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STORYTELLING BIBLIOGRAPHY

Janice M. Del Negro, PhD

Folktales: Collections

Aardema, Verna, reteller. Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa. Illus. by Reynold Ruffins. Knopf, 1994. ISBN 0-679-83430-3 and ISBN 9780679834304. [African]
Abrahams, Roger D. African Folktales: Traditional Stories of the Black World. New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. ISBN: 0394502361 and 9780394502366 [African]
Ada, Alma Flor, and F. Isabel Campoy. Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection. Illus. by Felipe Davalos. Atheneum, 2006. ISBN 0-6898-2583-8 and ISBN 9780689825835. [Hispanic]
Adler, Naomi. The Dial Book of Animal Tales from Around the World. Illus. by Amanda Hall. Dial, 1996. ISBN 0-8037-2063-7 and ISBN 9780803720633. [World]
Afanasyev, Alexander. Russian Fairy Tales. Illus. by Ivan Bilibin. The Planet, 2013. ISBN: 1909115592 and ISBN: 978-1909115590 [Russian]
Aldana, Patricia. Jade and Iron: Latin American Tales from Two Cultures. Translated by Hugh Hazelton. Douglas & McIntyre, 1996. ISBN 0-8889-9256-4 and ISBN 9780888992567. [Hispanic] Almeida, Livia de, et al. Brazilian Folktales. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. ISBN:1563089300 and 9781563089305 [Brazilian]
Alves, Katja, et al. The Revenge of the Black Cat: Swiss Myths. North-South, 2019. ISBN: 9783314104886 and 331410488X [Swiss]
Andrews, Jan. When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean. Illus. by Dusaň Petricǐć. Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780888999528 and 0888999526 [Canadian]
Arnott, Kathleen. African Myths and Legends. Illus. by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-19-274143-8 and ISBN 9780192741431. [African]
Arnoux, Lucie, et al. In Their Shoes: Fairy Tales and Folktales. London: Pushkin Children's Books, 2015. ISBN: 9781782691013 and 1782691014 [World]
Artese, Charlotte. Shakespeare and the Folktale: An Anthology of Stories. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780691190860 and 0691190860 978 [World]
Asimov, Isaac. Legends, Folklore, and Outer Space. Gareth Stevens, 2005. ISBN 0-8368-3951-X and ISBN 9780836839517. [World]
Ausubel, Nathan. A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. Crown, 1989. ISBN 0-517-50293-3 and ISBN 9780517502938. [Jewish] Badoe, Adwoa. The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Stories. Illus. by Baba Wagué Diakité. Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. ISBN 0-8889-9429-X and ISBN 9780888994295. [African]
Baker, Augusta. The Golden Lynx. Lippincott, 1960. ISBN 0-3973-0495-1 and ISBN 9780397304950. [World]
———. The Talking Tree. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Lippincott, 1955. [World]
Baker, Tom. 50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales: Collected from Around the World. Schiffer, 2017. [World]
Baltuck, Naomi. Apples from Heaven: Multicultural Folk Tales About Stories and Storytellers. Linnet, 1995. ISBN 0-2080-2434-4 and ISBN 9780208024343. [World]
Barchers, Suzanne, ed. Wise Women: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World. Illus. by Leann Mullineaux. Libraries Unlimited, 1990. ISBN 0-87287816-3 and ISBN 9780872878167. [World] Barlow, Maisie (Yarrcali). Jirrbal: Rainforest Dreamtime Stories. Illus. by Michael (Boiyool) Anning. Advance Press, 2001. ISBN 1-8756-4106-8 and ISBN 9781875641062. [Australian]
Barton, Bob. The Bear Says North: Tales from Northern Lands. Illus. by Jirina Marton. Groundwood Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8889-9533-4 and ISBN 9780888995339. [World]
Baumgartner, Barbara, reteller. Crocodile! Crocodile! Stories Told Around the World. Illus. by Judith Moffatt. Dorling Kindersley, 1994. ISBN 1-56458-463-1 and ISBN 9781564584632. [World]
Bauer, John, et al. An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2019. ISBN: 9781782505938 1782505938 [Swedish]
_____. Bauer, John. Swedish Fairy Tales. New York, NY: Sky Pony Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781634501927 and 1634501926 [Swedish]
Beck, Ian. The Oxford Nursery Treasury. Oxford University, 2000. ISBN 0-1927-8164-2 [World]
Bedard, Michael. The Painted Wall and Other Strange Tales. Tundra Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8877-6652-8 and ISBN 9780887766527. [Chinese]
Belpré, Pura. The Tiger and the Rabbit, and Other Tales. Illus. by Tomie de Paola. Lippincott, 1965. ISBN 0-39730842-6 and ISBN 9780397308422. Folktales from Puerto Rico. [Puerto Rican]
Bernier-Grand, Carmen T. Shake It, Morena! And Other Folklore from Puerto Rico. Illus. by Lulu Delacre. Millbrook, 2002. ISBN 0-7613-1910-7 and ISBN 9780761319108. [Puerto Rican]
Bierhorst, John. The Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales. Illus. by Mary K. Okheena. Morrow, 1997. ISBN 0-6881-4406-3 and ISBN 9780688144067. [Inuit]
———. Is My Friend at Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales. Illus. by Wendy Watson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. ISBN 0-3743-3550-8 and ISBN 9780374335502. [Native American]
———. Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions. Pantheon Books, 2002. ISBN 0-3754-2066-5 and ISBN 9780375420665. [Hispanic] ———. The Monkey’s Haircut and Other Stories Told by the Maya. Morrow, 1986. ISBN 0-688-04269-4 and ISBN 9780688042691. [Mayan]
———. The Naked Bear: Folktales of the Iroquois. Morrow, 1987. ISBN 0-688-06422-1 [Native American]
