The strength of a little girl's love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen's spell.

The little red hen finds none of the lazy barnyard animals willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the bread she makes from it.

The classic tale about three billy goats that outsmart a hungry troll. Author/Illustrator biography Reviewed Good literature brings language to life and offers children new worlds of adventure, knowledge, and humor. The beloved tales in our Favorite Children's Stories collection have been cherished for hundreds of years, and now your students can enjoy them as well. Gathered from all over the world, these tales have universal messages and lasting...

In this retelling of a Shona folktale from Zimbabwe, a girl promises a crocodile he can come to a party in exchange for a favor, but since crocodiles aren't allowed in the village, she doesn't expect she'll have to keep the promise.

In this version of the classic folktale, an Argentine wide-mouthed frog sets out through the rain forest to brag about his fly-eating abilities and encounters a toco toucan, a coati, a capybara, and a jaguar. Includes a note about the South American rain forest animals featured in the story.

"An enthralling debut fantasy inspired by the legend of Chang'e, the Chinese moon goddess, in which a young woman's quest to free her mother sets her on a dangerous path and pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm. Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing the elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin's magic flares...

"A collection of short pieces by historian of myth and science, Adrienne Mayor, on a wide array of fascinating and fun classical myths and the reality which often lies behind them"-- "A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and the surprising truths behind them. Adrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights-glimmering,...

A beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

When an acorn hits her on the head, Chicken Little believes the sky is falling down and runs to tell the king and everyone she meets along the way.

A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home.