STORYTELLING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Janice M. Del Negro, PhD
Folk & Fairy Tale Picture Books
Aardema, Verna. Bimwili and the Zimwi. Illus. by Susan Meddaugh. Dial, 1985. ISBN 0-8037-0212-4 and ISBN 9780803702127. [African]
———. Borreguita and the Coyote: A Tale from Ayutla, Mexico. Illus. by Petra Mathers. Knopf, 1991. ISBN 0-679-80921-X and ISBN 9780679809210. [Mexican]
———. How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck. Illus. by Marcia Brown. Scholastic, 1995. ISBN 0-590-48367-6 and ISBN 9780590483674. [African]
———. Jackal’s Flying Lesson. Illus. by Dale Gottlieb. Knopf, 1995. ISBN 0-679-85813-X and ISBN 9780679858133. [South African]
———. Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia. Illus. by Joe Cepeda. Schwartz/Atheneum, 1999. ISBN 0-6898-5677-6 and ISBN 9780689856778. [African]
———. Traveling to Tondo: A Tale of the Nkundo of Zaire. Illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Knopf, 1991. ISBN 0-679-80081-6 and ISBN 9780679800811. [African]
———. Who’s in Rabbit’s House? Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Dial, 1979. ISBN 0-8037-9551-3 and ISBN 9780803795518. [African]
———. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Puffin, 1978. ISBN 0-8037-6089-2 and ISBN 9780803760899. [African] Alvitre, Cindi, and Carly Lake. Waa'aka': The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun. Berkeley, CA: Heyday, 2020. ISBN: 9781597145091 and 1597145092 [Tongan]
Arnold, Katya, reteller and illustrator. Baba Yaga. North-South, 1993. ISBN 1-55858-208-8 [Russian] Arrington, H. Anansi’s Narrow Waist: A Tale from Ghana. Pelican, 2016. [African/Ghanian]
Asbjørnsen, Peter C., and Jørgen E. Moe. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Illus. by Marcia Brown. Harcourt, 1991. ISBN 0-15-690150-1 and ISBN 9780156901505. [Norwegian]
Atwater, Barbara, et al. How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina fable. Berkeley, California: Alaska Northwest Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781513260952 and 1513260952. Aylesworth, Jim. My Grandfather’s Coat. Scholastic Press, 2014.
_____. The Tale of Tricky Fox: A New England Trickster Tale. Illus. by Barbara McClintock. Scholastic, 2001. ISBN 0-4390-9543-3 and ISBN 9780439095433. [American]
Bang, Molly Garrett. Wiley and the Hairy Man. Macmillan, 1976. ISBN 0-02-708370-5 and ISBN 9780027083705. How Wiley and his mother trick the Hairy Man. [African American]
Barrager, Brigette, reteller. Twelve Dancing Princesses. Chronicle Books, 2011.
Batori, Susan. It is a Tree. Holiday House, 2020. ISBN: 9780823445318 and 0823445313. [Indian]
Batt, Tanya Robyn. The Faerie’s Gift. Illus. by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Barefoot, 2003. ISBN 1-8414-8998-0 and ISBN 9781841489988. [Irish]
Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn. The Shaking Bag. Illus. by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. Whitman, 2000. ISBN 0-8075-7328-0 and ISBN 9780807573280. [African American]
Bell, Anthea, tr. Vasilia the Beautiful: A Russian Folktale. Minedition, 2015. [Russian]
Belpré, Pura, reteller. Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folktale. Illus. by Carlos Sanchez. Viking, 1991. [Puerto Rican]
Birdseye, Tom, reteller. Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! An Appalachian Folktale. Illus. by Andrew Glass. Holiday House, 1993. ISBN 0-8234-1005-6 and ISBN 9780823410057. [North American/Appalachian] Bradman, Tony. The King Who Thought He Was Clever: A Folk Tale from Russia. Illus. by Juanbjuan Oliver. London: Collins, 2017. ISBN: 9780008179403 and 0008179409.
Brett, Jan, adapter and illustrator. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Dodd, Mead, 1987. ISBN 0-399-22004-6 and ISBN 9780399220043. [English]
———. The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale. Putnam, 2009. ISBN 0-399-25296-7 and ISBN 9780399252969. [Ukrainian]
_____. The Turnip. Putnam, 2015. [Russian]
Brewer, Elizabeth. Peg Bearskin: a traditional Newfoundland tale. St John’s, NL: Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides. 2019. [Canadian]
Brooke, L. Leslie, illustrator. The Golden Goose Book. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-61303-5 and ISBN 9780395613030. [English]
Brown, Marcia, reteller and illustrator. Once a Mouse. Simon & Schuster, 1972. ISBN 0-684-12662-1 and ISBN 9780684126623. [Indian]
Bruchac, Joseph. The Hunter’s Promise: An Abenaki Tale. Wisdom Tales, 2015. [Native American]
Bruchac, Joseph, and James Bruchac. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2001. ISBN 0-8037-2404-7 and ISBN 9780803724044. [Native American]
———. Raccoon’s Last Race: A Traditional Abenaki Story. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2004. ISBN 0-8037-2977-4 and ISBN 9780803729773. [Native American]
———. Turtle’s Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2003. ISBN 0-1424-0466-7 and ISBN 9780142404669. [Native American] Bruchac, Joseph, and Gayle Ross, retellers. The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale. Illus. by Virginia A. Stroud. Dial, 1995. ISBN 0-8037-1737-7 and ISBN 9780803717374. [Native American]
Burningham, John. Tug-Of-War. Candlewick Press, 2013. [African/Nigerian]
Bryan, Ashley, reteller and illustrator. The Cat’s Purr. Simon & Schuster, 1985. ISBN 0-689-31086-2 and ISBN 9780689310867. How Cat lost his drum and got his purr. [West Indian]
———. The Dancing Granny. Simon & Schuster, 1987. ISBN 0-689-71149-2 and ISBN 9780689711497. [West Indian] ———. Turtle Knows Your Name. Simon & Schuster, 1989. ISBN 0-689-31578-3 and ISBN 9780689315787. [West Indian] Bushyhead, Robert H. Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend. Illus. by Kristina Rodanas. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. ISBN 0-7614-5113-7 and ISBN 9780761451136. [Native American] Byrd, Robert. Brave Chicken Little. Viking, 2014.
Casanova, Mary. The Hunter: a Chinese Folktale. Illus. by Ed Young. Atheneum, 2000. ISBN 0-6898-2906-X and ISBN 9780689829062. [Chinese]
Casey, Dawn, ad. Babushka. Good Books, 2016. [Russian/Religious]
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Bone Soup: A Spooky, Tasty Tale. Illus. by Tom Knight. New York,
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. ISBN: 9781481486088 and 148148608X
Causley, Charles. The Mermaid of Zennor. Illus. by Michael Foreman. London: Orchard, 2012. ISBN: 9781408319543 and 1408319543.