———. The Whistling Skeleton: American Indian Tales of the Supernatural. Collected by George Bird Grinnell. Four Winds, 1982. ISBN 0-5900-7801-1 and ISBN 9780590078016. [Native American]
Blecher, Lone Thygesen, and George Blecher. Swedish Folktales and Legends. Pantheon, 1995. ISBN 0-6797-5841-0 and ISBN 9780679758419. [Swedish]
Branigan, Gary. Limerick Folk Tales. Nonsuch Publishing, 2016. [Irish]
Breslin, Theresa. An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales. Illus. by Kate Leiper. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2012. ISBN: 9780863159077 and 0863159079 [Scottish]
Briggs, Katherine. British Folk Tales. Dorset Press, 1989. ISBN 0-88029-288-1 and ISBN 9780880292887. [British] Brinkerhoff, Shirley. Contemporary Folklore. Mason Crest, 2003. ISBN 1-5908-4331-2 [Urban Legend]
Bruchac, Joseph, reteller. The Boy Who Lived with the Bears and Other Iroquois Stories. Illus. by Murv Jacob. HarperCollins, 1995. ISBN 0-06-021287-X and ISBN 9780060212872. [Native American]
———. Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear. Illus. by Murv Jacob. BridgeWater, 1993. ISBN 0-8167-3026-1 and ISBN 9780816730261. [Native American]
Bruchac, Joseph, and Gayle Ross, retellers. Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear. Troll, 1997. ISBN 0816730261 and ISBN 978-0816730261 [Native American]
———. The Girl Who Married the Moon. Illus. by S. S. Burrus. BridgeWater, 1994. ISBN 0-8167-3480-1 [Native American] Bruchac, Joseph, and James Bruchac. The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales. Illus. by Stefano Vitale. Sterling, 2008. ISBN 1-4027-3263-5 and ISBN 9781402732638. [Native American]
———. When the Chenoo Howls: Native American Tales of Terror. Illus. by William Sauts Bock. Walker, 1999. ISBN 0-8027-7576-4 and ISBN 9780802775764. [Native American] Brunvand, Jan Harold. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. ABC-CLIO, 2001. ISBN 0-3933-2358-7 and ISBN 9780393323580. [Urban Legend]
———. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings. Norton, 1981. ISBN 0-3930-1473-8 and ISBN 9780393014730. [Urban Legend]
Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan’s African Tales, Uh-Huh. Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 1998. ISBN 0-689-82076-3 and ISBN 9780689820762. [African]
———. Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum. Retold and illus. by Ashley Bryan. Simon & Schuster, 1987. ISBN 0-689-31356-X and ISBN 9780689313561. [African]
———. Lion and the Ostrich Chicks. Illus. by Ashley Bryan, 1996. ISBN 0-689-80713-9 and ISBN 9780689807138. [African]
———. The Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales. Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0-689-31799-9 and ISBN 9780689317996. [African]
Caduto, Michael J., and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children. Illus. by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden. Fulcrum, 1994. ISBN 1-55591-186-2 and ISBN 9781555911867. [Native American]
———. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children. Illus. by John K. Fadden. Fulcrum, 1991. ISBN 1-55591-088-2 and ISBN 9781555910884. [Native American]
———. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. Illus. by John K. Fadden and Carol Wood. Introduction by N. Scott Momaday. Fulcrum, 1988. ISBN 1-55591-027-0 and ISBN 9781555910273. [Native American]
Cagle, Mary, et al. The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories. Chicago, Illinois: Iron Circus Comics, 2020. ISBN: 1945820543 and 9781945820540 [European]
Calvino, Italo. Italian Folktales. Harvest, 1992. ISBN 0-3947-4909-X and ISBN 9780394749099. [Italian]
Carpenter, Frances. Tales of a Chinese Grandmother. Tuttle, 2019. [Chinese]
Carrick, Valery. Picture Folk-Tales. Dover, 1992. ISBN 0-4862-7083-1 and ISBN 9780486270838. [Russian]
Carter, Angela, ed. Old Wives’ Fairy Tale Book. Pantheon, 1990. ISBN 0-3945-8764-2 and ISBN 9780394587646. [World] Cha, Hanna. Tiny Feet between the Mountains. Simon & Schuster, 2019. [Korean]
Chaikin, Miriam, ed. Angel Secrets: Stories Based on Jewish Legend. Illus. by Leonid Gore. Henry Holt, 2006. ISBN 0-8050-7150-4 and ISBN 9780805071504. [Jewish]
Chandi, Manish. Speaking to an Elephant and Other Tales from the Kadars. Tara Books, 2017. [Indian]
Chartrand, Nicole. The Girl Who Married a Skull: And Other African Stories. United States: Consortium Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781945820243 and 1945820241 [African]
Chase, Richard. Grandfather Tales. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN 0-3950-6692-1 and ISBN 9780395066928. [NorthAmerican/Appalachian]
———. Jack Tales. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. ISBN 0-3956-6951-0 and ISBN 9780395669518. [North American/Appalachian]
Chiba, Kotaro, ad. Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic. Chronicle Books, 2019. [Japanese]
Chitra, Soundar. Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories from India. Candlewick, 2019. [Indian]
Clarkson, Atelia, ed. World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection. Scribner, 1980. ISBN 0 6841-6290-3 and ISBN 9780684162904. Includes notes, tale types, and motifs. [World]
Cleveland, Rob. The Drum: A Folktale from India. Illus. by Tom Wrenn. August House Story Cove, 2006. ISBN 0-8748-3802-9 and ISBN 9780874838022. [Indian]
Climo, Shirley. Monkey Business: Stories from Around the World. Illus. by Erik Brooks. Holt, 2005. ISBN 0-8050-6392-7 and ISBN 9780805063929. [World]
