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Jack and the beanstalk

1990
Retells in verse the old tale of the boy who climbed a beanstalk, killed a giant, and won a fortune.

Animal superstitions

1981
Details superstitions about animals held in a variety of cultures in different epochs.
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"Why goats smell bad" and other stories from Benin

1998
A collection of nineteen folk stories from the Fon people of Benin, about orphans and twins with magical associations, spirits, animals, royalty, and farmers.

The Way to Make Perfect Mountains

Native American Legends of Sacred Mountains
1997
Presents a collection of legends about North American Indians.

All around the year

holidays and celebrations in American life
1994

The proper care and feeding of zombies

a completely scientific guide to the lives of the undead
2010
A guide to zombies that explains how the undead live, what their exercise needs are, how they are created, what they eat, how they can be identified, and what can be done to avoid becoming one.

Anpao

an American Indian odyssey
1992
Traditional tales from North American Indian tribes woven into one story that relates the adventures of one boy as he grows to manhood.

A treasury of Jewish folklore

stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom and folk songs of the Jewish people
1977

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