Written by Virginia Hamilton

A collection of 24 African-American folktales including those featuring animals, fairy tales, the supernatural, and slave stories.

2nd - 11th

Written by Eric A. Kimmel

Anansi the spider sees a moss-covered rock and soon discovers its magical powers. He uses those...

K - 3rd

Written by Arthur Ransome

Based on a Russian folktale, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship tells the story of a peasant's quest to marry the Czar's daughter and the unusual characters he meets along the way.

K - 3rd

Written by Lois Ehlert

This Mexican folktale is about Cuckoo, a beautiful bird who sings all day and night rather than...

Pre-K - 5th

Written by Eric A. Kimmel

While traveling to Bagdad, Joha discovers a wishing stick, but it doesn't work the way Joha hopes....

1st - 3rd

Written by Marcia Brown

Based on an old French folktate, the story is about how three hungry soldiers outsmart the selfish and miserly people living in a village so that they find themselves making the soldiers a feast.

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by Gerald McDermott

Adapted from a folktale from Ghana, in West Africa, the story is about how Anansi the spider is...

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by Pete Seeger

A lttle boy and his magician father lull a hungry giant to sleep and make him disappear.

2nd - 3rd

Written by Aesop and adapted by John Wallner

A collection of three Aesop tales, playfully featuring mice as the charming main characters: City mouse-Country Mouse -- The Lion and the Mouse -- Belling the Cat.

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by Sarah Mlynowski

Mirror, mirror, on the basement wall . . .

Once upon a time my brother and I were normal...

3rd - 7th