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Vietnamese Fables of Frogs and Toads $20.50

In one of these traditional Vietnamese folktales, a talking frog falls in love with a student and convinces him to marry her! His classmates laugh at him and try to show how ridiculous his frog bride is, but every trick they...

Vietnamese Tales of Rabbits and Watermelons $20.50

In one of these lively folktales from Vietnam, a trickster rabbit gets into one scrape after another but always manages to escape. In another story, a good man wronged by the lies of jealous rivals triumphs with the help of...

The Hungry Clothes and Other Jewish Folktales $17.95

The stories we hear in childhood-??usually from parents and grandparents, teachers and caregivers-??teach us the values, faith, culture, and traditions of those we love most. They nourish our sense of wonder and curiosity...

The Little Stone Lion $21.95

In a small Chinese village a stone-carved lion sits and watches as a guardian spirit and holder of the villagers' collective memory. Older people stop, stroking his head to remember the past and children walk by knowing he...

Gai See: What You See in Chinatown $20.95

Take a charming tour of Chinatown! What in the world could you possibly see at an old gai see, just you and me on a warm and easy, slightly breezy springtime Saturday morning? In Cantonese, gai see means "street market"...

Rickshaw Girl $18.95

Naima excels at painting the traditional alpana patterns with which Bangladeshi women and girls decorate their homes for holiday celebrations. But she wishes she could help her father earn money like her best friend helps...

Leprechauns Never Lie $20.95

Ninny Nanny and Gram are lazy and in a bad state. The roof needs fixing, the potatoes need digging, and all they have to eat is rainwater soup, so they decide to catch a leprechaun and use his fortune. But the clever...

Stories at the Door $22.99

Jan Andrews draws on folk stories from around the world to build her newest collection of tales, rife with humor and tingling with action. Cleverly threaded together by verses describing the arrival of unbidden stories that...

Tasty Baby Belly Buttons $22.00

According to legend, Japanese villagers once lived in fear of great hulking ogres called Onis who considered babies'' belly buttons the tastiest of all treats. When they raided a village it was the babies they stole. In a...

Spirits, Fairies, and Merpeople: Native Stories of Other Worlds $21.99

From the heartbreaking Mi-???+-?-+kmaq story of Minnow, a mermaid in the Atlantic who must choose between two worlds to that of Water Lily and her five brothers, told by the Coos in British Columbia, creatures that inhabit...

Yoon And The Jade Bracelet $21.00

It is Yoon-???+-?-+s birthday and all she wants is a jump rope so she can play with the other girls in the school yard. Instead, Yoon-???+-?-+s mother gives her a Korean storybook about a silly girl who is tricked by a tiger...

Tua and the Elephant $18.99

Ten-year-old Tua - Thai for "peanut" - has everything she needs at home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, except for one thing she's always wanted: a sister. In the market one day, Tua makes an accidental acquaintance - one with...

What Can You Do With A Rebozo? $18.99

A cradle for baby, a superhero's cape, a warm blanket on a cool night--there are so many things you can do with a rebozo. Through the eyes of a young girl, readers are introduced to the traditional shawl found in many...

Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars! $21.95

The people of Japan love to celebrate! In fact, they love it so much they have a day of celebration, whether it's a change in season, a religious observance, or just a special moment in life, every month of the year...

Long-Long's New Year: A Story About The Chinese Spring Festival $22.95

In this beautifully illustrated picture book, a little Chinese boy named Long-Long accompanies his grandfather into the city to sell cabbages in order to buy food and decorations for the New Year. Selling cabbages is harder...

The Deer And The Woodcutter: A Korean Folktale $21.95

When you hear a rooster crow at the break of dawn, remember this story of the lovelorn woodcutter. After a deer teaches him how to gain a wife through treachery, the woodcutter finds a bride. But fate soon plays a nasty...

Jingu: The Hidden Princess $20.95

To young Princess Jingu, the Japanese Imperial Palace in the 4th century is full of secrets. Why is she not allowed any visitors or friends when other children run and play together? Why is she the only princess with a...

Up and Down the Andes A Peruvian Festival Tale $19.99

This rhyming text travels from Lake Titicaca all the way to the city of Cusco for the marvelous Inti Raymi Festival. Young readers will meet children from many areas of southern Peru who are traveling to the festival, each...

The Empress and the Silkworm $22.00

Almost five thousand years ago, the young Chinese empress Si Ling-Chi was having tea in the garden. Suddenly - plop! - something small and round and white fell into her cup. It was a cocoon from a mulberry tree. Through a...

The Eight Nights of Chanukah $17.95

Incorporating the popular music of 12 Days of Christmas into a Chanukah book, this is perfect for children of any religious orientation. "On the first night of Chanukah .." begins the familiar tune in a book that sees the...