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1-24 of 62 results for "folktale"
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
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
Written by Charles Perault
The story of the smart cat who wears fancy boots and is able to figure out a way to trick a king...
K - 5th
Written by Lucía M. González
A new version of a traditional Cuban folktale featuring Gallito, a bossy rooster who runs into...
Pre-K - 2nd
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 Steven Kellogg
Paul Bunyan is a lumberman who travels across America performing amazing feats. With his great blue...
Pre-K - 3rd
Written by Steven Kellogg
The story is about Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind who was extraordinary from the minute she was...
Pre-K - 3rd
Written by Steven Kellogg
Born in New England, Pecos Bill falls out of his family’s covered wagon during their journey west...
Pre-K - 3rd
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
Written by Blaise Cendrars and Marcia Brown
This eerie tale based in African folklore tells of the Shadow, a mystical creature that is present in both ancient and present lore. Stark and powerful illustrations bring this story to life.
K - 3rd
Written by Gerald McDermott
In this Pueblo tale, the son of the Sun lord wants to find his father. He finds him with the help...
Pre-K - 2nd
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
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 Nonny Hogrogian
One fine day, a fox wandered through the woods and got very thirsty. He hastily drank a woman’s...
K - 3rd
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
Written by Barbara Cooney
This adaptation of a story from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales brings a tale about cleverness and...
Pre-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 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 Jane Yolen
Princess Dejeow Seow spends her days alone, playing with a kite made of paper and sticks. Her...
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 Gerald McDermott
Coyote wanted to fly like the crows, so they humored him by making him feathers and teaching him...
Pre-K - 3rd
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
Written by Amy Ehrlich
Cinderella lives with her cruel stepmother and step sisters, and treats them with kindness, even...
Pre-K - 3rd
Written by Rika Lesser
Hansel and Gretel are brother and sister. Their family is very poor and can't afford to feed them,...
