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The North Wind and the Sun Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

The North Wind and the Sun

The North Wind and the Sun: In the time when the gods still walked among mortals and the forces of nature were personified as powerful beings with their own

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: In the rolling hills of ancient Macedonia, where olive groves stretched across sun-baked valleys and shepherds tended their

The Crow and the Pitcher Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

The Crow and the Pitcher

The Crow and the Pitcher: On a scorching afternoon in the ancient lands of Persia, when the sun hung directly overhead like a merciless eye examining every

The Wedge-Pulling Monkey Panchatantra Stories Ages 9-12

The Wedge-Pulling Monkey

The Wedge-Pulling Monkey: In a great forest of central India, where enormous trees grew close together and the undergrowth formed an intricate maze of paths

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The Lion and the Clever Jackal Panchatantra Stories Ages 9-12

The Lion and the Clever Jackal

The Lion and the Clever Jackal: In a great forest of India, where the sal trees grew tall and ancient and the undergrowth was dense with life, there dwelt a

The Washerman’s Donkey Panchatantra Stories Ages 9-12

The Washerman’s Donkey

The Washerman's Donkey: In a village that existed on the boundary between civilization and wilderness, there lived a washerman named Hari who owned a donkey

Sura and Baya: The Shark and the Crocodile Indian Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Sura and Baya: The Shark and the Crocodile

Sura and Baya: The Shark and the Crocodile: In the waters where the great Brantas River of Java spreads into the sea, there existed a boundary that was

The Legend of the Merlion Indian Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Legend of the Merlion

The Legend of the Merlion: In the days when the seas between lands were still being charted by explorers and when magic and reality existed in closer proximity

The Princess of Mount Kinabalu Indian Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Princess of Mount Kinabalu

The Princess of Mount Kinabalu: On the northern coast of Borneo, where the island rises dramatically from the South China Sea, there stands Mount Kinabalu - a

The Dancing Peacock of Bengal Bengal Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Dancing Peacock of Bengal

The Dancing Peacock of Bengal: In the verdant countryside of Bengal, where the monsoon rains fell with regularity and the rice paddies stretched to distant

The Serpent Queen of the Sundarbans Bengal Folk Tales Ages 9-12

The Serpent Queen of the Sundarbans

The Serpent Queen of the Sundarbans: In the vast mangrove forests of the Sundarbans, where the Ganges River spreads into a thousand fingers reaching toward the

Gopal the Jester and the King’s Dream Bengal Folk Tales Ages 9-12

Gopal the Jester and the King’s Dream

Gopal the Jester and the King's Dream: In the prosperous kingdom of Dhaka, there ruled a king named Vikram who was respected for his strength and feared for

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