All Ages
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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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.