AFRICA
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters:
An African Tale
by John Steptoe
(S Africa)
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
by Gerald McDermott
(West Africa)
Mabela the Clever
by Margaret Read MacDonald
(West Africa)
ASIA
The Brave Little Parrot
by Rafe Martin
(India)
The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale
by Mary Casanova
(China)
Babushka Baba Yaga
by Patricia Polacco
(Russia)
PACIFIC
The Wise Old Woman
by Yoshiko Uchida
(Japan)
The Eye of the Needle
by Teri Sloat
(Alaska)
Sun Mother Wakes the World: An Australian Creation Story
by Diane Wolkstein
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CARIBBEAN/ CENTRAL AMERICA
The Secret Footprints
by Julia Alvarez
(Dominican Republic)
People of Corn: A Mayan Story
by Mary-Joan Gerson
(Guatemala)
Please,
Malese! A Trickster Tale From Haiti
by Amy MacDonald
EUROPE
The Faerie’s Gift
by Tanya Robyn Batt
(Ireland)
Tony’s Bread
by Tomie
De Paola
(Italy)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Barbara Bartos-Hoppner
(Germany)
SOUTH AMERICA
Señor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories From Latin
America
by Lucía M. González
Jabutí the Tortoise, a Trickster Tale From the Amazon
by Gerald McDermott
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale From the Andes
by Barbara Knutson
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MIDDLE EAST
Something for Nothing
by Phoebe Gilman
(Jewish tale)
The Rose’s Smile: Farizad of the Arabian Nights
by David Kherdian
(Arabia)
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story
by Rebecca Hickox
(Iraq)
NORTH AMERICA
Owl Eyes
by Frieda Gates
(Mohawk legend)
Mike Fink: A Tall Tale
by Steven Kellogg
When Birds Could Talk & Bats Could Sing: The Adventures of Bruh
Sparrow, Sis Wren, and Their Friends
by Virginia Hamilton
These books may be found in our
Folklore and Fairytales Collection (398)
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