Cohen, Daniel. The Beheaded Freshman and Other Nasty Rumors. Avon Books, 1993. ISBN 0-3807-7020-2 and ISBN 9780380770205. [Urban Legend]
Cohn, Amy L. and Suzy Schmidt. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs. Illus. by Molly Bang. Scholastic, 1993. ISBN 0-5904-2868-3 and ISBN 9780590428682. [North American]
Cole, Joanna. Best Loved Folktales of the World. Anchor, 1982. ISBN 0-3851-8520-0 and ISBN 9780385185202. [World] Colfer, Chris The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales. Little, Brown, 2015. [World]
Conover, Sarah, and Freda Crane. Ayat Jamilah (Beautiful Signs): A Treasury of Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents. Illus. by Valerie Wahl. Eastern Washington University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9100-5594-7 and ISBN 9780910055949. [Middle East]
Courlander, Harold. Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories. Holt, 1947, 1988. ISBN 0-8050-0288-X and ISBN 9780805002881. [African]
———. Treasury of African Folklore. Marlowe, 1996. ISBN 1-56924-811-7 and ISBN 9781569248119. [African] Courlander, Harold, and Wolf Leslau. The Fire on the Mountain and Other Stories from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Illus. by Robert Kane. Holt, 1995. ISBN 0-8050-3652-0 and ISBN 9780805036527. [African] Crossley-Holland, Kevin. Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland. Illus. by Frances Castle. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781536209419 and 1536209414 [British]
_____. British Folk Tales: New Versions. Orchard, 1987. ISBN 0-531-05733-X and ISBN 9780531057339. [British]
———. Enchantment: Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Tales of Wonder. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. Orchard, 1987. ISBN 1-8425-5032-2 and ISBN 9781842550328. [World]
———. Why the Fish Laughed and Other Tales. University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-1927-5187-5 and ISBN 9780192751874. [World]
Daly, Ita. Irish Myths and Legends. Illus. by Bea Willey. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-1927-5454-8 and ISBN 9780192754547. [Irish] D’Aulaire, Edgar Parin, and Ingri D’Aulaire. East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Twenty-One Norwegian Folk Tales. Viking, 1969. [Norwegian]
De Almeida, Livia Maria Melibeu and Ana Maria Carneiro Portella. Brazilian Folktales. Margaret Read MacDonald, ed. Libraries Unlimited, 2006. ISBN 1-5630-8930-0 and ISBN 9781563089305. [Brazilian]
Dearden, Carmen Diana, ed. Little Book of Latin American Folktales. Translated by Susana Wald and Beatriz Zeller. Douglas & McIntyre, 2003. ISBN 0-8889-9543-1 and ISBN 9780888995438. [Hispanic]
DeArmond, Dal, reteller and illustrator. The Boy Who Found the Light. Sierra, 1990. ISBN 0-316-17787-3 and ISBN 9780316177870. [Inuit]
Doucet, Sharon Arms. Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou. Illus. by Scott Cook. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. ISBN 0-3743-4328-4 and ISBN 9780374343286. [North American]
Doyle, Malachy. The Barefoot Book of Fairy Tales. Illus. by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Barefoot Books, 2005. ISBN 1-8414-8798-8 and ISBN 9781841487984. [World]
———. Tales from Old Ireland. Illus. by Niamh Sharkey. Barefoot Books, 2000. ISBN 1-9022-8397-X and ISBN 9781902283975. [Irish]
Duffy, Chris, et al. Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists. First Second, 2013. ISBN: 9781596438231 1596438231 [World]
Durrell, Ann, compiler. The Diane Goode Book of American Folk Tales and Songs. Illus. by Diane Goode. Dutton, 1989. ISBN 0-525-44458-0 and ISBN 9780525444589. Nine stories and seven songs from various regions and ethnic groups in the United States. [North American]
Fang, Linda. The Ch’i-lin Purse: A Collection of Ancient Chinese Stories. Illus. by Jeanne M. Lee. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. ISBN 0-374-31241-9 and ISBN 9780374312411. A collection of nine stories with substantial notes about the origins of the retellings and a pronunciation guide. [Chinese] Faulkner, William J. The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folk Tales and How They Came to Be. Illus. by Troy Stowell. Africa World Press, 1993. ISBN 0-86543-373-9 and ISBN 9780865433731. [African American] Finger, Charles. Tales from Silver Lands. Doubleday, 1924, 1965. Scholastic, 1989. ISBN 0-590-42447-5 and ISBN 9780590424479. [South American]
Fleischman, Paul. Fearsome Giant, Fearless Child: A Worldwide Jack and the Beanstalk Story. Illus. by Julie Paschkis. New York: Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019. ISBN: 9781250151773 1250151775 [World]
_____. First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story. Illus. by Julie Paschkis. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2016. ISBN: 9781627791014 and 1627791019 [World]
Flood, Bo, Beret E. Strong, and William Flood. Micronesian Legends. Illus. by Connie J. Adams. Bess Press, 2002. ISBN 1-5730-6124-7 and ISBN 9781573061247. [Micronesian]
Forest, Heather. Ancient and Epic Tales: From Around the World. August House, 2016. [World]
_____. Wisdom Tales from Around the World. August House, 1996. ISBN 0-8748-3479-1 and ISBN 9780874834796. [World]
———. Wonder Tales from Around the World. August House, 1997. ISBN 0-8748-3427-9 and ISBN 9780874834277. [World]
Forrester, Kate, ad. Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales. Chronicle, 2016. [Celtic]