Chen, Jiang-Hong. The Tiger Prince. Trans. by Alyson Waters. New York, NY: NYR Children’s Collection, 2018. ISBN: 9781681372945 and 1681372940. [Chinese]
Chitra, Soundar. Pattan’s Pumpkin: An Indian Flood Story. Otter-Barry, 2016. [Indian]
Choi, Ann Y. K. Once Upon an Hour. Illus. by Soyeon Kim. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Book Publishers, 2020. ISBN: 9781459821279 and 1459821270 [Korean]
Christopher, Neil, ad. The Dreaded Ogress of the Tundra. Inhabit, 2015. [Inuit]
——. On the Shoulder of a Giant: An Inuit Folktale. Inhabit, 2015. [Inuit] Clark, Emma Chichester, ad. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Candlewick, 2011. Cohen-Janca, Irène, et al. The Golem of Prague. Annick Press, 2017. [Jewish]
Cole, Joanna, reteller. It’s Too Noisy! Illus. by Kate Duke. HarperCollins, 1989. ISBN 0-690-04735-5 and ISBN 9780690047356. [Jewish]
Compestine, Ying Chang. The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes. After H. C. Andersen. Illus. by David Roberts. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. ISBN: 9781419725425 1419725424.
_____. The Real Story of Stone Soup. Illus. by Stephane Jorisch. Dutton, 2007. ISBN 0-5254-7493-5 and ISBN 9780525474937. [Chinese]
Compton, Patricia A., reteller. The Terrible EEK: A Japanese Tale. Illus. by Sheila Hamanaka. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-671-73737-6 and ISBN 9780671737375. [Japanese]
Conover, Chris, reteller and illustrator. Froggie Went A-Courting. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. ISBN 0-374-32466-2 and ISBN 9780374324667. [British]
Coombs, Kate. Hans My Hedgehog: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm. Atheneum Books, 2012. [German]
Cooper, Susan, reteller. The Selkie Girl. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1986. ISBN 0-689-50390-3 and ISBN 9780689503900. [Celtic] ———. The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1983. ISBN 0-689-50236-2 [Welsh]
———. Tam Lin. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-689-50505-1 [Scottish]
Cowley, Joy. The Wishing of Biddy Malone. Illus. by Christopher Denise. Philomel, 2004. ISBN 0-399-23404-7 and ISBN 9780399234040. [Irish]
Crews, Nina. Jack and the Beanstalk. Henry Holt, 2011.
Croll, Carolyn, reteller and illustrator. The Three Brothers. Putnam, 1991. ISBN 0-399-22195-6 and ISBN 9780399221958. [German/Latvian]
Cullen, Lisa Anne. Three Wild Pigs: A Carolina Folktale. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 9781611179446 and 1611179440.
Czernecki, Stefan, and Timothy Rhodes. The Singing Snake. Illus. by Stefan Czernecki. Hyperion, 1993. ISBN 1-56282-399-X and ISBN 9781562823993. [Australian]
Daly, Jude. Sivu’s Six Wishes. Eerdmean’s Books for Young Readers, 2010. [Chinese]
Dasent, George Webbe, translator. East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon. Introduction by Naomi Lewis. Illus. by P. J. Lynch. Candlewick, 1992. ISBN 1-56402-049-5 and ISBN 9781564020499. [Norwegian]
Day, Nancy Raines, reteller. The Lion’s Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale. Illus. by Ann Grifalconi. Scholastic, 1995. ISBN 0-590-45803-5 and ISBN 9780590458030. [Ethiopian]
Dayrell, Elphinstone. Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky. Illus. by Blair Lent. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. ISBN 0-395-53963-3 and ISBN 9780395539637. [African]
de Gerez, Toni. Louhi, Witch of North Farm: A Story from Finland’s Epic Poem the Kalevala. Illus. by Barbara Cooney. Viking, 1986. ISBN 0-670-80556-4 and ISBN 9780670805563. [Finnish]
de Gerez, Tree. When Bear Came Down from the Sky. Illus. by Lisa Desimini. Viking, 1994. ISBN 0-670-85171-X and ISBN 9780670851713. [Finnish]
de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Little Sister and the Month Brothers. Illus. by Margot Tomes. Lothrop, 1994. ISBN 0-688-05293-2 and ISBN 9780688052935. [Czechoslovakian]
Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Illus. by Michael Austin. Peachtree, 2007. ISBN 1-5614-5399-4 and ISBN 9781561453993. [Cuban]
_____. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! Scholastic, 2017.
Deer, Beatrice, and D J. Herron. The Fox Wife. Inhabit Media, 2018. [Inuit]
DeFelice, Cynthia, adapter. Cold Feet. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Dorling Kindersley, 2000. ISBN 0-7894-2636-6 and ISBN 9780789426369. [Scottish] ———. The Dancing Skeleton. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Macmillan, 1989. ISBN 0-02-726452-1 and ISBN 9780027264524. [American]
———. One Potato, Two Potato. Illus. by Andrea U’Ren. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. ISBN 0-3743-5640-8 and ISBN 9780374356408. [Irish]
DeFelice, Cynthia, and Mary DeMarsh, retellers. Three Perfect Peaches: A French Folktale. Illus. by Irene Trivas. Orchard, 1995. ISBN 0-531-06872-2 and ISBN 9780531068724. [French]
Demi, adapter and illustrator. The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey. McElderry, 2004. ISBN 0-6898-4680-0 and ISBN 9780689846809. [Turkish]
———. The Stonecutter. Knopf, 1995. ISBN 0-517-59864-7 and ISBN 9780517598641. [Chinese] Diakité, Baba Wagué. The Hatseller and the Monkeys. Scholastic, 1999. ISBN 0-590-96069-5 [African]
———. The Hunterman and the Crocodile. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-590-89828-0 and ISBN 9780590898287. [African]
———. The Magic Gourd. Scholastic, 2003. ISBN 0-4395-3960-4 and ISBN 9780439439602. [African]
———. Mee-an and the Magic Serpent: A Story from Mali. Groundwood, 2006. ISBN 0-8889-9719-1 and ISBN 9780888997197. [African]
Doerrfeld, Cori. Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story. Dial, 2012.
Doyle, Malachy. Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Illus. by Paul Hess. Peachtree, 2001. ISBN 1-56145-241-6 and ISBN 9781561452415. [British]
Duvall, Deborah L. How Rabbit Lost His Tail: A Traditional Cherokee Legend. University of New Mexico Press, 2003. ISBN 0-82633010-X and ISBN 9780826330109. [Native American]
---———. Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting: A Traditional Cherokee Legend. Illus. by Murv Jacob. University of New Mexico Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8263-3336-2 and ISBN 9780826333360. [Native American]
Echewa, Obinkaram. The Magic Tree: A Folktale from Nigeria. Illus. by E. B. Lewis. Morrow, 1999. ISBN 0-6881-6232-0 and ISBN 9780688162320. [African] Ehlert, Lois. Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale. Harcourt, 2000. ISBN 0-1520-0274-X [Mexican]
Ehlert, Lois, illustrator. Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale/Un lazo a la luna: Una leyenda peruana. Translated into Spanish by Amy Price. Harcourt, 1992. ISBN 0-15-255343-6 and ISBN 9780152553432. [South American/Peruvian] Eilenberg, Max. Beauty and the Beast. Illus. by Angela Barrett. Candlewick Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7636-3160-4 [French] Faulkner, William J., reteller. Brer Tiger and the Big Wind. Illus. by Roberta Wilson. Morrow, 1995. ISBN 0-688-12985-4 and ISBN 9780688129859. [African American]
Fléchais, Amélie. The Little Red Wolf. CubHouse, 2017.
