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How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race

How Wisdom Became The Property Of The Human Race. Long ago, wisdom belonged only to a few. Learn how one person changed everything by sharing knowledge.

How The Tortoise Got Its Shell African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

How The Tortoise Got Its Shell

How The Tortoise Got Its Shell: A few hundred years ago, the chief Mauri (God) determined to have a splendid yam festival. He therefore sent his messengers to

How Mushrooms First Grew African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

How Mushrooms First Grew

How Mushrooms First Grew — a tale of brothers, trickery, and transformation. Two brothers with bad habits deceived their community, changing the land.

Honourable Minū African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Honourable Minū

Honourable Minū: It happened one day that a poor Akim-man had to travel from his own little village to Accra - one of the big towns on the coast. This man

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Anansi And Nothing African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Anansi And Nothing

Anansi And Nothing: Near Anansi’s miserable little hut there was a fine palace where lived a very rich man called Nothing. Nothing and Anansi proposed, one

Anansi The Blind Fisherman African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Anansi The Blind Fisherman

Anansi the Blind Fisherman: A Tale of Cleverness and Justice In a village near a great river in Africa, there lived a spider named Anansi. Unlike...

Adzanumee And Her Mother African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Adzanumee And Her Mother

Adzanumee And Her Mother. A girl chooses between magic and memories. Learn why love and memories are worth more than anything else in the world.

Why Dog And Cat Are Enemies Chinese Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Why Dog And Cat Are Enemies

Why Dog and Cat Are Enemies: An Ancient Tale of Betrayal and Heartbreak In the time when animals could speak to one another just as humans do, there...

The Weaving Maiden Crosses The Silver River Chinese Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Weaving Maiden Crosses The Silver River

Once a year, a star-maiden walks across a bridge of magpies to meet the boy who keeps the stars' cattle.

The Three Ruling Gods Chinese Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Three Ruling Gods

The Three Ruling Gods: There are three lords: in heaven, and on the earth and in the waters, and they are known as the Three Ruling Gods. They are all

The Three Rhymsters Chinese Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Three Rhymsters

<p>Three sisters discover that clever words must serve kindness; inner virtue matters more than wit alone.</p>

The Spirit Of The Wu-Lian Mountain Chinese Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Spirit Of The Wu-Lian Mountain

The Spirit Of The Wu-Lian Mountain - a folk tale retold for young readers with a clear moral, simple words, and the warmth of a bedtime story from long ago.

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