Walker, Barbara K

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Once there was and twice there wasn't

Seven adventures of the bald-headed Turkish peasant boy whose cleverness and luck always make him a hero in the end.

Just say hic!

Laughing together

giggles and grins from around the globe
1977
A collection of jokes, cartoons, riddles, rhymes, and short tales from around the world, with many jokes in the original language as well as English.

The courage of Kazan

1970
Recounts how a timid shepherd becomes a hero.

Pigs and pirates

a Greek tale
1990
Three Greek swineherds outsmart the pirates who steal their pigs.

A good fish dinner

1978
A fox steals a fine dinner from a fish-seller, but a wolf, following his example, is not so lucky.

The round Sultan and the straight answer

1970
The sultan could not lose weight until the hamal told him his fate.

Watermelons, walnuts, and the wisdom of Allah, and other tales of the Hoca

1991
A collection of tales about the folk hero Nasreddin Hoca, as he appears in the legends of Turkey.

How the hare told the truth about his horse

1972
A clever hare who boasts that the lion is his horse sets about proving it.

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