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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The world-famous orphan tale of the Thousand and One Nights: a poor woodcutter, the magic words Open Sesame, forty robbers, and the quick-witted servant Morgiana who outwits them all.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

A scholarly retelling of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, the famous orphan tale of the Arabian Nights told to Antoine Galland in 1709 by Hanna Diyab of Aleppo, and the story of how a poor, idle boy grows worthy of the power he finds.

The Lion And Jackal African Folk Tales All Ages

The Lion And Jackal

A Khoikhoi trickster tale of the Cape: Lion and Jackal hunt on shares, but Jackal cheats Lion's family of the winter meat and, cornered at last on a krantz, destroys the great beast with a red-hot stone disguised as a ball of fat.

Lion Who Took A Woman’s Shape African Folk Tales All Ages

Lion Who Took A Woman’s Shape

A chilling Khoikhoi folk tale from Great Namaqualand: a lion devours a woman, pulls on her skin, and walks into her family's kraal disguised as their daughter — until the cattle, a frightened child, and a single coarse hair betray him.

Crocodile’s Treason African Folk Tales All Ages

Crocodile’s Treason

A scholarly retelling of “Crocodile’s Treason,” a South African veldt folk tale from James A. Honeÿ’s South-African Folk-Tales (1910) — the story of the weeping crocodile and the origin of the phrase “crocodile tears.”

Topknots And Crockery Hats Korean Folk Tales All Ages

Topknots And Crockery Hats

Topknots And Crockery Hats: Long, long ago in China, even centuries before the great Confucius was born, there lived a wise and learned man named Kija. The

Tokgabi’S Menagerie Korean Folk Tales All Ages

Tokgabi’S Menagerie

Tokgabi’S Menagerie: There are many dogs, but few cats, in Korea. Nobody loves poor pussy there. They are not made pets and are rarely seen in the houses of

The Woodman And The Mountain Fairies Korean Folk Tales All Ages

The Woodman And The Mountain Fairies

The Woodman And The Mountain Fairies: Over a half thousand years ago there lived in a northern village, near Ping Yang, a wood-cutter named Keel Wee. He owned

The Voice Of The Bell Korean Folk Tales All Ages

The Voice Of The Bell

The Voice Of The Bell: When Tai Jo, the great general and first King of Korea, founded a new dynasty, he moved the capital near the great river Han and

The Story Of Chang To-Ryong Korean Folk Tales All Ages

The Story Of Chang To-Ryong

The Story Of Chang To-Ryong: [Taoism has been one of the great religions of Korea. Its main thought is expressed in the phrase su-sim yon-song, “to correct the

The Sky Bridge Of Birds Korean Folk Tales All Ages

The Sky Bridge Of Birds

The Sky Bridge Of Birds: No bird is more common in Korea than the magpie. They are numbered by millions. Every day in the year, except the seventh day of the

The Plucky Maiden Korean Folk Tales All Ages

The Plucky Maiden

The Plucky Maiden: We are told in the Yol-ryok Keui-sul that when Han was a boy he had for protector and friend a tiger, who used to accompany him as a dog