Deep in the woods : a folk tale The origin of day and night by Christopher Corr by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt Fables & Folklore When a bear accidentally crashes In a tale from Inuit folklore, a fox the roof of a home filled with and a hare take turns bringing Recommended Picture Books woodland creatures, he must about the day and the night so somehow put everything right. each has time to search for food. Nian, the Chinese New Year dragon Princess Sophie and the six The shadow in the moon by Virginia Loh-Hagan swans by Christina Matula A young girl takes action when by Kim Jacobs Two young sisters celebrate the her village is threatened by a A princess must rescue her six Mid-Autumn Festival and listen dragon, in a book that also explains the brothers from the enchantment to their Ah-ma tell the ancient background of the Chinese New Year. imposed on them by their tale of how the holiday began. wicked stepmother. The tale of the tiger slippers Pine and the winter sparrow by Jan Brett Momotaro (the peach boy) by Alexis York Lumbard A Middle Eastern folktale finds a by M. J. York Cherokee legend says an act of tiger unable to distance himself Found floating on the river kindness toward an injured bird from the slippers that enabled inside a peach, Momotaro grows earned pine trees the honor of his journey from humble origins to success. up and fights the terrible staying green all winter. demons terrorizing his village. A catfish tale Fox tails by Whitney Stewart Androcles and the lion by Amy Lowry When Cajun fisherman Jacques by Carl Sommer Four of Aesop's fables are encounters a magical wish- Escaping slavery and befriending a combined in this tale about granting catfish, his wife, Jolie, lion, Androcles and the lion are three animal friends who wishes for many things, including a paddleboat recaptured, until their punishment outsmart a tricky fox. and the title of Mardi Gras queen. becomes their freedom. The magic paintbrush Coyote rides the sun Nelly May has her say by M. J. York by Amanda StJohn by Cynthia C. DeFelice Nib sets off on an adventure to Coyote, in love with the Sun, can Nelly May Nimble takes a escape a greedy king who would never catch him as he rides housekeeping job with a lord use his magical artistic talents for across the sky. who demands she use his silly his own purposes. language, until a fire breaks out. The boy from the dragon palace : a folktale from Japan Medio Pollito (half-chick) by Margaret Read by Amanda StJohn MacDonald Medio Pollito, born with one eye, A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's wishes one wing, and one foot, learns until the ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's the value of helping others after unpleasant behavior and sends him away. setting out on his own. The rock maiden The princess and the warrior The contest between the Sun by Natasha Yim by Duncan Tonatiuh and the Wind : an Aesop's fable When her husband goes When the warrior Popoca by Heather Forest missing, a new mother pleads returns to find his love deep The sun and the wind test their with Tin Hau, the patron asleep and unable to be awoken, strength by seeing which of goddess of fisherman, for help. he stays by her side just as he promised. them can cause a man to remove his coat. Who is king? : ten magical A bucket of blessings stories from Africa by Kabir Sehgal Children of the dragon by Beverley Naidoo Monkey and his friends search by Sherry Garland Animal tales from Africa include for water in their drought- A collection of Vietnamese stories about a music-playing stricken jungle before they folktales with explanatory notes Tortoise, a hairless Hippo and a remember that peacocks can perform rain dances. following each story. woman with a mouse child. The boy at the dike The legend of the beaver's tail The tiger, the Brahman, and the by M. J. York by Stephanie Shaw One child makes a difference jackal : an Indian folktale Vain Beaver is proud of his silky and saves his village by plugging by M. J. York tail, to the point where he a hole in a dike with his finger. A brahman Hindu saves a tiger alienates the woodland from a trap, only for the tiger to creatures with his boasting. threaten eating the man. The girl with a brave heart The teeny-tiny woman by Riòtah The tortoise & the hare by Paul Galdone After showing kindness to an old by Jerry Pinkney When a teeny-tiny woman finds woman, Shiraz receives the gift a teeny-tiny bone in the teeny- Retells the fable of the race of beauty. But her cruel tiny churchyard, she takes it between the tortoise and the stepsister's fate is less pleasant. hare, set in America's Southwest. home to boil for her supper.
Issun Boshi (one-inch boy) The wooden sword Elephant in the dark by Nadia Higgins by Ann Redisch Stampler by Mina Javaherbin Tiny but capable young Issun A poor Jewish shoemaker, whose Persian villagers try to figure out Boshi goes to Kyoto, where he faith is tested by an Afghan shah, what strange animal in a dark proves himself a valuable maintains belief that all things barn has arrived from India. servant to kind Lord Sanjo. happen for the best.
Firebird Sister Bear : a Norse tale The grasshopper & the ants by Saviour Pirotta by Jane Yolen by Jerry Pinkney When a Firebird is discovered Traveling with her bear to visit the Hardworking ants stock up for stealing the king's golden apples, King of Denmark, they discover a the winter while a grasshopper young Ivan befriends a wolf and pack of trolls is about to cause plays all year long, until the cold a princess while questing to trouble on Christmas Eve. weather arrives and he realizes his mistake. capture the creature.