Forsyth, Kate, and Lorena Carrington. Vasilisa the Wise: & Other Tales of Brave Young Women. Perth, Western Australia: Serenity Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780648103066 and 9780648103059 [World]
Frankel, Valerie E. Chelm for the Holidays. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2019. [Jewish]
Friedman, Amy. Tell Me a Story: Timeless Folktales from Around the World. Illus. by Jillian H. Gilliland. Friedman & Danziger, 2006. ISBN 0-8362-4228-9 and ISBN 9780836242287. [World]
Gág, Wanda. Tales from Grimm and More Tales from Grimm. Coward, 1936, 1947. Reissued (paperback eds.). University of Minnesota Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8166-4936-7 and ISBN 9780816649365; ISBN 0-8166-4938-3 and ISBN 9780816649389. [German]
Ganeri, Anita. Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls. London: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2019. ISBN: 9781789506051 and 1789506050 [World]
_____. Star Stories: Constellation Tales from Around the World. Philadelphia: Running Press Kids, 2019. ISBN: 9780762495054 0762495057 [World]
Garcia, Emmett Shkeme. Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began. Illus. by Victoria Pringle. University of New Mexico, 2006. ISBN 0-8263-3730-9 and ISBN 9780826337306. [Native American]
Garner, Alan. Alan Garner’s Book of British Fairy Tales. Illus. by Derek Collard. Delacorte, 1985. ISBN 0-3852-9425-4 and ISBN 9780385294256. [British]
———. A Bag of Moonshine. CollinsVoyager, 2002. ISBN 0-00-712790-1 and ISBN 9780007127900. [English/Welsh]
———. The Lad of the Gad. Collins, 1980. ISBN 0-0018-4711-2 and ISBN 9780001847118. [Scottish/Irish] Gates, Henry Louis and Maria Tatar. The Annotated African American Folktales. Liveright, 2017 [African American] Gatti, Anne, reteller. Tales from the African Plains. Illus. by Gregory Alexander. Dutton, 1995. ISBN 0-525-45282-6 and ISBN 9780525452829. [African]
Gerson, Mary-Joan. Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale. Illus. by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Barefoot Books, 2018. ISBN 1-8414-8365-6 and ISBN 9781841483658. [Mexican]
Goble, Paul. The Boy and His Mud Horses. World Wisdom, 2010. [Native American] ——. The Man Who Dreamed of Elk Dogs. Wisdom Tales, 2012. [Native American] ——. The Woman Who Lived with Wolves. World Wisdom, 2011. [Native American] Gold, Sharlya. The Answered Prayer, and Other Yemenite Folktales. Illus. by Marjory Wunsch. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2004. ISBN: 0827603541 and 9780827603547 [Yemenite]
Goldman, Judy. Whiskers, Tails & Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico. Charlesbridge, 2013. [Mexican]
González, Lucía M. Señor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America. Illus. by Lulu Delacre. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-439-27863-5 and ISBN 9780439278638. [Hispanic/Cuban]
Greene, Ellin. Midsummer Magic: A Garland of Stories, Charms, and Recipes. Lothrop, 1977. ISBN 0-688-41800-7 and ISBN 9780688418007. [World]
Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. About Wise Men and Simpletons. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Shub. Simon & Schuster, 1986. ISBN 0-02-737450-5 and ISBN 9780027374506. [German]
———. The Brothers Grimm: Popular Folk Tales. Newly translated by Brian Alderson. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Doubleday, 1978. [German]
_____. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version. Ed. by Philip Pullman. Viking, 2012. [German]
_____. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Koln,̈ Germany: Taschen, 2011. ISBN: 783836526722 and 3836526727 [German]
———. Household Stories of the Brothers Grimm. Translated from the German by Lucy Crane. Dover, 1986. ISBN 0-486-21080-4 and ISBN 9780486210803. [German]
———. The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. ISBN 0-3743-3971-6 and ISBN 9780374339715. [German]
———. The McElderry Book of Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Retold by Saviour Pirotta. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. McElderry, 2006. ISBN 1-4169-1798-5 and ISBN 9781416917984. [German]
Hamilton, Virginia, reteller. The Dark Way: Stories from the Spirit World. Illus. by Lambert Davis. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. ISBN 0-1522-2340-1 and ISBN 9780152223403. [World] ———. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. Illus. by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon. Scholastic, 1995. ISBN 0-590-47370-0 and ISBN 9780590473705. [African American]
———. In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1988. ISBN 0-1523-8740-4 and ISBN 9780152387402. [World]
———. Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Random House, 1993. ISBN 0-6799-7936-0 and ISBN 9780679979364. [African American]
———. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-679-84336-1 and ISBN 9780679843368. Twenty-four selections that represent the main body of American black folklore. Includes animal stories, John stories, and slave tales. [African American]
———. Ring of Tricksters: Tales from America, West Indies and Africa. Illus. by Barry Moser. Blue Sky, 1997. ISBN 0-5904-7374-3 and ISBN 9780590473743. [World]
———. When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing. Illus. by Barry Moser. Blue Sky, 1996. ISBN 0-590-47372-7 and ISBN 9780590473729. [African American]
Haney, Jack, ed. The Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanas’ev, Vols. 1 & 2. Univ of Mississippi, 2019. [Russian]
Hansen, Doug. Aesop in California. Heyday, 2013.
