folklore

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Goldilocks and the three bears

1987
Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

Beauty and the beast

1989
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

Soap! Soap! don't forget the soap!

an Appalachian folktale
1993
A forgetful boy gets himself into trouble when he repeats what each person he meets on the road says to him.

Rapunzel

1995
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by an ancient fairy.

Misoso

once upon a time tales from Africa
1994
A collection of twelve folktales from different parts of Africa.

Fin M'Coul

the giant of Knockmany Hill
1981
Fin M'Coul's wife, Oonagh, helps him outwit his arch rival, Cucullin.
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Beauty and the beast

2006
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.
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Moss gown

1987
After failing to flatter her father as much as her two evil sisters do, Candace is banished from his plantation and only after much time and meeting her Prince Charming, is her father able to appreciate her love.
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Sister tricksters

rollicking tales of clever females
2006
A collection of trickster tales from the American South, featuring such female animal characters as Molly Cottontail and Miz Goose.
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Paul Bunyan, a tall tale

1984
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.
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