folk tales

"In . . . ancient Persian, a king awaits the birth of his son but when the child is born with white hair and skin, he is banished to the forest. The young babe is brought up by the phoenix Simorgh until his father realizes the love he has lost and seeks his return"--Provided by publisher.

"From a great giant to a tiny child and from a wicked stepmother to a kindly granny, all of the characters in these classic folktales are African Americans. Six perennially popular stories include Rapunzel, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Jack and the Beanstalk"--Provided by publisher.

"N. Scott Momaday reflects on his native ground and its influence on his people. He reminds [readers] that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength and healing that must be protected before it's too late"--OCLC.

"An easy to read fairy tale about Cinderella and her trip to the ball. Spanish only text, includes Spanish word list"--Provided by publisher.

A modern retelling of the German fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood in which a little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.

"The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy--so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on some of its tenets. But how, perhaps a thousand years before the time of Columbus, did the Five Iroquois Nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca) come to end the bitter eye-for-eye warfare among them? What brought them together in an alliance based on the Great Law of Peace? And how was it that a system of Clan Mothers was instituted in which women are seen as the center of the nation and still today choose the 50 royaners, or peace chiefs, who speak for their respective communities in meetings of the League? In [this book], . . . author Joseph Bruchac draws from the teachings of both contemporary and past Iroquois tradition bearers in telling the . . . story of how 'the Peacemaker,' a divine messenger sent by the Creator, helped to bring reconciliation to warring nations"--Provided by publisher.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and a scary song.

Teaches phonics through the tale of Little Red Riding Hood's encounter with a wolf.

A retelling of a traditional Turkish tale about a trickster named Nasrudin.

"An easy to read fairy tale about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the girl's visit to the bears' house. Spanish/English edition includes reading activities and a word list"--Provided by publisher.