legends

Tales from the folklore of those American Indians whose lodges were usually called wigwams and who were forest peoples. The tribes included are the Menominee, Ojibway, Chippeway, Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca and Algonquian Indians.

Ten representative myths and legends from eight tribes of Plains Indians, showing their beliefs and ways of life.

Twelve easy-to-read legends of the Pueblo Indians, showing their beliefs and way of life.

A collection of easy-reading tales from the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Yuchi, Natchez, and Seminole Indian tribes.

Retells the story of the Pied Piper who pipes a village free of rats, but when the villagers refuse to pay him for his services, he exacts a terrible revenge.

Retells the legend of John Henry, an African-American hero who raced against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.

A retelling of the Puerto Rican folktale in which a boy named Juan Bobo tries to do exactly as his mother tells him, but keeps getting things all wrong.

In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.

Relates the traditional Cora Indian tale in which Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth.