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The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa Russian Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa

The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa: In the days when the world was young and magic flowed through forests like rivers of starlight, there lived a great Tsar

The Three Kingdoms: Gold, Silver, and Copper Russian Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Three Kingdoms: Gold, Silver, and Copper

The Three Kingdoms: Gold, Silver, and Copper: Long ago, when the earth was still young and caves held wonders beyond counting, there lived a noble prince named

The Tale of the Merchant and the Genie Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Tale of the Merchant and the Genie

The first tale Shahrazad ever tells: a merchant condemned to die for an accidental killing is ransomed from a demon's wrath by three strangers who pay with nothing but wondrous stories.

Sinbad the Sailor – The First Voyage Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

Sinbad the Sailor – The First Voyage

Sinbad the Sailor - The First Voyage: In the ancient city of Baghdad, where palaces rose like mountains and the markets overflowed with the riches of the known

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The Fisherman and the Genie Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Fisherman and the Genie

A poor old fisherman draws a sealed copper jar from the sea and frees a furious ifrit who vows to kill him - then must use his wits alone to survive. A classic tale of the Thousand and One Nights, retold with full scholarly attribution.

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

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