folklore

The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge.

While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself.

Collection of twelve myths, legends, and folktales reflecting the history of Latin America before and after the arrival of the Spaniards in 1492, drawing from the traditions of thirteen countries and four native cultures.

Contains retellings of twelve traditional Native American monster legends, drawn from the cultures of the Seneca, Mohawk, Passamaquoddy, Lenape, Penobscot, Oneida, Abenaki, xnd Onondaga people.

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.

When the rabbi tells Mendel to get a table for the Chanukah menorah, Mendel makes the task more difficult than it should be.

When she falls in love with Joshua, a slave, free-born Belle Dorcas uses the magic of a conjer woman to keep Joshua with her.

Traditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.

A teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in a graveyard and takes it home to make soup, but changes her mind during the night.

A retelling of the traditional tale.