Mikolaycak, Charles

Overview

Works:	170 works in 263 publications in 1 language and 24,038 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Poetry Folklore Biography Love poetry Music Pictorial works Bibliography Songs and music
Roles:	Illustrator, Author, Book designer, Translator, Other

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Charles Mikolaycak

Charles Mikolaycak collection of theatrical sound recordings and other material by Charles Mikolaycak( Recording )
Charles Mikolaycak : a life through books, CM 1937-1993 by Constance Rummel Bergum( )
Papers by Charles Mikolaycak( )
Mikolaycak, Charles, 1937-1993 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]( Book )

Most widely held works by Charles Mikolaycak

The man who could call down owls by Eve Bunting( Book )

6 editions published between 1984 and 1994 in English and held by 1,109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a stranger takes away the powers of an old man who has befriended owls, the vengeance wreaked on him is swift and fitting

Babushka : an old Russian folktale by Charles Mikolaycak( Book )

3 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 1,029 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the traditional tale of the old lady who, having missed her chance to take gifts to the newborn Christ Child, still wanders leaving gifts for all children in hopes that, one day, she will come upon Him

He is risen : the Easter story by Elizabeth Winthrop( Book )

4 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An adaptation of the Bible story of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection

Tam Lin : an old ballad by Jane Yolen( Book )

3 editions published between 1990 and 1998 in English and held by 899 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this retelling of an old Scottish ballad, a Scottish lass, on the Halloween after her sixteenth birthday, reclaims her family home which has been held for years by the fairies, and at the same time effects the release of Tam Lin, a human held captive by the Queen of the Fey

Exodus = [Yetsiʼat Mitsrayim] by Miriam Chaikin( Book )

4 editions published in 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the Biblical story of Moses leading his enslaved people out of Egypt

A child is born : the Christmas story by Elizabeth Winthrop( Book )

3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An illustrated retelling of the birth of Jesus

The legend of the Christmas rose by Ellin Greene( Book )

2 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In hope of getting her husband pardoned, an exiled outlaw's wife agrees to reveal to an old monk the miracle in Goïnge Forest, where every Christmas Eve a beautiful garden blooms in remembrance of the birth of the Christ Child

The hero of Bremen by Margaret Hodges( Book )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 769 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the German legend in which a shoemaker who cannot walk helps the town of Bremen, aided by the spirit of the great hero Roland

The rumor of Pavel & Paali : a Ukrainian folktale by Carole Kismaric( Book )

2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 682 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When cruel Pavel wins a wager against his kind twin brother Paali, he exacts a terrible price, but greed soon leads Pavel to his downfall

A fair wind for Troy by Doris Gates( Book )

6 editions published between 1976 and 1984 in English and held by 661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the events leading up to the Trojan War including Helen's capture by Paris and the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis

The Lullaby songbook( )

2 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 639 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of fifteen lullabies, each with a historic note and a musical arrangement

A gift from Saint Nicholas by Carole Kismaric( Book )

1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 638 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

By the time Saint Nicholas gets to Cecile's house on Saint Nicholas Eve he is out of presents, but she remembers the wonderful chocolate boat in the nearby candy shop

The highwayman by Alfred Noyes( Book )

3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Returning by moonlight to the inn where his true love, the landlord's daughter, awaits him, the highwayman is unaware that the king's soldiers also lie in wait for him, concealed in the girl's bedroom

Perfect crane by Anne Laurin( Book )

5 editions published between 1981 and 1987 in English and held by 603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A lonely Japanese magician gains friends through the paper crane that he brings to life but then must set free

I am Joseph by Barbara Cohen( Book )

5 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the Biblical story of Joseph, from his viewpoint, relating how he was sold into slavery and became the Egyptian Pharaoh's adviser

Voyages : poems by Walt Whitman( Book )

4 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 540 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughtfully selected and handsomely designed and illustrated, this notable collection amply displays the power of this singular poet

The changing maze by Zilpha Keatley Snyder( Book )

2 editions published between 1985 and 1992 in English and held by 506 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A shepherd boy braves the evil magic of a wizard's maze to save his pet lamb

How Wilka went to sea, and other tales from west of the Urals by Mirra Ginsburg( )

4 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of ten traditional Finno-Ugric and Turkic tales representing nine separate cultures of the Soviet Union