Folk Tales & Fables

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Bengali-English) $18.95

The three billy goats need to cross the bridge to get to the fresh, green grass. But under the bridge lives a fierce and hungry Troll. The first goat tells the Troll to wait for his brother who is much bigger than him. The...

The Little Red Hen and The Grains of Wheat (Malay-English) $18.95

Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat but when she asks the cat, the dog and the goose to help her plant them, they are all too busy. When Little Red Hen has finally grown the wheat, harvested it, turned it into flour...

Fox Fables (Tagalog-English) $23.95

Fables have always shown us the fundamental truths of human nature. This new dual-language series from Mantra Lingua is a fantastic way to explore the rich diversity of fables from different cultures. Each book consists of...

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Malay-English) $20.95

The three billy goats need to cross the bridge to get to the fresh, green grass. But under the bridge lives a fierce and hungry Troll. The first goat tells the Troll to wait for his brother who is much bigger than him. The...

Little Red Riding Hood with CD (French-English) $19.95

Ideal for parents of kids ages two to seven who want to expose their children to a second language.  Ana Lomba is an internationally recognized language-learning expert specializing in teaching parents and educators how...

Lion Fables (Urdu-English) $22.95

In Aesop's 'The Lion and the Mouse' Lion spares the life of the little mouse never thinking that one day the mouse might save his life. In the Tibetan fables 'The Hare's Revenge' Hare is fed up with the bullying Lion and...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabic-English) $23.95

A long time ago in Arabia, on a full night, Ali Baba noticed something very strange as he gathered firewood. A rumbling sound, like thunder, came not from the sky but from beneath the earth... Richard Holland's brilliant use...

Hansel & Gretel (Somali-English) $23.95

At a time of a great and terrible famine, Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the woods by their parents. Lost and hungry, they find a magical house made of sweets and cakes. But when they take their first bite a strange...

Little Pear and His Friends $7.95

Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, Little Pear is much like any little boy today--always on the lookout for excitement and adventure! Wherever Little...

Little Pear $7.95

Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place long ago, he is much like any little boy today--always on the lookout for excitement and adventure! Little Pear is just looking...

Little Inchkin $12.95

A re-telling of a Japanese folk tale, with paintings inspired by 19th-century Japanese prints. Hana and Tanjo long for a child. Buddha listens to their prayers - but the baby grows no bigger than a lotus blossom.

Jamil's Clever Cat: A Bengali Folk Tale $13.95

Jamil is a poor weaver who daydreams of marrying a princess and never again having to work his fingers to the bone. When he confesses his dream to his cat Sardul, the loyal cat resolves to make his master's wish come true...

Japanese Children's Favorite Stories $25.95

Singing turtles, flying farmers and a dragon who cries--these are just some of the magical characters you'll meet in this delightful collection of children's stories. This beautifully illustrated book follows our classic and...

Chinese Children's Favorite Stories $23.95

This volume of beloved Chinese stories contains a delightful selection from the rich store of Chinese folklore and legend. Discover the many delightful animal characters as well as Chang-E, the famous Eight Immortals, and...

Korean Children's Favorite Stories $23.95

Korean Children's Favorite Stories is a captivating collection of Korean folk tales that have thrived for generations. Some are unique to Korea, while others echo those told in other countries. Written with wit and pathos,...

The Painted Wall and Other Strange Tales $21.99

At about the time the Grimm Brothers were gathering their famous collection of folk stories and fairy tales in Europe, in China a similar collection of almost five hundred stories had just been compiled by the scholar Pu...

Nine-In-One, Grr! Grr! $11.95

"Nine-in-one, Grr! Grr!" sings Tiger happily as she returns from the kingdom of the great god Shao. Shao has told her she will have nine baby tigers every year as long as she remembers his words: "Nine-in-one." Bird is...

Aleta and the Queen $16.95

Inspired by Homer-???+-?-+s Odyssey, Aleta relates the feats of women whose stories equal the drama of that great epic. Queen Penelope, left in charge when Odysseus went to fight at Troy, must outwit the traitors in her...

One Arabian Morning $7.95

Join Katelyn on a wild and exciting ride through the imagination and back again! All the classic Arabian folk-tale elements tumble about as Katelyn saves the day and the teapot! One morning, Katelyn decides to follow the...

Magic Hoofbeats: Horse Tales from Many Lands $24.99

Some of them can talk, others can fly; some can gallop faster than the wind, others can make themselves invisible - but whatever their special gifts, all of the horses and ponies in these stories are truly amazing. Each and...