folklore

When honest Chang is tricked out of his magic boat, he and his friends venture to win it back from wicked Ying and the greedy Emperor.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.

While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.

When the famous wrestler Forever Mountain tickles a plump little girl, the consequence is that he must be trained by her, her mother, and her grandmother.

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

A stingy baker who offends a mysterious old woman suffers misfortune in his business, until he discovers what happens when generosity replaces greed.

When a family claims it has no food to feed him, a hungry soldier proceeds to make a soup with a stone and water.

A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.

Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.

A bilingual retelling of two Korean folktales, the first about the Big Dipper and seven devoted brothers, and the second about two brothers who plant gourds that reveal the difference between greed and compassion.