El Chupacabras

The Silver Child

Pigs Can Fly!: The Adventures of Harriet Pig and Friends

To Be a King

JOY AND THE GIANT: OVERCOMING FEAR

Dragons in a Bag

Of Enemies and Endings: The Ever Afters

But Who Will Bell the Cats?

Jack is the universal folk hero and adventurer. Tales of Jack's adventures are as timeless as bedrock but as fresh as dawn in the Appalachian hills. Whether Jack is outsmarting ogres, besting card sharks, wrestling with ornery witches, or even taking on Old Man Death himself, the plainspoken hero's common sense, goodness, and hill-country humor help him come out on top every time. Gail Haley is an author, award-winning illustrator, puppeteer, and storyteller. She has written and illustrated over forty books for children. She is the only North Carolinian to have won the Caldecott Medal and is the only person world-wide to have won both The Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenway Medal. In addition, she won the Kadai Tosho Award in Japan. Parent's Choice Award for The Green Man and the Kerlan Award for Lifetime Achievement. She was a storyteller in residence at Appalachian State University for fifteen years and has lectured extensively in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and South Africa.

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El Chupacabras

Adam Rubin, Crash McCreery, 2018

The Silver Child

Cliff Mcnish, 2003

Pigs Can Fly!: The Adventures of Harriet Pig and Friends

Debbi Chocolate, Deborah M. Newton Chocolate, Leslie Tryon, 2004

To Be a King

Kathryn Lasky, 2006

JOY AND THE GIANT: OVERCOMING FEAR

Joy K. Blair, 2023

Dragons in a Bag

Zetta Elliott, 2018

Of Enemies and Endings: The Ever Afters

Shelby Bach, 2015

But Who Will Bell the Cats?

Cynthia Von Buhler, 2009