Forest, Heather. Feathers: A Jewish Tale from Eastern Europe. Illus. by Marcia Cutchin. August House, 2005. ISBN 0-8748-3755-1 and ISBN 9780874837551. [Jewish]
Fowles, Shelley. The Bachelor and the Bean. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. ISBN 0-3743-0478-5. [Jewish]
Galdone, Joanna. The Tailypo: A Ghost Story. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Houghton Mifflin, 1984. ISBN 0-395-30084-3 and ISBN 9780395300848. [African American]
Galdone, Paul. What’s in Fox’s Sack? Houghton Mifflin, 1987. ISBN 0-89919-062-6 and ISBN 9780899190624. [English] Gershator, David, and Phillis Gershator. Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale. Illus. by Diane Greenseid. Marshall Cavendish, 2005. ISBN 0-7614-5110-2 and ISBN 9780761451105. [West Indian]
Gershator, Phillis, reteller. Tukama Tootles the Flute: A Tale from the Antilles. Illus. by Synthia Saint James. Orchard, 1994. ISBN 0-531-06811-0 and ISBN 9780531068113. [West Indian]
Gerson, Mary-Joan, reteller. How Night Came from the Sea: A Story from Brazil. Illus. by Carla Golembe. Little, Brown, 1994. ISBN 0-316-30855-2 and ISBN 9780316308557. [South American]
———. Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale. Illus. by Carla Golembe. Little, Brown, 1992. ISBN 0-316-30852-8 and ISBN 9780316308526. [African]
Gibb, Sarah. Rapunzel. Albert Whitman, 2011.
González, Lucía M., reteller. The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale. Illus. by Lulu Delacre. Scholastic, 1994. ISBN 0-590-46843-X and ISBN 9780590468435. [Cuban]
Gray, Luli. The Pear Tree: A Folktale. Penny Candy Books, 2019.
Greene, Ellin. The Little Golden Lamb. Illus. by Rosanne Litzinger. Clarion, 2000. ISBN 0-3957-1526-1 and ISBN 9780395715260. [Hungarian]
Greene, Ellin, reteller. Billy Beg and His Bull. Illus. by Kimberly Bulcken Root. Holiday House, 1994. ISBN 0-8234-1100-1 and ISBN 9780823411009. [Irish]
———. Ling-Li and the Phoenix Fairy: A Chinese Folktale. Illus. by Zong-Zhou Wang. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-71528-8 and ISBN 9780395715284. [Chinese]
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, reteller. What His Father Did. Illus. by John O’Brien. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-55042-4 and ISBN 9780395550427. [Jewish]
Gregorowski, Christopher. Fly, Eagle, Fly! An African Fable. Illus. by Niki Daly. McElderry, 2000. ISBN 0-6898-2398-3 and ISBN 9780689823985. [African]
Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. The Bremen Town Musicians. Illus. by Bernadette Watts. Translated by Anthea Bell. North-South, 1992. ISBN 1-55858-140-5 and ISBN 9781558581401 [German]
———. The Devil and the Three Golden Hairs. Retold and illus. by Nonny Hogrogian. Knopf, 1983. ISBN 0-394-95560-9 and ISBN 9780394955605. [German]
———. The Elves and the Shoemaker. Retold and illus. by Bernadette Watts. North-South, 1986. ISBN 1-55858-035-2 and ISBN 9781558580350. [German]
_____. The Frog Prince. Illus. by Sybille Schenker. Michael Neugebauer Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9789888341474 and 9888341472.
———. The Frog Prince or Iron Henry. Translated by Naomi Lewis. Illus. by Binette Schroeder. North-South, 1989. ISBN 1-55858-015-8 and ISBN 9781558580152. Ideal for sharing in the picture-book hour. [German] ———. Hansel and Gretel. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Penguin/Minedition, 2008. (Reissue) ISBN 0-698-40078-X and ISBN 9780698400788. [German]
———. Little Red. Illus. by Bethan Woolvin. Atlanta: Peachtree, 2016. ISBN: 1561459178 9781561459179.
———. Little Red Cap. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Penguin/Minedition, 2006. (Reissue) ISBN 0-698-40053-4 and ISBN 9780698400534. [German]
———. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House, 1983. ISBN 0-8234-0653-9 and ISBN 9780823406531. [German]
———. Rapunzel. Ad. by Barbara Rogasky. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House, 2019 ISBN: 9780823442805 and 0823442802.
———. The Seven Ravens. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-88708-092-8 and ISBN 9780887080920. [German]
———. The Sleeping Beauty. Retold and illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Little, Brown, 1983. ISBN 0-316-38708-8 and ISBN 9780316387088. [German]
———. Snow White and Rose Red. Retold and illus. by Barbara Cooney. Delacorte, 1991. ISBN 0-385-30175-8 and ISBN 9780385301756. [German]
———. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. Translated by Randall Jarrell. Illus. by Nancy Burkert. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. ISBN 0-374-37099-0 and ISBN 9780374370992. [German]
———. Wild Swans. Illus. by Gerda Raidt. NorthSouth, 2014. ISBN: 0735841721 and ISBN: 978-0735841727.
———. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. Illus. by Felix Hoffman. Harcourt, 1959. [German] Guertin, Annemarie Riley. How the Finch Got His Colors. Illus. by Helena Pérez García. Sanger, CA: Familius LLC, 2018. ISBN: 9781945547775 and 1945547774.
Hague, Michael. Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story. SeaStar, 2001. ISBN 1-5871-7058-2 and ISBN 9781587170584. [Irish] Haley, Gail E. Jack and the Bean Tree. Crown, 1986. ISBN 0-517-55717-7 and ISBN 9780517557174. [North American/Appalachian]
———. Jack and the Fire Dragon. Crown, 1988. ISBN 0-517-56814-4 and ISBN 9780517568149. [North American/Appalachian]
———. A Story, a Story: An African Tale. Simon & Schuster, 1970. ISBN 0-689-20511-2 and ISBN 9780689205118. [African]
Hamilton, Virginia. Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl. Illus. by James E. Ransome. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2003. ISBN 0-5904-7376-X and ISBN 9780590473767. [African American]
———. Wee Winnie Witch’s Skinny: An Original African American Scare Tale. Illus. by Barry Moser. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2004. ISBN 0-5902-8880-6 and ISBN 9780590288804. [African American]
Han, Suzanne Crowder, reteller. Korean Folk and Fairy Tales. Hollym International, 2006. [Korean]
———. The Rabbit’s Escape. Illus. by Yumi Heo. Holt. 1995. ISBN 0-8050-2675-4 and ISBN 9780805026757. [Korean] ———. The Rabbit’s Judgment. Illus. by Yumi Heo. Holt, 1994. ISBN 0-8050-2674-6 and ISBN 9780805026740. [Korean] Han, Soma, and John C. Stickler. Maya and the Turtle: A Korean Fairy Tale. Tuttle Pub., 2012. [Korean] Harper, Wilhelmina. The Gunniwolf. Illus. by Barbara Upton. Dutton, 2003. ISBN 0-5254-6785-8 and ISBN 9780525467854. [American]
Hastings, Selina, reteller. The Firebird. Illus. by Reg Cartwright. Candlewick, 1993. ISBN 1-56402-096-7 and ISBN 9781564020963. [Eastern Europe]
Hayes, Joe. El Cucuy! A Bogeyman Cuento. Illus. by Honorio Robledo. Cinco Puntos Press, 2001. ISBN 0-93831754-7 and ISBN 9780938317548. [Hispanic]
———. The Weeping Woman (La Llorona): A Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English. Illus. by Vicki Trego Hill and Mona Pennypecker. Cinco Puntos Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9383-1739-3 and ISBN 9780938317395. [Hispanic] _____. Watch Out for Clever Women! /Cuidado con las mujeres astutas! Cinco Puntos Press,1996.
