folklore

A sequel to the original tale. Jim meets a sad and aging giant who complains that some boy once climbed up the beanstalk and robbed his father. Jim tries to improve the giant's lot.

The king is so pleased with the old man's sincerity, cleverness, and wisdom that he dismisses his jealous and greedy chief counselor and appoints the old man in his place.

The people in a village in the Amazon rain forest grow so lazy that they eagerly allow a strange man to create monkeys from leaves to do everything for them.

A young Inca girl succeeds where her brothers and others have failed, when her bird friends help her find the special water that will cure the king's son.

Presents eight myths and legends from various Native American peoples, including the Algonquins, Pawnees, Blackfeet, and Navajo.

A story about the greed and selfishness of one Dakota woman who took all the beans from Heetunka the Bean Mouse and gave nothing in return.

Story of a young Apache boy and girl who are reunited by the boy's flute playing.

Father and Mother Eagle take a Navajo boy to the country of the clouds where, though he allows Coyote to trick him, he learns the healing ways of eagles.

One day Bear reaches up into the sky, steals Sun, and buries him in a cave. It is up to brave Ts'ina dabju to rescue Sun and save the world from the dark and cold.

Shin buys his friend Tasuke's dream from him and goes in search of the predicted fortune, only to be disappointed until, upon returning home, he receives a wonderful surprise.