Harris, Christie. Mouse Woman and the Mischief-Makers. Raincoast Books, 2005. (paperback) ISBN 1-55192-751-9 and ISBN 9781551927510. [Native American]
Harris, Joel Chandler. Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Adapted by Van Dyke Parks and Malcolm Jones. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1986. ISBN 0-15-241350-2 and ISBN 9780152413507. [African American]
———. Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Adapted by Van Dyke Parks. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1987. ISBN 0-15-241352-9 and ISBN 9780152413521. [African American] ———. Jump on Over! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and His Family. Adapted by Van Dyke Parks. Illus. by Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1989. ISBN 0-15-241354-5 and ISBN 9780152413545. [African American]
Hartman, Bob. The Lion Storyteller Book of Animal Tales. Lion Hudson, 2011. [World]
Hausman, Gerald, and Loretta Hausman. Cats of Myth: Tales from Around the World. Illus. by Leslie A. Baker. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-6898-2320-7 and ISBN 9780689823206. [World]
Haviland, Virginia, ed. The Fairy Tale Treasury. Coward, 1972. ISBN 0-241-02207-X and ISBN 9780241022078. [World]
———. Favorite Fairy Tales Told Around the World. Illus. by S. D. Schindler. Little, Brown, 1985. ISBN 0-316-35044-3 and ISBN 9780316350440. [World]
Hayes, Joe. The Coyote Under the Table = El Coyote Debajo de la Mesa: Folktales Told in Spanish and English. Cinco Puntos, 2011. [Mexican]
_____. Dance, Nana, Dance/Baila, Nana, Baila: Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish. Illus. by Mauricio Trenard Sayago. Cinco Puntos Press, 2007. ISBN 1-9336-9317-7 and ISBN 9781933693170. [Cuban]
———. The Day It Snowed Tortillas/El Día que Nevaron Tortillas: Folktales Told in Spanish and English. Illus. by Antonio Castro Lopez. Cinco Puntos Press, 2003. ISBN 0-9383-1776-8 and ISBN 9780938317760. [Hispanic]
He, Liyi. The Spring of Butterflies: And Other Folktales of China’s Minority Peoples. Translated by He Liyi. Edited by Neil Philip. ISBN 0-0018-4137-8 and ISBN 9780001841376. Paintings by Pan Aiquing and Li Zhao. Lothrop, 1985. [Chinese]
Hearne, Betsy. Beauties and Beasts. Oryx Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8977-4729-1 and ISBN 9780897747295. [World] Heiner, Heidi Anne. The Grateful Dead Tales from Around the World. Surlalune, 2015. [World]
——. Puss in Boots and Other Cat Takes from Around the World. Surlalune, 2016. [World] Helfand, Harriet, and Ellen Kahan Zager. And There Was Evening and There Was Morning. Minneapolis, MN: Kar-Ben Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9781512483642 and 1512483648
Henderson, Helena. An Anthology of Finnish Folktales. Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781860570834 1860570836 [Finnish]
Hernandez, Jaime. The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America. TOON Books, 2017. [Latin American]
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———. More Ready-to-Tell Tales from Around the World. August House, 2000. ISBN 0-8748-3592-5 and ISBN 9780874835922. [World]
———. Ready-to-Tell Tales. August House, 1994. ISBN 0-8748-3381-7 and ISBN 9780874833812. [World]
———. Spiders in the Hairdo: Modern Urban Legends. August House, 1999. ISBN 0-8748-3525-9 and ISBN 9780874835250. [Urban Legend]
Houston, James A. James Houston’s Treasury of Inuit Legends. Harcourt, 2006. ISBN 0-1520-5930-X and ISBN 9780152059309. [Inuit]
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———. The Six Fools. Illus. by Ann Tanksley. Adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas. HarperCollins, 2006. ISBN 0-0600-0647-1 and ISBN 9780060006471. [African American]
———.The Three Witches. Illus. by Faith Ringgold. Adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas. HarperCollins, 2006. ISBN 0-0600-0649-8 and ISBN 9780060006495. [African American]
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———. Chimney Corner Stories: Tales for Little Children. Illus. by Lois Lenski. Minton, Balch, 1925. Neumann Press, 2006. ISBN 0-20802339-9 and ISBN 9780208023391. [World]
———. Fireside Stories. Illus. by Lois Lenski. Minton, Balch, 1927. [World]
Jacobs, Joseph. English Fairy Tales. Dover, 1898. ISBN 0-486-21818-X and ISBN 9780486218182. [English]
Jaffe, Nina, reteller. The Mysterious Visitor : Stories of the Prophet Elijah. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-5904-8422-2 and ISBN 9780590484220. [Jewish]
———. Patakin: World Tales of Drums and Drummers. Illus. by Ellen Eagle. Holt, 1994. ISBN 0-8050-3005-0 and ISBN 9780805030051. [World]
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Jaquith, Priscilla, reteller. Bo Rabbit Smart for True: Folktales from the Gullah. Illus. by Ed Young. Putnam, 1994. ISBN 0-399-22668-0 and ISBN 9780399226687. [African American]
Jenkins, Emily. Brave Red, Smart Frog: A New Book of Old Tales. Candlewick, 2017. [World]
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_____. Stories of Hope and Spirit: Folktales from Eastern Europe. August House, 2004. ISBN 0-8748-3727-8 and ISBN 9780874837278. [Eastern European]
_____. The United States of Storytelling: Folktales and True Tales from the Eastern States. Libraries Unlimited, 2010. [North American]
_____. The United States of Storytelling: Folktales and True Tales from the Western States. Libraries Unlimited, 2010. [North American]
Keding, Dan, and Kathy Brinkmann. The Gift of the Unicorn and Other Animal Helper Tales for Storytellers, Educators, and Librarians. Libraries Unlimited, 2016. [World]
Keding, Dan, and Amy Douglas. English Folktales. Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
Kim, So-un. Korean Children's Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. [Korean]
_____. Three Korean Fairy Tales: Beloved Stories and Legends. Illus. by Kyonğ-sim Chonğ. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. ISBN: 1462920942 and 9781462920945 [Korean]
Kimmel, Eric A. and Steve Brown. Right Side Up!: Adventures in Chelm. Apples & Honey Press, 2019. [Jewish]
Kohli, Svabhu. Tales of India: Folktales from Bengal, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781452165912 and 1452165912 [Indian] Kozlowski, Bryan, and Laura Wood. Cook Me a Story: A Treasury of Stories and Recipes Inspired by Classic Fairy Tales. Quarto Publishing Group, 2016. ISBN: 9781633220669 and 1633220664 [World]