Hazell, Rebecca. Sweeper: A Buddhist Tale. Shambhala, 2017. [Buddhist/Indian]
Heyer, Marilee. The Weaving of a Dream: A Chinese Folktale. Viking, 1986. ISBN 0-670-80555-6 [Chinese] Hodges, Margaret. The Little Humpbacked Horse. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. ISBN 0-374-44495-1 [Russian] Hodgkinson, Leigh. Goldilocks and Just One Bear. Nosy Crow, 2012.
Hong, Lily Toy, reteller and illustrator. Two of Everything. Whitman, 1993. ISBN 0-8075-8157-7 [Chinese] Hooks, William H. Moss Gown. Illus. by Donald Carrick. Houghton Mifflin, 1987. ISBN 0-89919-460-5 and ISBN 9780899194608. [North American]
———. The Three Little Pigs and the Fox. Illus. by S. D. Schindler. Macmillan, 1989. ISBN 0-02-744431-7 and ISBN 9780027444315. [North American/Appalachian]
Horowitz, Dave. Never Satisfied: The Story of the Stonecutter. Nancy Paulsen, 2018. [Chinese]
Hort, Lenny, reteller. The Fool and the Fish. Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Dial, 1990. ISBN 0-8037-0861-0 and ISBN 9780803708617. [Russian]
Howe, John, reteller and illustrator. Jack and the Beanstalk. Little, Brown, 1989. ISBN 0-316-37579-9 and ISBN 9780316375795. [English]
Hsyu, J.C. The Dinner that Cooked Itself. Flying High, 2014. [Chinese]
Hurst, Margaret M. Grannie and the Jumbie: A Caribbean Tale. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-0662-3632-0 and ISBN 9780066236322. [Caribbean]
Hurston, Zora Neale. Roy Makes a Car. Adapted by Mary E. Lyons. Illus. by Terry Widener. Atheneum, 2005. ISBN 0-689-84640-1 and ISBN 9780689846403. [African American]
Icinori. Issun Boshi: The One-Inch Boy. Nicholas Grindell, 2014. [Japanese]
Ikuutaq Rumbolt, Paula. The Origin of Day and Night. Lenny Lishchenko, illus. Iqaluit, Nunavut: Inhabit Media, 2018. [Inuit] ISBN: 1772271802 and 9781772271805. [Inuit] Imai, Ayano, ad. Puss & Boots. Minedition, 2014.
Ishii, Momoko, reteller. The Tongue-cut Sparrow. Translated from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson. Illus. by Suekichi Akaba. Dutton, 1987. ISBN 0-525-67199-4 and ISBN 9780525671992. [Japanese]
Jacobs, Joseph. King of the Cats. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Houghton Mifflin, 1980. ISBN 0-395-29030-9 and ISBN 9780395290309. A story for Halloween shivers. [English] ———. Tom Tit Tot. Illus. by Evaline Ness. Scribner, 1965. [English]
Jaffe, Nina, reteller. Older Brother, Younger Brother : A Korean Folktale. Illus. by Wenhai Ma. Viking, 1995. ISBN 0-670-85645-2 and ISBN 9780670856459. [Korean]
James, Elizabeth. The Woman Who Married a Bear. Illus. by Atanas Matsoureff. Simply Read Books, 2017. ISBN-10: 192701865X and ISBN-13: 978-1927018651.
Janisch, Heinz. The Fire: An Ethiopian Folktale. Illus. by Fabricio VandenBroeck. Groundwood, 2002. ISBN 0-8889-9450-8 and ISBN 9780888994509. [African]
Jiafei, Chen. Sion’s Misfortune. Ills. by Wang Ran. Consortium, 2020. ISBN 978193654255. [Chinese] Jian, Li. The Big Stone: A Tale of Wisdom Told in English and Chinese. Shanghai Press, 2021. ISBN: 1602204683 and ISBN: 978-1602204683 [Chinese]
_____. The Little Pigs and the Sweet Rice Cakes/Xiaǒ zhūhé niángaō. New York, NY: Better Link Press, 2018. ISBN: 1602204535 and 9781602204539 [Chinese]
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_____. The Generous Fish. Ills. by Frances Tyrell. Wisdom Tales, 2020. ISBN 9781937786793. [Jewish]
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_____. Nicanor’s Gate. Ills. by Alida Massari. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9781541574526. [Jewish]
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———. Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale. Illus. by Julie Paschkis. August House, 2001. ISBN 0-8748-3765-0 and ISBN 9780874837650. [Danish]
———. Go to Sleep, Gecko! A Balinese Folktale. Illus. by Geraldo Valerio. August House, 2006. ISBN 0-8748-3780-4 and ISBN 9780874837803. [Balinese]
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———. Mabela the Clever. Illus. by Tim Coffey. Albert Whitman, 2001. ISBN 0-8075-4902-9 and ISBN 9780807549025. [African]
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Michels, Tilde, et al. Knocks in the Night. Unley: South Starfish Bay Children's Books, 2016. ISBN: 9781760360115 and 1760360112.
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_____. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Little, Brown, 2017. [Norwegian]
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_____. The Tale of Tricky Fox: A New England Trickster Tale. Illus. by Barbara McClintock. Scholastic, 2001. ISBN 0-4390-9543-3 and ISBN 9780439095433. [American]
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Bell, Anthea, tr. Vasilia the Beautiful: A Russian Folktale. Minedition, 2015. [Russian]
Belpré, Pura, reteller. Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folktale. Illus. by Carlos Sanchez. Viking, 1991. [Puerto Rican]
Birdseye, Tom, reteller. Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! An Appalachian Folktale. Illus. by Andrew Glass. Holiday House, 1993. ISBN 0-8234-1005-6 and ISBN 9780823410057. [North American/Appalachian] Bradman, Tony. The King Who Thought He Was Clever: A Folk Tale from Russia. Illus. by Juanbjuan Oliver. London: Collins, 2017. ISBN: 9780008179403 and 0008179409.
