Oppenheim, Joanne

When a poor, but generous, man gives the king his giant turnip and is richly rewarded, the man's rich, selfish brother decides to follow suit.

A simple description of different types of birds--how they sound and what they do.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a syllabary for the Cherokee language.

A biography of the Seminole chief who led the resistance of his people against compulsory immigration from their Florida homeland to territory beyond the Mississippi.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some corn seed.

While trying to reel in a big fish, a child is pulled into the sea and has a series of underwater adventures with various marine animals.

On a dark and windy night, the animals in the barn are frightened by strange noises on the roof and think that it might be a ghost.

After climbing the water spout, Eency Weency Spider meets Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, and Little Jackie Horner.

Having missed her chance to see him on the first Christmas, old Befana travels around Italy each year searching for the Christ Child and leaving cookies and Christmas presents for the sleeping children.