In this retelling of an Ojibwe Indian tale, a mother bear loses sight of her two cubs as they all attempt to escape a forest fire by swimming across Lake Michigan.

Relates some of the legends of Pecos Bill, from the moment he bounced out of his family's covered wagon to the day his long-lost brother appears and explains that Bill is not like the coyotes that have raised him.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she sets off to connect with others, who too, long for freedom"--

"In the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yui, fleeing her violent husband, and Hiyori, a young orphan, are taken in by a strange but kind old lady named Kiwa in the small town of Kitsunezaki. The newly formed family finds refuge in a mayoiga, a lost house, perched atop a beautiful cape overlooking the sea. While helping to rebuild Kitsunezaki, the three adapt to their new lives and supernatural new home, slowly healing from their troubled...

"After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces."--

"A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"--

An abrigded version of the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

Forty-two fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, and other countries, including The Three Little Pigs, The Fisherman and his Wife, The Clever Tailor, and The Story of the Three Bears.