Brett, Jan, adapter and illustrator. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Dodd, Mead, 1987. ISBN 0-399-22004-6 and ISBN 9780399220043. [English]
———. The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale. Putnam, 2009. ISBN 0-399-25296-7 and ISBN 9780399252969. [Ukrainian]
_____. The Turnip. Putnam, 2015. [Russian]
Brewer, Elizabeth. Peg Bearskin: a traditional Newfoundland tale. St John’s, NL: Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides. 2019. [Canadian]
Brooke, L. Leslie, illustrator. The Golden Goose Book. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-61303-5 and ISBN 9780395613030. [English]
Brown, Marcia, reteller and illustrator. Once a Mouse. Simon & Schuster, 1972. ISBN 0-684-12662-1 and ISBN 9780684126623. [Indian]
Bruchac, Joseph. The Hunter’s Promise: An Abenaki Tale. Wisdom Tales, 2015. [Native American]
Bruchac, Joseph, and James Bruchac. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2001. ISBN 0-8037-2404-7 and ISBN 9780803724044. [Native American]
———. Raccoon’s Last Race: A Traditional Abenaki Story. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2004. ISBN 0-8037-2977-4 and ISBN 9780803729773. [Native American]
———. Turtle’s Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story. Illus. by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey. Dial, 2003. ISBN 0-1424-0466-7 and ISBN 9780142404669. [Native American] Bruchac, Joseph, and Gayle Ross, retellers. The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale. Illus. by Virginia A. Stroud. Dial, 1995. ISBN 0-8037-1737-7 and ISBN 9780803717374. [Native American]
Burningham, John. Tug-Of-War. Candlewick Press, 2013. [African/Nigerian]
Bryan, Ashley, reteller and illustrator. The Cat’s Purr. Simon & Schuster, 1985. ISBN 0-689-31086-2 and ISBN 9780689310867. How Cat lost his drum and got his purr. [West Indian]
———. The Dancing Granny. Simon & Schuster, 1987. ISBN 0-689-71149-2 and ISBN 9780689711497. [West Indian] ———. Turtle Knows Your Name. Simon & Schuster, 1989. ISBN 0-689-31578-3 and ISBN 9780689315787. [West Indian] Bushyhead, Robert H. Yonder Mountain: A Cherokee Legend. Illus. by Kristina Rodanas. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. ISBN 0-7614-5113-7 and ISBN 9780761451136. [Native American] Byrd, Robert. Brave Chicken Little. Viking, 2014.
Casanova, Mary. The Hunter: a Chinese Folktale. Illus. by Ed Young. Atheneum, 2000. ISBN 0-6898-2906-X and ISBN 9780689829062. [Chinese]
Casey, Dawn, ad. Babushka. Good Books, 2016. [Russian/Religious]
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Bone Soup: A Spooky, Tasty Tale. Illus. by Tom Knight. New York,
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. ISBN: 9781481486088 and 148148608X
Causley, Charles. The Mermaid of Zennor. Illus. by Michael Foreman. London: Orchard, 2012. ISBN: 9781408319543 and 1408319543.
Chen, Jiang-Hong. The Tiger Prince. Trans. by Alyson Waters. New York, NY: NYR Children’s Collection, 2018. ISBN: 9781681372945 and 1681372940. [Chinese]
Chitra, Soundar. Pattan’s Pumpkin: An Indian Flood Story. Otter-Barry, 2016. [Indian]
Choi, Ann Y. K. Once Upon an Hour. Illus. by Soyeon Kim. Victoria, British Columbia: Orca Book Publishers, 2020. ISBN: 9781459821279 and 1459821270 [Korean]
Christopher, Neil, ad. The Dreaded Ogress of the Tundra. Inhabit, 2015. [Inuit]
——. On the Shoulder of a Giant: An Inuit Folktale. Inhabit, 2015. [Inuit] Clark, Emma Chichester, ad. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Candlewick, 2011. Cohen-Janca, Irène, et al. The Golem of Prague. Annick Press, 2017. [Jewish]
Cole, Joanna, reteller. It’s Too Noisy! Illus. by Kate Duke. HarperCollins, 1989. ISBN 0-690-04735-5 and ISBN 9780690047356. [Jewish]
Compestine, Ying Chang. The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes. After H. C. Andersen. Illus. by David Roberts. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. ISBN: 9781419725425 1419725424.
_____. The Real Story of Stone Soup. Illus. by Stephane Jorisch. Dutton, 2007. ISBN 0-5254-7493-5 and ISBN 9780525474937. [Chinese]
Compton, Patricia A., reteller. The Terrible EEK: A Japanese Tale. Illus. by Sheila Hamanaka. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-671-73737-6 and ISBN 9780671737375. [Japanese]
Conover, Chris, reteller and illustrator. Froggie Went A-Courting. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. ISBN 0-374-32466-2 and ISBN 9780374324667. [British]
Coombs, Kate. Hans My Hedgehog: A Tale from the Brothers Grimm. Atheneum Books, 2012. [German]
Cooper, Susan, reteller. The Selkie Girl. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1986. ISBN 0-689-50390-3 and ISBN 9780689503900. [Celtic] ———. The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1983. ISBN 0-689-50236-2 [Welsh]
———. Tam Lin. Illus. by Warwick Hutton. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-689-50505-1 [Scottish]
Cowley, Joy. The Wishing of Biddy Malone. Illus. by Christopher Denise. Philomel, 2004. ISBN 0-399-23404-7 and ISBN 9780399234040. [Irish]
Crews, Nina. Jack and the Beanstalk. Henry Holt, 2011.
Croll, Carolyn, reteller and illustrator. The Three Brothers. Putnam, 1991. ISBN 0-399-22195-6 and ISBN 9780399221958. [German/Latvian]
Cullen, Lisa Anne. Three Wild Pigs: A Carolina Folktale. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2018. ISBN: 9781611179446 and 1611179440.
Czernecki, Stefan, and Timothy Rhodes. The Singing Snake. Illus. by Stefan Czernecki. Hyperion, 1993. ISBN 1-56282-399-X and ISBN 9781562823993. [Australian]
Daly, Jude. Sivu’s Six Wishes. Eerdmean’s Books for Young Readers, 2010. [Chinese]
Dasent, George Webbe, translator. East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon. Introduction by Naomi Lewis. Illus. by P. J. Lynch. Candlewick, 1992. ISBN 1-56402-049-5 and ISBN 9781564020499. [Norwegian]
Day, Nancy Raines, reteller. The Lion’s Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale. Illus. by Ann Grifalconi. Scholastic, 1995. ISBN 0-590-45803-5 and ISBN 9780590458030. [Ethiopian]
Dayrell, Elphinstone. Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky. Illus. by Blair Lent. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. ISBN 0-395-53963-3 and ISBN 9780395539637. [African]
de Gerez, Toni. Louhi, Witch of North Farm: A Story from Finland’s Epic Poem the Kalevala. Illus. by Barbara Cooney. Viking, 1986. ISBN 0-670-80556-4 and ISBN 9780670805563. [Finnish]
de Gerez, Tree. When Bear Came Down from the Sky. Illus. by Lisa Desimini. Viking, 1994. ISBN 0-670-85171-X and ISBN 9780670851713. [Finnish]
de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Little Sister and the Month Brothers. Illus. by Margot Tomes. Lothrop, 1994. ISBN 0-688-05293-2 and ISBN 9780688052935. [Czechoslovakian]
Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Illus. by Michael Austin. Peachtree, 2007. ISBN 1-5614-5399-4 and ISBN 9781561453993. [Cuban]
