The Way of the Circle - James M Vollbracht - Archetypes - Wiseman who ferries passengers across the river. | The Fortune-Tellers - Lloyd Alexander - Archetypes - African folktale: young man visits fortune teller and becomes fortune teller. |
| Old Turtle - Douglas Woods - - Creation and the nature of God. |
| Terrible Tuesday - Hazel Townson - - Terry overhears mother saying Tuesday will be terrible. Terry imagines. |
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| Alchemy |
| Arrow to the Sun - Gerald McDermott - Calcinatio - Native American tale of a boy in search of his father, the Sun lord. |
| The Paper Bag Princess - Robert Munsch - Calcinatio - Rescues prince from the dragon. |
| Dawn - Molly Bang - Sublimatio - Japanese legend: shipbuilder wounds Canada goose, becomes wife. |
| An Ant's Day Off - Bonnie Becker - Sublimatio - |
| The Man Who Lit the Stars - Claude Clement - Sublimatio - A boy follows the man who lights the stars. |
| The Tower - Richard Paul Evans - Coagliatio - Passion to be great. |
| Mole Music - David Mc Phail - Coagliatio - Longs for beautiful music, doesn't give up practicing the violin. |
| Sorry - Jean VanLeeuwen - Separatio, Conuncio - Family feud that starts over lumpy porridge. |
| The Wooden Dragon - Joan Aiken - Mortificatio - Brother leaves wooden dragon to look after sister. |
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| Archetypes |
| The Sky Sweeper - Phyllis Gershator - Keeper of Scared Space - Takeboki is temple flower keeper, and in heaven sweeps celestial clouds and stars. |
| Fu Finds the Way - John Rocco - One who Hears the Cries - Fu taught to pour tea instead of fight. |
| The Secret Keeper - Kate Coombs - One who Hears the Cries - Village secret keeper falls ill from the weight of the secrets. |
| Yes Dear - Diana Jones - Advocate of the Soul - Kay finds “magic” leaf; only grandmother supports her. |
| Never Forgotten - Patricia McKissack - Advocate of the Soul - West Africa; son is sold into slavery. |
| The Princess and the Pizza - Mary Jane Auch - The Wise One - Chooses pizza business over prince. |
| City Dog, Country Frog - Mo Willems - The Wise One - Dog and frog visit each other and learn other's world. |
| White Water - Michael Bandy - The Liberator - White drinking fountain; segregation through a child’s eyes. |
| More - LC Springman - The Liberator - Magpie shows that less is more. |
| Shining - Julius Lester - The Journeyer - A young girl does not speak; finding one's voice. |
| Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins - Eric Kimmel - The Journeyer - Hershel outwits the goblins to save Hanukkah celebration. |
| Goldilocks and the Three Dinosuars - Mo Willems - The Healer - Being in the wrong story. |
| FArTHER - Graham Baker Smith - The Healer - Father and son, loss and fulfillment. |
| Cloud Spinner - Michael Catchpool - - Small boy can weave cloth from clouds. |
| Whinnie, The Love Sick Dragon - Mercer Mayer - The Beloved - |
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| The Mandala Pilgrimage |
| The Frog and the Bird Song - Max Velthuijs - - Frog finds dead bird. He and friends bury bird, then life goes on. |
| The Bear and the Piano - David Litchfield - - Young bear finds a piano, practices, goes to city to play. Then comes back. |
| The Crow Who Was Not Asked - Susan Scott Morales - - Narrator hates crows, until a crow chases away a hawk from the robin’s nest. |
| The Boy in the Garden - Allen Say - - Young Jiro and the statue of a crane based on ancient legend. |
| How the Gods Created the Finger People - Elizabeth Moore - - A Mayan fable; Spanish and English. |
