City mouse William Gray and country mouse Tansy become good friends who enjoy visiting each other in the country and the city, but they miss each other when they are apart--is there a way for them to meet halfway without giving up the city and country lives they love?

A fast-paced retelling of an Indian folktale about an old Indian woman, who has a bag that holds something amazing called summer, and the plot hatched by Coyote and his other animal friends who want to steal it.

Little Bunny is sad when Mama leaves on a business trip, so Papa helps Little Bunny craft an imaginative staycation at home until Mama returns.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47). Retells the legend of Mayan king Kukulkan, who goes against his brother's wishes and gives his people an amazing chocolate tree.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48). Little Sima is given a magical "gang," a giant porcelain bowl, that brings the first rain in one hundred years, but when Little Sima's friend falls into the bowl, Sima must risk the rain stopping in order to save his friend.

In folk stories, magic drums, ghosts, obedient and disobedient children, heroes, tricksters and birds that assume human form hold sway in a world where poetic justice always brings about a satisfactory ending. This is the stuff of An Evening in Guanima.

A collection of Bahamian folktales that will fascinate children with characters such as Bouki & Rabbi, Jack & B'er Debbil, and other characters, these tales are loaded wry metaphors and

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In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts the fox that wants to eat him for dinner.

This treasury of fantastic folklore presents eleven traditional Indian stories, beautifully illustrated in full color. Many of the timeless tales of wise and foolish creatures offer intriguing regional variations on Aesop's fables: "The White Elephant" resembles "Androcles and the Lion," "The Timid Little Rabbit" recalls "Chicken Little," and "The Grain of Corn" compares to "The Old Woman and the Pig." The wily little Jackal makes occasional appearances,...

Three handsome and clever brothers compete to find the world's most unusual gift. Includes a note on doing good deeds, or mitzvot, and discusses the symbolism of the pomegranate in Judaism.

"A baby who climbs out of a crib and starts walking the first day is not normal. Davy was not only larger than any other children, he was stronger too. What caused him to throw gators or ride bears? Davy was a powerful force to reckon with on the wild frontier"--