_____. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! Scholastic, 2017.
Deer, Beatrice, and D J. Herron. The Fox Wife. Inhabit Media, 2018. [Inuit]
DeFelice, Cynthia, adapter. Cold Feet. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Dorling Kindersley, 2000. ISBN 0-7894-2636-6 and ISBN 9780789426369. [Scottish] ———. The Dancing Skeleton. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Macmillan, 1989. ISBN 0-02-726452-1 and ISBN 9780027264524. [American]
———. One Potato, Two Potato. Illus. by Andrea U’Ren. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. ISBN 0-3743-5640-8 and ISBN 9780374356408. [Irish]
DeFelice, Cynthia, and Mary DeMarsh, retellers. Three Perfect Peaches: A French Folktale. Illus. by Irene Trivas. Orchard, 1995. ISBN 0-531-06872-2 and ISBN 9780531068724. [French]
Demi, adapter and illustrator. The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey. McElderry, 2004. ISBN 0-6898-4680-0 and ISBN 9780689846809. [Turkish]
———. The Stonecutter. Knopf, 1995. ISBN 0-517-59864-7 and ISBN 9780517598641. [Chinese] Diakité, Baba Wagué. The Hatseller and the Monkeys. Scholastic, 1999. ISBN 0-590-96069-5 [African]
———. The Hunterman and the Crocodile. Scholastic, 1997. ISBN 0-590-89828-0 and ISBN 9780590898287. [African]
———. The Magic Gourd. Scholastic, 2003. ISBN 0-4395-3960-4 and ISBN 9780439439602. [African]
———. Mee-an and the Magic Serpent: A Story from Mali. Groundwood, 2006. ISBN 0-8889-9719-1 and ISBN 9780888997197. [African]
Doerrfeld, Cori. Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story. Dial, 2012.
Doyle, Malachy. Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Illus. by Paul Hess. Peachtree, 2001. ISBN 1-56145-241-6 and ISBN 9781561452415. [British]
Duvall, Deborah L. How Rabbit Lost His Tail: A Traditional Cherokee Legend. University of New Mexico Press, 2003. ISBN 0-82633010-X and ISBN 9780826330109. [Native American]
---———. Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting: A Traditional Cherokee Legend. Illus. by Murv Jacob. University of New Mexico Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8263-3336-2 and ISBN 9780826333360. [Native American]
Echewa, Obinkaram. The Magic Tree: A Folktale from Nigeria. Illus. by E. B. Lewis. Morrow, 1999. ISBN 0-6881-6232-0 and ISBN 9780688162320. [African] Ehlert, Lois. Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale. Harcourt, 2000. ISBN 0-1520-0274-X [Mexican]
Ehlert, Lois, illustrator. Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale/Un lazo a la luna: Una leyenda peruana. Translated into Spanish by Amy Price. Harcourt, 1992. ISBN 0-15-255343-6 and ISBN 9780152553432. [South American/Peruvian] Eilenberg, Max. Beauty and the Beast. Illus. by Angela Barrett. Candlewick Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7636-3160-4 [French] Faulkner, William J., reteller. Brer Tiger and the Big Wind. Illus. by Roberta Wilson. Morrow, 1995. ISBN 0-688-12985-4 and ISBN 9780688129859. [African American]
Fléchais, Amélie. The Little Red Wolf. CubHouse, 2017.
Forest, Heather. Feathers: A Jewish Tale from Eastern Europe. Illus. by Marcia Cutchin. August House, 2005. ISBN 0-8748-3755-1 and ISBN 9780874837551. [Jewish]
Fowles, Shelley. The Bachelor and the Bean. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. ISBN 0-3743-0478-5. [Jewish]
Galdone, Joanna. The Tailypo: A Ghost Story. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Houghton Mifflin, 1984. ISBN 0-395-30084-3 and ISBN 9780395300848. [African American]
Galdone, Paul. What’s in Fox’s Sack? Houghton Mifflin, 1987. ISBN 0-89919-062-6 and ISBN 9780899190624. [English] Gershator, David, and Phillis Gershator. Kallaloo! A Caribbean Tale. Illus. by Diane Greenseid. Marshall Cavendish, 2005. ISBN 0-7614-5110-2 and ISBN 9780761451105. [West Indian]
Gershator, Phillis, reteller. Tukama Tootles the Flute: A Tale from the Antilles. Illus. by Synthia Saint James. Orchard, 1994. ISBN 0-531-06811-0 and ISBN 9780531068113. [West Indian]
Gerson, Mary-Joan, reteller. How Night Came from the Sea: A Story from Brazil. Illus. by Carla Golembe. Little, Brown, 1994. ISBN 0-316-30855-2 and ISBN 9780316308557. [South American]
———. Why the Sky Is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale. Illus. by Carla Golembe. Little, Brown, 1992. ISBN 0-316-30852-8 and ISBN 9780316308526. [African]
Gibb, Sarah. Rapunzel. Albert Whitman, 2011.
González, Lucía M., reteller. The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale. Illus. by Lulu Delacre. Scholastic, 1994. ISBN 0-590-46843-X and ISBN 9780590468435. [Cuban]
Gray, Luli. The Pear Tree: A Folktale. Penny Candy Books, 2019.
Greene, Ellin. The Little Golden Lamb. Illus. by Rosanne Litzinger. Clarion, 2000. ISBN 0-3957-1526-1 and ISBN 9780395715260. [Hungarian]
Greene, Ellin, reteller. Billy Beg and His Bull. Illus. by Kimberly Bulcken Root. Holiday House, 1994. ISBN 0-8234-1100-1 and ISBN 9780823411009. [Irish]
———. Ling-Li and the Phoenix Fairy: A Chinese Folktale. Illus. by Zong-Zhou Wang. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-71528-8 and ISBN 9780395715284. [Chinese]
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, reteller. What His Father Did. Illus. by John O’Brien. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. ISBN 0-395-55042-4 and ISBN 9780395550427. [Jewish]
Gregorowski, Christopher. Fly, Eagle, Fly! An African Fable. Illus. by Niki Daly. McElderry, 2000. ISBN 0-6898-2398-3 and ISBN 9780689823985. [African]
Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. The Bremen Town Musicians. Illus. by Bernadette Watts. Translated by Anthea Bell. North-South, 1992. ISBN 1-55858-140-5 and ISBN 9781558581401 [German]
———. The Devil and the Three Golden Hairs. Retold and illus. by Nonny Hogrogian. Knopf, 1983. ISBN 0-394-95560-9 and ISBN 9780394955605. [German]
———. The Elves and the Shoemaker. Retold and illus. by Bernadette Watts. North-South, 1986. ISBN 1-55858-035-2 and ISBN 9781558580350. [German]
_____. The Frog Prince. Illus. by Sybille Schenker. Michael Neugebauer Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9789888341474 and 9888341472.
