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The Enchanted Horse Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Enchanted Horse

The Enchanted Horse, or Ebony Horse, from the Thousand and One Nights - a Persian prince masters a flying mechanical horse, wins a princess, and outwits the inventor who steals her away.

The Prince and the Sphinx Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Prince and the Sphinx

The Prince and the Sphinx: In ancient Egypt, when the pyramids were still bright with polished limestone and reflected the sun like beacons to the gods, there

Joha and the Donkey Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Joha and the Donkey

The famous tale of Joha, his son and their donkey. On the road to market, every passer-by criticises how they use the animal, and Joha keeps changing to please each new critic until he has pleased no one and lost the donkey: the classic story of why you cannot satisfy everyone.

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty

Mulan: The Warrior Maiden and the Price of Duty: In the provinces of northern China, where the Great Wall stretched like a stone dragon across mountains and

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Nasreddin Hodja and the Smell of Soup Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Nasreddin Hodja and the Smell of Soup

Nasreddin Hodja and the Smell of Soup: In the bustling streets of Aksehir, a small town in Anatolia, there lived a man of great wit and humble wisdom named

The Legend of the White Snake: Love Beyond Form and Fear Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Legend of the White Snake: Love Beyond Form and Fear

The Legend of the White Snake: Love Beyond Form and Fear: In the misty valleys of ancient China, where dragons still whispered through bamboo groves and

The Monkey King’s Journey to the West: Pride and Redemption Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Monkey King’s Journey to the West: Pride and Redemption

The Monkey King's Journey to the West: Pride and Redemption: Before time itself had been properly counted, when the heavens and earth were still learning to

The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death

The Butterfly Lovers: Transcendent Love Beyond Death: In the southern regions of ancient China, where green mountains rose like sleeping dragons and rivers

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: A Love Across the Heavens Chinese Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: A Love Across the Heavens

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: A Love Across the Heavens: In the empire’s most remote valley, where mountains touched the clouds and the river ran clear as

The Tortoise and the Baboon African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Tortoise and the Baboon

The African Bantu fable of a baboon who invites a tortoise to a feast hung out of reach in a tree, and the tortoise's patient revenge laid across a stretch of fire-blackened ground - the reciprocal-inhospitality story, international tale type ATU 60.

Abiyoyo: The Monster and the Boy African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

Abiyoyo: The Monster and the Boy

Abiyoyo: The Monster and the Boy: In a small South African village nestled at the edge of the high veld, where grasslands stretched endlessly toward a horizon

The Lion’s Whisker African Folk Tales Ages 6-8

The Lion’s Whisker

An Amhara wisdom tale from Ethiopia: a young stepmother, desperate to win her grieving stepson's love, is sent by a wise hakim to pluck a whisker from a living lion - and learns that patience, not magic, is the cure.

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