folklore

"In this . . . illustrated mock-autobiography for middle-grade readers, Wind speaks directly to the reader, telling . . . stories that show their cultural, historical and technical importance to humans. Make no mistake: Wind is not shy or humble. Wind is violent, impulsive, arrogant and unpredictable--now playing with a kite, then tearing down a forest"--Provided by publisher.

Contains fifteen tales from Norse folklore.

Relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in his calendar.

"Pedro is a shepherd who gets quite bored grazing his sheep. That's why one day it occurs to him to play a trick on his neighbors: he will invent that the wolf is going to eat the sheep. The villagers, half asleep, get up as fast as they can to help him. However, once they arrive, they realize it was a lie. Pedro laughs, but then finds himself in trouble when a wolf really does appear…"--Amazon.

The Monkey King escorts an important mission to the West as Brother Boar and Friar Sand join in the expedition. Presented in Vietnamese and English.

A clever fox is trapped by a clever farmer who offers the fox a chicken, but the fox manages to outwit the man and escape.

"This [book] features more than 20 fright-filled stories from around the globe"--Back cover.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

An illustrated retelling of the creation story of the Inuit people of the Arctic Circle.

A colorful, illustrated children's book that tells the ancient Inuit legend about the dreaded amautalik that goes about scaring Inuit children.