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1-22 of 22 results for "folktale"

Coyote Places the Stars

Written by Harriet Peck Taylor

In this retelling of a Wasco Indian legend about the constellations, a curious coyote sets out to...

Pre-K - 3rd

Rabbit's Snow Dance

Written by James & Joseph Bruchac

Rabbit is impatient. He wants things when he wants things and right now he wants to see some snow!...

Pre-K - K

Hush! A Thai Lullaby

Written by Minfong Ho

In an endearing lullaby, a mother asks a lizard, a monkey, and a water buffalo to be quiet and not disturb her sleeping baby.

Pre-K - 2nd

The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo De Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale

Written by Lucía M. González

A new version of a traditional Cuban folktale featuring Gallito, a bossy rooster who runs into...

Pre-K - 2nd

Paul Bunyan

Written by Steven Kellogg

Paul Bunyan is a lumberman who travels across America performing amazing feats. With his great blue...

Pre-K - 3rd

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Written by Steven Kellogg

The story is about Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind who was extraordinary from the minute she was...

Pre-K - 3rd

John Henry: An American Legend

Written by Ezra Jack Keats

The story of John Henry and how he used his hammer to lay railroad tracks across prairies and...

Pre-K - 2nd

The Funny Little Woman

Written by Arlene Mosel

A happy, funny woman liked to make rice dumplings. One day, one of her dumpling rolled off the...

Pre-K - K

A Story A Story

Written by Gail E. Haley

A Story, A Story is a colorfully illustrated re-telling of an Afro-Caribbean spider story and an...

Pre-K - 3rd

Baboushka and the Three Kings

Written by Ruth Robbins

Baboushka is an old woman who lives a simple life in Russia. One cold winter night, three lavishly...

Pre-K - 2nd

Chanticleer and the Fox

Written by Barbara Cooney

This adaptation of a story from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales brings a tale about cleverness and...

Pre-K - 3rd

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Written by Jan Brett

The classic story of Goldilocks, who stumbles upon the cottage of the three bears. She makes...

Pre-K - K

The Emperor and the Kite

Written by Jane Yolen

Princess Dejeow Seow spends her days alone, playing with a kite made of paper and sticks. Her...

Pre-K - 3rd

The Talking Eggs

Written by Robert D. San Souci

In an adaptation of a Creole folktale, Blanche is kind, loving and patient, but her older sister...

Pre-K - 3rd

Cinderella

Written by Amy Ehrlich

Cinderella lives with her cruel stepmother and step sisters, and treats them with kindness, even...

Pre-K - 3rd

Hansel and Gretel

Written by Rika Lesser

Hansel and Gretel are brother and sister. Their family is very poor and can't afford to feed them,...

Pre-K - 3rd

Bilingual Classic Tales: Goldilocks and the Three Bears / Ricitos de Oro y los tres osos

Written by Darice Bailer

Bilingual versions of everyone's favorite fairy tales, updated and adorned with simple, lively illustrations.

Pre-K - 1st

Bilingual Classic Tales: The Lion and the Mouse / El léon y el ratón

Written by Darice Bailer

Bilingual versions of everyone's favorite fairy tales, updated and adorned with simple, lively illustrations.

Pre-K - 1st

My First Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood

Written by Mara Alperin

When Little Red arrives at Granny's cottage, there's someone big, hairy and very, very scary waiting in Granny's bed. Will Little Red be breakfast for that big, bad wolf?

Pre-K - 1st

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (My First Fairy Tales)

Written by Mara Alperin

When three billy goat brothers reach the bridge to the meadow, a slobbering troll blocks their path. The brothers are no fools—but how do you trick a troll?

Pre-K - 1st

The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers

Written by Lisa Campbell Ernst

She's fast. She's feisty. And she outsmarted that sly fox in her boisterous debut. Now the...

Pre-K - 1st

Two of Everything (A Chinese Folktale)

Written by Lily Toy Hong

In this retelling of a Chinese folk tale, old Mr. Haktak digs up a curious brass pot in his garden,...

Pre-K - 3rd

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