———. The Frog Prince or Iron Henry. Translated by Naomi Lewis. Illus. by Binette Schroeder. North-South, 1989. ISBN 1-55858-015-8 and ISBN 9781558580152. Ideal for sharing in the picture-book hour. [German] ———. Hansel and Gretel. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Penguin/Minedition, 2008. (Reissue) ISBN 0-698-40078-X and ISBN 9780698400788. [German]
———. Little Red. Illus. by Bethan Woolvin. Atlanta: Peachtree, 2016. ISBN: 1561459178 9781561459179.
———. Little Red Cap. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Penguin/Minedition, 2006. (Reissue) ISBN 0-698-40053-4 and ISBN 9780698400534. [German]
———. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House, 1983. ISBN 0-8234-0653-9 and ISBN 9780823406531. [German]
———. Rapunzel. Ad. by Barbara Rogasky. Illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Holiday House, 2019 ISBN: 9780823442805 and 0823442802.
———. The Seven Ravens. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger. Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN 0-88708-092-8 and ISBN 9780887080920. [German]
———. The Sleeping Beauty. Retold and illus. by Trina Schart Hyman. Little, Brown, 1983. ISBN 0-316-38708-8 and ISBN 9780316387088. [German]
———. Snow White and Rose Red. Retold and illus. by Barbara Cooney. Delacorte, 1991. ISBN 0-385-30175-8 and ISBN 9780385301756. [German]
———. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs. Translated by Randall Jarrell. Illus. by Nancy Burkert. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. ISBN 0-374-37099-0 and ISBN 9780374370992. [German]
———. Wild Swans. Illus. by Gerda Raidt. NorthSouth, 2014. ISBN: 0735841721 and ISBN: 978-0735841727.
———. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. Illus. by Felix Hoffman. Harcourt, 1959. [German] Guertin, Annemarie Riley. How the Finch Got His Colors. Illus. by Helena Pérez García. Sanger, CA: Familius LLC, 2018. ISBN: 9781945547775 and 1945547774.
Hague, Michael. Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story. SeaStar, 2001. ISBN 1-5871-7058-2 and ISBN 9781587170584. [Irish] Haley, Gail E. Jack and the Bean Tree. Crown, 1986. ISBN 0-517-55717-7 and ISBN 9780517557174. [North American/Appalachian]
———. Jack and the Fire Dragon. Crown, 1988. ISBN 0-517-56814-4 and ISBN 9780517568149. [North American/Appalachian]
———. A Story, a Story: An African Tale. Simon & Schuster, 1970. ISBN 0-689-20511-2 and ISBN 9780689205118. [African]
Hamilton, Virginia. Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl. Illus. by James E. Ransome. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2003. ISBN 0-5904-7376-X and ISBN 9780590473767. [African American]
———. Wee Winnie Witch’s Skinny: An Original African American Scare Tale. Illus. by Barry Moser. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 2004. ISBN 0-5902-8880-6 and ISBN 9780590288804. [African American]
Han, Suzanne Crowder, reteller. Korean Folk and Fairy Tales. Hollym International, 2006. [Korean]
———. The Rabbit’s Escape. Illus. by Yumi Heo. Holt. 1995. ISBN 0-8050-2675-4 and ISBN 9780805026757. [Korean] ———. The Rabbit’s Judgment. Illus. by Yumi Heo. Holt, 1994. ISBN 0-8050-2674-6 and ISBN 9780805026740. [Korean] Han, Soma, and John C. Stickler. Maya and the Turtle: A Korean Fairy Tale. Tuttle Pub., 2012. [Korean] Harper, Wilhelmina. The Gunniwolf. Illus. by Barbara Upton. Dutton, 2003. ISBN 0-5254-6785-8 and ISBN 9780525467854. [American]
Hastings, Selina, reteller. The Firebird. Illus. by Reg Cartwright. Candlewick, 1993. ISBN 1-56402-096-7 and ISBN 9781564020963. [Eastern Europe]
Hayes, Joe. El Cucuy! A Bogeyman Cuento. Illus. by Honorio Robledo. Cinco Puntos Press, 2001. ISBN 0-93831754-7 and ISBN 9780938317548. [Hispanic]
———. The Weeping Woman (La Llorona): A Hispanic Legend Told in Spanish and English. Illus. by Vicki Trego Hill and Mona Pennypecker. Cinco Puntos Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9383-1739-3 and ISBN 9780938317395. [Hispanic] _____. Watch Out for Clever Women! /Cuidado con las mujeres astutas! Cinco Puntos Press,1996.
Hazell, Rebecca. Sweeper: A Buddhist Tale. Shambhala, 2017. [Buddhist/Indian]
Heyer, Marilee. The Weaving of a Dream: A Chinese Folktale. Viking, 1986. ISBN 0-670-80555-6 [Chinese] Hodges, Margaret. The Little Humpbacked Horse. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. ISBN 0-374-44495-1 [Russian] Hodgkinson, Leigh. Goldilocks and Just One Bear. Nosy Crow, 2012.
Hong, Lily Toy, reteller and illustrator. Two of Everything. Whitman, 1993. ISBN 0-8075-8157-7 [Chinese] Hooks, William H. Moss Gown. Illus. by Donald Carrick. Houghton Mifflin, 1987. ISBN 0-89919-460-5 and ISBN 9780899194608. [North American]
———. The Three Little Pigs and the Fox. Illus. by S. D. Schindler. Macmillan, 1989. ISBN 0-02-744431-7 and ISBN 9780027444315. [North American/Appalachian]
Horowitz, Dave. Never Satisfied: The Story of the Stonecutter. Nancy Paulsen, 2018. [Chinese]
Hort, Lenny, reteller. The Fool and the Fish. Illus. by Gennady Spirin. Dial, 1990. ISBN 0-8037-0861-0 and ISBN 9780803708617. [Russian]
Howe, John, reteller and illustrator. Jack and the Beanstalk. Little, Brown, 1989. ISBN 0-316-37579-9 and ISBN 9780316375795. [English]
Hsyu, J.C. The Dinner that Cooked Itself. Flying High, 2014. [Chinese]
Hurst, Margaret M. Grannie and the Jumbie: A Caribbean Tale. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-0662-3632-0 and ISBN 9780066236322. [Caribbean]
Hurston, Zora Neale. Roy Makes a Car. Adapted by Mary E. Lyons. Illus. by Terry Widener. Atheneum, 2005. ISBN 0-689-84640-1 and ISBN 9780689846403. [African American]
Icinori. Issun Boshi: The One-Inch Boy. Nicholas Grindell, 2014. [Japanese]
Ikuutaq Rumbolt, Paula. The Origin of Day and Night. Lenny Lishchenko, illus. Iqaluit, Nunavut: Inhabit Media, 2018. [Inuit] ISBN: 1772271802 and 9781772271805. [Inuit] Imai, Ayano, ad. Puss & Boots. Minedition, 2014.
