A retelling of a folktale about how a pair of magical slippers always find their way back to the tiger whose mother made them for him. "Set in India, this gorgeous reimagining of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Abu Kassem's Slippers" features a poor tiger cub who is a very hard worker. His mother weaves him slippers to protect his feet from stones and thorns, and they allowed him to prosper--first making bricks, then building houses, and eventually...

"Can a cunning fox trick a hungry tiger and save himself from being lunch?"--Back cover.

A charming tale of the peddler whose stolen caps mean all kinds of monkey business. Other stories add to the collection.

Rumpelstiltskin: A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child. The tiger and the Brahmin: The Indian folktale about a Brahmin who learns a valuable lesson when he is deceived by a ferocious tiger and rescued by a lowly jackal.