In this variation on the classic folktale, a rhyming, rope-skipping, little girl rudely helps herself to the belongings of a genteel family of be

Overview: Marshall breathes fresh new life into this familiar favorite with funny new dialogue and exuberant cartoonlike illustrations

A collection of six tales from the Brothers Grimm, all featuring animal characters, is brought to life for contemporary audiences.

A collection of folktales about cats.

Three pig brothers go to Alaska to build themselves new homes--with familiar results.

Clever Brer Rabbit finds a way to teach the greedy Brer Tiger a lesson.

In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.

In this Alaskan version of "The Gingerbread Man, " an elusive sourdough loaf evades a variety of animals native to the forty-ninth state. Include

A wealthy man in a Japanese village, whom everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent peop

Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea.

In this retelling, using Gullah speech, of a familiar story the wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox who has set out to trap him.