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The Wise Hare: Generosity Writes Itself on the Moon Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The Wise Hare: Generosity Writes Itself on the Moon

The Wise Hare: Generosity Writes Itself on the Moon - a folk tale retold for young readers with a clear moral, simple words, and the warmth of a bedtime...

The Jackal and the War Drum Hitopadesha Ages 3-5

The Jackal and the War Drum

The Jackal and the War Drum: In the dense forests of ancient India, where the mighty sal trees stood like sentries guarding the land, there lived a jackal

The Golden Swan: Greed Destroys What Love Creates Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The Golden Swan: Greed Destroys What Love Creates

The Golden Swan: Greed Destroys What Love Creates: The Golden Swan A Jataka Tale of Greed and the Price of Avarice Long ago, when kings ruled from marble

The Brave Little Quail: Small Courage Defeats Great Pride Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The Brave Little Quail: Small Courage Defeats Great Pride

The Brave Little Quail: Small Courage Defeats Great Pride: The Brave Little Quail A Jataka Tale of Wisdom and Unlikely Alliance In the days when animals could

The Deer King Nigrodha: Sacrifice Changes the Heart of a Hunter Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The Deer King Nigrodha: Sacrifice Changes the Heart of a Hunter

The Deer King Nigrodha: Sacrifice Changes the Heart of a Hunter: The Deer King Nigrodha A Jataka Tale of Compassion and Redemption In the shadow of the great

The Monkey King’s Sacrifice: A Tale of Selfless Love Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The Monkey King’s Sacrifice: A Tale of Selfless Love

The Monkey King's Sacrifice: A Tale of Selfless Love: The Monkey King’s Sacrifice A Jataka Tale of Selfless Courage and Transformation In the ancient times

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals

The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad: Escape from the Cannibals: I have told you of my three great voyages, my friends, but the fourth was perhaps the most terrible and

The Enchanted Horse and the Princess of Bengal: Love Across the Skies Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Enchanted Horse and the Princess of Bengal: Love Across the Skies

The Galland-Lang version of the Arabian Nights tale of the ebony horse (ATU 575): Prince Firuz Shah of Persia rescues the Princess of Bengal in a love story that crosses the widest geography in world folklore.

The Ebony Horse: A Tale of Love and Deception Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The Ebony Horse: A Tale of Love and Deception

The Ebony Horse, the canonical Arabian Nights tale of al-Faras al-Abnus (Nights 357-371), retold as a study of love and deception: a Persian prince, the princess of Sanaa, an old Indian sage who lies to steal her, a Kashmiri king who calls coercion love, and a feigned madness that wins her freedom back.

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power Arabian Nights Ages 9-12

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power

The City of Brass: A Lesson in the Vanity of Power: In the great halls of Damascus, Caliph Muawiyah sat upon his throne, disturbed by troubling dreams. joins a

The Brahmin’s Dream of Pots of Rice Panchatantra Stories Ages 3-5

The Brahmin’s Dream of Pots of Rice

A hungry Brahmin dreams of turning one pot of rice into a kingdom — and loses it all with a single careless kick.

The Monkey and the Log Panchatantra Stories Ages 3-5

The Monkey and the Log

A restless monkey pokes at what he does not understand — and pays a painful price that has lasted thousands of years in the Panchatantra.