friendly day
Author
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition for North America.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Children will laugh out loud at this amusing story of a clever mouse who tricks a hungry cat into sparing his life by telling the cat that it's Friendly Day, the one day in the year when all animals must share, care, and be nice to one another. Bright illustrations and sparkling rhyme follow suit as the cat imagines all the world's animals getting along--from a rhino who knits kitten mittens to a shark having a friendly game of chess with a school...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing...and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.) Once they gather together to find out what happened, will they find the true...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
137 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Miguel wants to be a musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Wanting to prove his talent, he finds himself in the Land of the Dead, where he begins an adventure with a trickster he meets along the way.
20) Thunderous
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If Aiyana hears one more traditional Lakota story, she'll scream! More interested in her social media presence than her Native American heritage, Aiyana is shocked when she suddenly finds herself in a magical world-with no cell coverage! Pursued by the trickster Raven, Aiyana struggles to get back home, but is helped by friends and allies she meets along the way. Her dangerous journey through the Spirit World tests her fortitude and challenges her...
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