Davol, Marguerite W

A girl explains how her parents are different in color, tastes in art and food, and pet preferences, and how she herself is different too--but just right.

Maggie saves the town of Serena, Kansas with her loud, fast drumming.

A cumulative tale in which a tree that is home to a singing mockingbird continues to be a source of music after it is fashioned into a fiddle.

In the time before stories, two children meet a snake who offers to trade tales for their fruit.

Explains how long ago a self-absorbed snake became responsible for the hyena's spots, the lion's mane, the monkey's chattering, and the ostrich's speed, and its own unique shape.

After creating the world and its creatures and day and night, the Mother of All Things leaves it to the night animals to find a way to lessen the night's darkness.

When the world was young, butterflies were so noisy that they did not see the beauty around them--until a great storm transformed and silenced them.

A humble artist agrees to confront the terrifying dragon that threatens to destroy his village.

When Papa Alonzo Leatherby's tall tales about New England freeze solid one extra cold winter, they have to be thawed out and preserved in ingenious ways.

A girl explains how her parents are different in color, tastes in art and food, and pet preferences, and how she herself is different too--but just right.