Krull, Kathleen. A Pot o’ Gold: A Treasury of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, and (of course) Blarney. Illus. by David McPhail. Hyperion, 2004. ISBN 0-7868-0625-7 and ISBN 9780786806256. [Irish]
Laird, Elizabeth. Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2010. [Iranian]
_____. When the World Began: Stories Collected in Ethiopia. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-1927-4535-2 and ISBN 9780192745354. [Ethiopian]
Lang, Andrew. Blue Fairy Book. Edited by Brian Alderson. Dover, 1969. ISBN 0-486-21437-0 and ISBN 9780486214375. [World]
———. Green Fairy Book. Edited by Brian Alderson. Illus. by Anthony Maitland. Dover, 1969. ISBN 0-486-21439-7 and ISBN 9780486214399. [World]
———. Pink Fairy Book. Edited by Brian Alderson. Illus. by Colin McNaughton, Dover, 1966. ISBN 0-486-21792-2 and ISBN 9780486217925. [World]
———. Red Fairy Book. Edited by Brian Alderson. Illus. by Faith Jacques. Dover, n.d. ISBN 0-486-21673-X and ISBN 9780486216737. [World]
———. A World of Fairy Tales. Selected and introduced by Neil Philip. Illus. by Henry Justice Ford. Dial, 1994. ISBN 0-8037-1250-2 and ISBN 9780803712508. [World]
———. Yellow Fairy Book. Edited by Brian Alderson. Illus. by Erik Blegvad. Dover, n.d. ISBN 0-486-21674-8 and ISBN 9780486216744. [World]
Larson, Jean Russell. The Fish Bride and Other Gypsy Tales. Illus. by Michael Larson. Linnet Books, 2000. ISBN 0-2080-2474-3 and ISBN 9780208024749. [Welsh; North American]
Lattimore, Deborah Nourse, adapter and illustrator. Arabian Nights: Three Tales. HarperCollins, 1995. ISBN 0-06-024585-9 and ISBN 9780060245856. Includes “Aladdin,” “The Queen of the Serpents,” and “The Lost City of Ubar.” [Middle Eastern]
Leach, Maria. Whistle in the Graveyard: Folk Tales to Chill Your Bones. Illus. by Ken Rinciari. Puffin, 1982. ISBN 0-1403-1529-2 and ISBN 9780140315295. [World]
Leavy, Una. Magical Celtic Tales. Illus. by Fergal O'Connor. Dublin: The O’Brien Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781847175465 and 1847175465 [Celtic]
Lester, Julius. How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? And Other Tales. Illus. by David Shannon. Scholastic, 1989. ISBN 0-590-41973-0 and ISBN 9780590419734. A master storyteller retells ten African and two Jewish folktales. [African/Jewish]
———. The Knee-High Man and Other Tales. Dial, 1972, 1985. ISBN 0-8037-4593-1 and ISBN 9780803745933. [African American]
———. The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1987. ISBN 0-8037-0271-X and ISBN 9780803702714. [African American]
———. More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1988. ISBN 0-8037-0419-4 and ISBN 9780803704190. [African American]
———. Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and Other Creatures. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1989. ISBN 0-8037-0610-3 and ISBN 9780803706101. [African American]
———. The Last Tales of Uncle Remus. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1994. ISBN 0-8037-1303-7 and ISBN 9780803713031. [African American]
Livo, Norma, ed. Troubadour’s Storybag: Musical Folktales of the World. Fulcrum, 1996. ISBN 1-5559-1953-7 and ISBN 9781555919535. [World]
Livo, Norma, and Dia Cha. Folk Stories of the Hmong: Peoples of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Libraries Unlimited, 1991. ISBN 0-8728-7854-6 and ISBN 9780872878549. [Asian]
Lottridge, Celia Barker. Ten Small Tales. Illus. by Joanne Fitzgerald. Macmillan/McElderry, 1994. ISBN 0-689-50568-X and ISBN 9780689505683. [World]
Lundburgh, Holger, trans. Swedish Folk Tales. Illus. by John Bauer. Floris, 2004. ISBN 0-8631-5457-3 and ISBN 9780863154577. [Swedish] Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies, and Other Secret Beings. Illus. by Beth Krommes. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 0-6181-7495-8 and ISBN 9780618174959. [Northern European] _____. Seven Ways to Trick a Troll. Illus. by Kari Vick. University of Minnesota Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780816699773 and 0816699771.
———. The Troll with No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls from Norway. Illus. by Betsy Bowen. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. ISBN 0-3959-1371-3 and ISBN 9780395913710. [Norwegian]
Lupton, Hugh. Riddle Me This! Riddles and Stories to Challenge Your Mind. Illus. by Sophie Fatus. Barefoot Books, 2003. ISBN 1-8414-8169-6 and ISBN 9781841481692. [World]
———. The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud. Illus. by Sophie Fatus. Barefoot Books, 2001. ISBN 1-8414-8790-2 and ISBN 9781841487908. [World]
Lurie, Alison. Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folktales. Crowell, 1980. ISBN 0-6900-3944-1 and ISBN 9780690039443. [World]
McAllister, Angela. A World Full of Animal Stories. New York, NY: Frances Lincoln/Quarto Group, 2017. ISBN: 9781786030450 and 1786030454 [World]
_____. A World Full of Spooky Stories: 50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle. Illus. by Madalina Andronic. Minneapolis, MN: Quarto, 2019. ISBN: 9780711241480 and 0711241481 [World]
_____. A Year Full of Stories. Illus. by Christopher Corr. New York: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2016. ISBN: 1847808689 and 9781847808684 [World]
McCaughrean, Geraldine. One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. Illus. by Rosamund Fowler. Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-1927-5013-5 and ISBN 9780192750136. [Middle Eastern]
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest. Little Rock: August House, 2006. ISBN 0874834368 and ISBN 978-0874834369 [North American]
_____. Kindness Tales. August House, 2020. ISBN: 1947301667 [World]
_____. Look Back and See: Twenty Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers. Illus. by Rozane Murphy. H. W. Wilson, 1991. ISBN 0-8242-0810-2 and ISBN 9780824208103. [World]
———. Shake-It-Up Tales! Stories to Sing, Dance, Drum, and Act Out. August House, 2000. ISBN 0-8748-3590-9 and ISBN 9780874835908. [World]
_____. The Singing Top: Tales from Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. Libraries Unlimited, 2008. ISBN-10 : 1591585058 and ISBN-13 : 978-1591585053 [Asian]
