folk tales

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folk tales

Puss in boots

2022
Teaches phonics through the classic tale of Puss in boots, a cat who tries to improve his owner's life.

Scary stories 3

more tales to chill your bones
2019
Contains haunting stories that feature ghosts, monsters, and other creepy endeavors, and includes selections entitled "Just Delicious," "The Red Spot," "Is Something Wrong?" and others.

Kapaemahu

2022
Four individuals of dual male and female spirit bring their healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii, where they are beloved for their gentle ways and miraculous cures and where they imbue four giant boulders with their powers. Presented in English and Hawaiian.

The little green hen

2019
Little Green Hen needs help taking care of the apple tree that she lives in on the top of a hill, but only half the animals pitch in to help her until a rainstorm starts to flood the area and her apple tree is the only safe shelter. A retelling of "The Little Red Hen" with an environmental slant.

The sleeping beauty

2021
"A . . . retelling of the classic fairy tale. Once upon a time a baby princess was born. The kingdom's fairies blessed her with happiness, luck, cleverness, kindness and beauty. But one jealous fairy was angry at having been left out of the celebrations and placed a wicked curse on the little princess. A spell which could only be broken by true love's kiss"--Back cover.

Ancient night

2023
"A twist on two Nahuatl traditions: the rabbit which the Feathered Serpent placed on the moon, and Yaushu, the Lord Opossum who ruled the earth before humans came, and who stole fire from the gods to create the sun"--Provided by publisher.

Folktales for a better world

stories of peace and kindness
2023
Seven tales celebrating peace, kindness, and forgiveness from seven countries that have all suffered from wars and conflicts in recent times.

The magic horse

2017
A Sufi teaching tale in which two very different princes find their hearts' desires: one in a wondrous, mechanical fish, the other in a magical wooden horse.

A bilingual treasury of Chinese folktales

ten traditional stories in Chinese and English = [Chuan tong min jian gu shi : tong xin shan shuo meng fei yang]
2022
"This collection of traditional Chinese folktales tells you how to grow up to be a good person and to have a good life"--Provided by publisher.

[The hatseller and the monkeys]

[a West African folktale]
2006
An African version of the familiar story of a man who sets off to sell his hats, only to have them stolen by a treeful of mischievous monkeys.

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