legends

Presents two Jamaican folk tales featuring Anansi the spider and the tricks he played on others.

Illustrations and dialogue tell the story of the John Henry, who raced a steam drill digging a railroad tunnel and won.

Retells the legend of Clamshell Boy, who rescues a captured group of children from the dreaded wild woman, Basket woman.

Retells Howard Pyle's tale of the English outlaw Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham who will stop at nothing to capture him.

Retells the African myth of how Anansi the spider gained possession of all the stories of the world. Presented in graphic novel format.

A bilingual folktale, based on a poem from the Song Dynasty, in which a young girl disguises herself as a man and leads the army of China to victory against the enemy.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

In ancient Mexico, beautiful Maya's children are endangered by the threat of Senor Tiempo who, jealous of their immortality, plots to destroy them.

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

An illustrated retelling of the story written in both English and Vietnamese about a Pied Piper who is hired to free a village of rats, but when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he lures away their children as well.