Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
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How the Birds Got Their Colours: Tales from the Australian Dreamland
$11.99 Read moreA wonderful collection of creation stories from Australia, telling how the koala lost his tale, the kangaroo got her pouch, as well as how the birds got their colours. Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer… [more below]
- Series: Collins Big Cat
- Author: Chapman, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0008179344
- Language: English
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Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale
$19.99 Add to cartWhat can you do with a boy who tries to do things right but only leaves disaster in his wake?
Laugh–that’s what! Readers everywhere will love to laugh at the hilarious antics of the ever-blundering
- Author: Montes, Marisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0688162339
- Language: English
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How Many Donkeys?: An Arabic Counting Tale
$6.99 Add to cart2010 Best English Language Children’s Book, Sharjah International Book Fair
Jouha gets confused counting his donkeys while leading them to market. Jouha is loading his donkeys with dates to sell at th- Author: MacDonald, Margaret Read
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0807534250
- Language: English
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Babushka’s Doll
$8.99 Add to cartNatasha isn’t really a bad girl. It’s just that she wants to play on the swing now, not after the wash has been hung up to dry. And she wants her soup now, not after the goats have been fed. Looking… [more below]
- Author: Polacco, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0689802552
- Language: English
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Emily and Daisy
$19.95 Read moreEmily wants to help her mama by watching Daisy the cow so she doesn’t escape out the hole in her fence.
On the way to the meadow, Emily meets a big dog, a boastful boy and an old man. But who will hel
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1782508090
- Language: English
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Rabbit’s Snow Dance: A Traditional Iroquois Story
$18.99 Read moreRabbit’s Snow Dance
Master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac present a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the importance of patience, the seasons, and listening to your friends. Pair- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0803732708
- Language: English
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Arabian Nights
$9.99 Read moreAli Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor: these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar…and to sav… [more below]
- Series: Classic Starts(r)
- Author: Woodside, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1402745737
- Language: English
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The Curious Fish
$19.95 Add to cartA collectable new edition of the classic Elsa Beskow picture book with a cloth spine.
When Flash the curious fish finds himself stuck in a jar in a little boy’s bedroom, his aunt and uncles are determ
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1782507507
- Language: English
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
$12.99 Read moreCan the three Billy Goats Gruff cross the troll’s bridge without being eaten? Find out in the perfect introduction to the beloved must-have classic by two-time Caldecott Honor-winner Paul Galdone.
The
- Series: Paul Galdone Classics
- Author: Galdone, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0547576552
- Language: English
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Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth
$16.99 Read moreThe bold, bright colors of India leap right off the page in this fresh and funny picture book retelling (with a twist) of how Ganesha came to help write the epic poem of Hindu literature, the Mahabhar… [more below]
- Author: Haynes, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 05 2012
- ISBN10: 1452103623
- Language: English
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D’Aulaires’ Book of Norwegian Folktales
$27.95 Read moreFrom the authors who wrote and illustrated Ola, Leif the Lucky, and Children of the Northlights comes their collection of Norwegian folktales. First printed in 1938, this selection of timeless storie
- Author: D’Aulaire, Ingri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0816699321
- Language: English
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Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou
$19.99 Add to cartFull of sly wit and Cajun Spice.
–Scholastic.comChosen as a title for use in the Core Curriculum category of folktales and adaptation for grade set 3.5, this series of trickster tales, stemming from
- Series: Lapin
- Author: Doucet, Sharon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 19 2011
- ISBN10: 1455614807
- Language: English
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Rabbit’s Snow Dance: A Traditional Iroquois Story
$18.99 Read moreRabbit’s Snow Dance
Master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac present a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the importance of patience, the seasons, and listening to your friends. Pair- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0803732708
- Language: English
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The Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil
$8.95 Read moreTurtle loves to dance and play the flute. But her exuberance puts her at risk when her music attracts the attention of a hunter who brings her home for turtle stew. After she is caught, her only hope … [more below]
- Author: DeSpain, Pleasant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1941460461
- Language: English
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The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El D?a Que Nev? Tortilla: Folk Tales Retold by Joe Hayes
$14.95 Add to cartA Joe Hayes’ classic, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hispanic New Mexico folklore.
Kids of all ages are always asking Joe Hayes, How can it snow tortillas? Well, now they can find the answer in the bi
- Author: Hayes, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0938317768
- Language: Spanish
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The Hero Twins: A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers
$19.95 Read moreThe Hero Twins tells the story of two brothers born to Changing Woman and trained by the Holy People to save their people from the naay ‘, a race of monsters. But the naay ‘ can’t be beaten alone. F
- Author: Kristofic, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: February 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0826355331
- Language: English
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Peng’s Vase: A Chinese Folktale
$18.99 Add to cart★ “Elegantly and economically retold . . . with lustrous illustrations.” -STARRED REVIEW, Shelf Awareness
Young Peng shows courage and honesty when brought before the emperor of China in this r- Author: Proietti, Paolo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1636550460
- Language: English
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
$12.99 Add to cartCan the three Billy Goats Gruff cross the troll’s bridge without being eaten? Find out in the perfect introduction to the beloved must-have classic by two-time Caldecott Honor-winner Paul Galdone.
The
- Series: Paul Galdone Classics
- Author: Galdone, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0547576552
- Language: English
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The Quest for a Tangram Dragon
$18.99 Add to cartA clever and charming introduction to the Tangram puzzle, a classic Chinese shape puzzle that’s beloved in early math curriculum.
A brave Little Triangle seeks a Chinese dragon to end the long drought- Author: Liu-Perkins, Christine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1547608056
- Language: English
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The Silly Chicken — El Pollo Bobo: English-Spanish Edition
$11.90 Add to cart(Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edición bilingüe inglés-español) This is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do – with unexpected consequences. The surpr
- Series: Teaching Stories
- Author: Shah, Idries
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1942698143
- Language: English
