Stories from Around the World

 

Africa:

 

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, by John Steptoe

Anansi the Spider, by Gerald McDermott

Mabela the Clever, by Margaret Read MacDonald

For You Are a Kenyan Child, by Kelly Cunnane

Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia, by Verna Aardema

 

 

Asia:

 

The Brave Little Parrot, by Rafe Martin

The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale, by Mary Casanova

Babushka Baba Yaga, by Patricia Polacco

Chinese Mirror, by Mirra Ginsburg

Mountains of Tibet, by Mordicai Gerstein

 

 

Caribbean/Central America:

 

The Secret Footprints, by Julia Alvarez

People of the Corn: A Mayan Story, by Mary-Joan Gerson

Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti, by Amy MacDonald

Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, by Robert San Souci

La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Folktale, by David Moreton

 

 

Europe:

 

The Faerie's Gift, by Tanya Robyn Batt

Tony's Bread, by Tomie DePaola

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Barbara Bartos-Hoppner

Bijou, Bonbon, and Beau: The Kittens Who Danced for Degas, by Joan Sweeney

Mysterious Giant of Barletta: An Italian Folktale, by Tomie De Paola

 

 

Middle East:

 

Something from Nothing, by Phoebe Gilman

The Rose's Smile: Farizad of the Arabian Nights, by David Kherdian

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story, by Rebecca Hickox

 

 

North America:

 

Owl Eyes, by Frieda Gates

Mike Fink: A Tall Tale, by Steven Kellogg

When Birds Could talk and Bats Could Sing, by Virgina Hamilton

Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale, by Tynie Thomassie

New York's Bravest, by Mary Pope Osbourne

 

 

Pacific:

 

The Wise Old Woman, by Yoshiko Uchida

The Eye of the Needle, by Teri Sloat

Sun Mother Wakes the World: An Australian Creation Story, by Diane Wolkstein

Painter and the Wild Swans, by Claude Clement

Basho and the Fox, by Tim Myers

 

South America:

 

Senor Cat's Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America, by Lucia Gonzalez

Jabuti the Tortoise, a Trickster Tale from the Amazon, by Gerald McDermott

Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale fromt he Andes, by Barbara Knutson

Great Kapok Tree, by Lynne Cherry

Dancing Turtle: A Folktale from Brazil, by Pleasant DeSpain