_____. Storyteller's Sampler: Tales from Tellers Around the World. Libraries Unlimited, 2015.
ISBN: 9781440835278 and 1440835276 [World]
———. Tom Thumb: The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series. Oryx Press, 1993. ISBN 0-8977 4728-3 and ISBN 9780897747288. [World]
———. Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller. H. W. Wilson, 1988. ISBN 0-8389-0893-4 and ISBN 9780838908938. [World]
———. When the Lights Go Out: Twenty Scary Tales to Tell. H. W. Wilson, 1988. ISBN 0-8242-0770-X and ISBN 9780824207700. [World]
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McGinnis, Mark. Show-off Monkey and Other Taoist Tales. Shambhala, 2017. [Chinese]
McKissack, Patricia C. Let's Clap, Jump, Sing, & Shout; Dance, Spin, and Turn It Out! Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood. 2017. [African American]
_____. Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters and Other Wily Characters. Illus. by Andre Carrilho. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006. ISBN 0-3758-3619-5 and ISBN 9780375836190. [African American]
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———. Hibernian Nights. Barnes & Noble Books, 1994. ISBN 1-5661-9361-3 and ISBN 9781566193610. [Irish]
Mama, Raouf. Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin. Illus. by Andy Jones. Curbstone Press, 2006. ISBN 1-9318-9621-6 and ISBN 9781931896214. [Benin]
Manitonquat (Medicine Story), reteller. The Children of the Morning Light: Wampanoag Tales. Illus. by Mary F. Arquette. Macmillan, 1994. ISBN 0-02-765905-4 and ISBN 9780027659054. [Native American]
Martin, Eva, and László Gál. Tales of the Far North. Dial, 1986. [North American/Canadian] Martín, Paula, and Margaret Read MacDonald. Pachamama Tales: Folklore from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Libraries Unlimited, 2014. [South American]
Martin, Rafe. The Hungry Tigress: Buddhist Legends and Jataka Tales. Parallax, 1990. ISBN 0-9380-7725-2 and ISBN 9780938077251. [Indian] ———. Mysterious Tales of Japan. Illus. by Tatsuro Kiuchi. Putnam, 1993. ISBN 0-3992-2677-X [Japanese]
Martin, Rafe, and Manuela Soares. One Hand Clapping: Zen Stories for All Ages. Illustrated by Junko Morimoto. Rizzoli, 1995.
Martínez, Rueben, with David Unger. Once Upon a Time: Traditional Latin American Tales/Había una vez: Cuentos Tradicionales Latinoamericanos. Illus. by Raúl Colón. Rayo, 2010. ISBN: 9780061468957 [Latin American]
Mayo, Margaret, reteller. Magical Tales from Many Lands. Illus. by Jane Ray. Dutton, 1993. ISBN 0-525-45017-3 and ISBN 9780525450177. [World]
_____. Mythical Birds and Beasts from Many Lands. Illus. by Jane Ray. Dutton, 1997. ISBN 0-5254-5788-7 and ISBN 9780525457886. [World}
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Mitford, A. B. with Michael Dylan Foster. Japanese Legends and Folklore. Tuttle, 2019. [Japanese] Murrow, Vita. Power to the Princess. Illus. by Julia Bereciartu. Minneapolis, MN: Lincoln Children's Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781786032034 and 1786032031 [World]
Napoli, Donna Jo. Tales from the Arabian Nights: Stories of Adventure, Magic, Love, and Betrayal. Illus. by Christina Balit. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2016. ISBN: 9781426325403 and 1426325401 [Arabian]
Nic Leodhas, Sorche. Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands. Holt, 1960. ISBN 0-0303-5280-0 and ISBN 9780030352805. [Scottish]
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———. Trickster and the Fainting Birds. Illus. by Tom Pohrt. Harcourt, 1999. ISBN 0-1520-0888-8 and ISBN 9780152008888. [Native American]
Norman, Howard, reteller. How Glooskap Outwits the Ice Giants: And Other Tales of the Maritime Indians. Illus. by Michael McCurdy. Little, Brown, 1989. ISBN 0-316-61181-6 and ISBN 9780316611817. [Native American] Nunes, Shiho S. Chinese Fables: The Dragon Slayer and Other Timeless Tales of Wisdom. Tuttle, 2013. [Chinese]
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O'Brien, Cynthia. Mermaid Myths. Gareth Stevens, 2018. ISBN: 9781538213728 and 1538213729 [World]
Olson, Arielle North. Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World. With Howard Schwartz. Illus. by E. M. Gist. Puffin, 2002. ISBN 0-1423-0140-X and ISBN 9780142301401. [World]
———. More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World. With Howard Schwartz. Illus. by E. M. Gist. Viking, 2008. ISBN 0-6700-6339-8 and ISBN 9780670063390. [World]
O’Malley, Kevin. Velcome. Walker, 1997. ISBN 0-5906-3610-3 and ISBN 9780590636100. [Urban Legend] Oodgeroo. Dreamtime: Aboriginal Stories. Illus. by Bronwyn Bancroft. Lothrop, 1993. ISBN 0-688-13296-0 and ISBN 9780688132965. [Australian/Aboriginal]
Osborne, Mary Pope. Mermaid Tales from Around the World. Illus. by Troy Howell. Scholastic, 1993. ISBN 0-590-44377-1 and ISBN 9780590443777. [World]
Oxenbury, Helen, reteller and illustrator. The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Story Book. Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-394-87519-2 and ISBN 9780394875194. [World]
Ozaki, Yei Theodora. Japanese Fairy Tales. Auckland: The Floating Press, 2014. ISBN: 9781776535118 and 1776535111 [Japanese]
_____. Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan's Enchanted Past. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 4805314613 and 9784805314616 [Japanese]
Phelps, Ethel Johnston. The Hunter Maiden: Feminist Folktales from Around the World. New York, NY: The Feminist Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781558614345 and 1558614346 [World]
_____. Kamala: Feminist Folktales from Around the World. New York, NY: Feminist Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781558619401 and 1558619402 [World]
_____. Maid of the North. Holt, 1981. ISBN 0-0306-2374-X and ISBN 9780030623745. [World]
_____. Sea Girl: Feminist Folktales from Around the World. New York: Feminist Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781558614185 and 1558614184 [World]
Philip, Neil, reteller. The Arabian Nights. Illus. by Sheila Moxley. Orchard, 1994. ISBN 0-531-06868-4 and ISBN 9780531068687. [Middle East] ———. Fairy Tales from Eastern Europe. Illus. by Larry Wilkes. Houghton Mifflin, 1991. ISBN 0-395-57456-0 and ISBN 9780395574560 [Eastern European]
———. Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales. Illus. by Jacqueline Mair. Clarion, 2003. ISBN 0-6181-9463-0 and ISBN 9780618194636. [Mexican]
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Pitrè, Giuseppe. Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales. University of Chicago, 2017. [Italian] Power, Effie. Bag O’ Tales: A Sourcebook for Storytellers. Illus. by Corydon Bell. Dutton, 1934. Omnigraphics, 1990. ISBN 1-558888-34-9 and ISBN 9781558888340. [World]
Provensen, Alice. The Master Swordsman and the Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China. Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-689-83232-X and ISBN 9780689832321. [Chinese]
Pullman, Philip, reteller. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm. Viking, 2012. [German] Pulvers, Roger. Once Upon a Time in Japan. Tuttle, 2015. [Japan] Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel. Stories of Survival and Revenge from Inuit Folklore. Inhabit Media, 2015. [Native American/Inuit]
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Ransome, Arthur. Old Peter’s Russian Tales. Viking, 1975. ISBN 0-14-030696-X and ISBN 9780140306965. [Russian]
Redesdale, Algernon. Japanese Legends and Folklore: Samurai Tales, Ghost Stories, Legends, Fairy Tales, Myths and Historical Accounts. Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. ISBN: 9784805315019 and 4805315016 [Japanese] Reneaux, J. J. Cajun Folktales. August House, 1992. ISBN 0-8748-3283-7 and ISBN 9780874832839. [North American/Cajun]
———. Haunted Bayou and Other Cajun Ghost Stories. August House, 1994. ISBN 0-8748-3385-X and ISBN 9780874833850. [North American/Cajun]
———. How Animals Saved the People: Animal Tales from the South. Illus. by James Ransome. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-6881-6253-3 and ISBN 9780688162535. [North American]
Riordan, James. The Woman in the Moon and Other Tales of Forgotten Heroines. Illus. by Angela Barrett. Dial, 1985. ISBN 0-8037-0194-2 and ISBN 9780803701946. [World]
Rockwell, Anne. The Old Woman and Her Pig. Crowell, 1979. ISBN 0-6900-3928-X and ISBN 9780690039283. [World] ———. The Three Bears and Fifteen Other Stories. Crowell, 1979. ISBN 0-0644-0142-1 and ISBN 9780064401425. [World] Ross, Gayle, reteller. How Rabbit Tricked Otter and Other Cherokee Trickster Stories. Illus. by Murv Jacob. Foreword by Chief Wilma Mankiller. HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0-060-21285-3 and ISBN 9780060212858. [Native American] RunningWolf, Michael B., and Patricia Clark Smith. On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous’gap Stories of the Micmac Indians. Illus. by Michael B. RunningWolf. Persea, 2000. ISBN 0-8925-5248-4 and ISBN 9780892552481. [Native American] Sakade, Florence. Folk Tales from Japan: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales for Children. Illus. by Yoshio Hayashi. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2020. ISBN: 9781462921904 [Japanese]
San Souci, Robert D. Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females. Illus. by Daniel San Souci. LittleFolk, 2006. ISBN 0-8748-3791-X and ISBN 9780874837919. [North American]
Sattar, Arshia. Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling. Illus. by Sonali Zohra. Brooklyn, New York: Restless Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781632061775 and 1632061775 [Indian]
Sayalero, Myriam. Folktales for Fearless Girls: The Stories We Were Never Told. Ills. By Dani Torrent. Philomel Books, 2020. ISBN 9780593115220. [World]
Schonwerth, Franz. The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales. Penguin, 2015.
Schram, Peninnah, reteller. Chosen Tales: Stories Told by Jewish Storytellers. Jason Aronson, 1995. ISBN 1-56821-352-2 and ISBN 9781568213521. [Jewish]
———. Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another. Jason Aronson, 1987. ISBN 0-87668-967-5 [Jewish]
Schwartz, Alvin, reteller. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Collected from American folklore. Drawings by Stephen Gammel. Harper, 1986. ISBN 0-397-31926-6 and ISBN 9780397319268. [North American]
Schwartz, Howard. Elijah’s Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales. Illus. by Linda Heller. Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-1950-9200-7 and ISBN 9780195092004. [Jewish]
_____. A Palace of Pearls: The Stories of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780190243562 and 0190243562 [Jewish]
Schwartz, Howard, and Barbara Rush, retellers. The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World. Illus. by Uri Shulevitz. HarperCollins, 1991. ISBN 0-06-025239-1 and ISBN 9780060252397. [Jewish]
Scoggins, Liz. The Fairy Tale Book: Classic Tales from Childhood. Scholastic, 2010. [World]
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Serwadda, W. Moses. Songs and Stories from Uganda. Transcribed and edited by Hewitt Pantaleconi. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. World Music Press, 1987. ISBN 0-937203-17-3 and ISBN 9780937203170. [African]
Serwer-Bernstein, Blanche. Let’s Steal the Moon. Illus. by Trina S. Hyman. Shapolsky Pubs., 1987. ISBN 0-933503-27-X and ISBN 9780933503274. [Jewish]
Shannon, George, reteller. More Stories to Solve: Fifteen Folktales from Around the World. Illus. by Peter Sís. Greenwillow, 1991. ISBN 0-688-09161-X and ISBN 9780688091613. [World]
———. Still More Stories to Solve: Fourteen Folktales from Around the World. Illus. by Peter Sís. Greenwillow, 1994. ISBN 0-688-04619-3 and ISBN 9780688046194. [World]
_____. Stories to Solve: Folktales from around the World. Greenwillow,1985. [World]
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