All Ages
Timeless stories the whole family can enjoy together. No age limit on great storytelling.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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