Ishii, Momoko, reteller. The Tongue-cut Sparrow. Translated from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson. Illus. by Suekichi Akaba. Dutton, 1987. ISBN 0-525-67199-4 and ISBN 9780525671992. [Japanese]
Jacobs, Joseph. King of the Cats. Illus. by Paul Galdone. Houghton Mifflin, 1980. ISBN 0-395-29030-9 and ISBN 9780395290309. A story for Halloween shivers. [English] ———. Tom Tit Tot. Illus. by Evaline Ness. Scribner, 1965. [English]
Jaffe, Nina, reteller. Older Brother, Younger Brother : A Korean Folktale. Illus. by Wenhai Ma. Viking, 1995. ISBN 0-670-85645-2 and ISBN 9780670856459. [Korean]
James, Elizabeth. The Woman Who Married a Bear. Illus. by Atanas Matsoureff. Simply Read Books, 2017. ISBN-10: 192701865X and ISBN-13: 978-1927018651.
Janisch, Heinz. The Fire: An Ethiopian Folktale. Illus. by Fabricio VandenBroeck. Groundwood, 2002. ISBN 0-8889-9450-8 and ISBN 9780888994509. [African]
Jiafei, Chen. Sion’s Misfortune. Ills. by Wang Ran. Consortium, 2020. ISBN 978193654255. [Chinese] Jian, Li. The Big Stone: A Tale of Wisdom Told in English and Chinese. Shanghai Press, 2021. ISBN: 1602204683 and ISBN: 978-1602204683 [Chinese]
_____. The Little Pigs and the Sweet Rice Cakes/Xiaǒ zhūhé niángaō. New York, NY: Better Link Press, 2018. ISBN: 1602204535 and 9781602204539 [Chinese]
Jiang, Ji-Li. The Magical Monkey King. Illus. by Hui-Hui Su-Kennedy. HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN 0-0602-9544-9 and ISBN 9780060295448. [Chinese]
Johnson, Paul Brett. Bearhide and Crow. Holiday House, 2000. ISBN 0-8234-1470-1 and ISBN 9780823414703. [North American/Appalachian]
———. Fearless Jack. McElderry, 2001. ISBN 0-6898-3296-6 and ISBN 9780689832963. [North American/Appalachian]
———. Jack Outwits the Giants. McElderry, 2002. ISBN 0-689-83902-2 and ISBN 9780689839023. [North American/Appalachian]
Jules, Jacqueline. Feathers for Peacock. Wisdom Tales, 2016.
_____. The Generous Fish. Ills. by Frances Tyrell. Wisdom Tales, 2020. ISBN 9781937786793. [Jewish]
Kajikawa, Kimiko. Yoshi’s Feast. Illus. by Yumi Heo. DK Ink, 2000. ISBN 0-7894-2607-2 and ISBN 9780789426079. [Japanese]
Kellogg, Steven, reteller and illustrator. Jack and the Beanstalk. Morrow, 1991. ISBN 0-688-10250-6 and ISBN 9780688102500. [English]
Kimmel, Eric A., reteller. Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock. Illus. by Janet Stevens. Holiday House, 1990. ISBN 0-8234-0689-X and ISBN 9780823406890. [African]
_____. Nicanor’s Gate. Ills. by Alida Massari. Kar-Ben Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9781541574526. [Jewish]
———. The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East. Illus. by Leonard Everett Fisher. Holiday House, 1994. ISBN 0-8234-1115-X and ISBN 9780823411153. [Middle East]
_____. Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan. Illus. by Mordicai Gerstein. Holiday House, 2003. ISBN 0-8234-1877-4 and ISBN 9780823418770. [Japanese]
Knutson, Barbara. Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains. Lerner, 2004. ISBN 1-5750-5657-7 and ISBN 9781575056579. [South American/Peruvian]
———. Sungura and Leopard: A Swahili Trickster Tale. Little, Brown, 1993. ISBN 0-316-50010-0 and ISBN 9780316500104. [African]
Krishnaswami, Uma. The Girl of the Wish Garden: A Thumbelina Story. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2013. ISBN: 9781554983247 and 155498324X.
Kurtz, Jane, reteller. Fire on the Mountain. Illus. by E. B. Lewis. Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-671-88268-6 and ISBN 9780671882686. [African/Ethiopian] Kushner, Lawrence, and Gary Schmidt. In God’s Hands. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-5802-3224-8 and ISBN 9781580232241. [Jewish]
Laird, Elizabeth. Beautiful Bananas. Illus. by Liz Pichon. Peachtree, 2004. ISBN 1-5614-5305-6 and ISBN 9781561453054. [African]
Lang, Andrew, reteller. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Illus. by Errol Le Cain. Puffin, 1983. ISBN 0-14-050389-7 and ISBN 9780140503890. [Middle East]
Langton, Jane, reteller. Salt: A Russian Folktale. Translated by Alice Plume. Illus. by Ilse Plume. Hyperion, 1992. ISBN 1-56282-178-4 and ISBN 9781562821784. [Russian]
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Leray, Marjolaine. Little Red Hood. Phoenix Yard Books, 2011.
Levine, Arthur A., reteller. The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale. Illus. by Frédéric Clément. Dial, 1994. ISBN 0-8037-1172-7 and ISBN 9780803711723. [Japanese]
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Lopez, Silvia. Pacho Nacho. Ills. by Pablo Pino. Capstone Editions, 2020. ISBN 9781684460984.
Lottridge, Celia Barber, reteller. The Name of the Tree: A Bantu Folktale. Illus. by Ian Wallace. Simon & Schuster, 1990. ISBN 0-689-50490-X and ISBN 9780689504907. [African]
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———. Conejito: A Folktale from Panama. Illus. by Geraldo Valerio. August House, 2006. ISBN 0-8748-3779-0 and ISBN 9780874837797. [Latin American]
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———. Go to Sleep, Gecko! A Balinese Folktale. Illus. by Geraldo Valerio. August House, 2006. ISBN 0-8748-3780-4 and ISBN 9780874837803. [Balinese]
———. The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-tooth Dog: A Folktale from Great Britain. Illus. by Julie Paschkis. August House, 2007. ISBN 0-8748-3808-8 and ISBN 9780874838084. [British]
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———. Mabela the Clever. Illus. by Tim Coffey. Albert Whitman, 2001. ISBN 0-8075-4902-9 and ISBN 9780807549025. [African]
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Maier, Brenda. The Little Red Fort. Scholastic Press, 2018.
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Michels, Tilde, et al. Knocks in the Night. Unley: South Starfish Bay Children's Books, 2016. ISBN: 9781760360115 and 1760360112.
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Nadler, Ben. The White Snake: Based on a Fairy Tale by the Grimm Brothers. Toon Books, 2019. Nadler, Jill Ross. Such a Library! A Yiddish folktale re-imagined. Ills. by Esther van den Berg. Intergalatic Afikoman, 2020. ISBN 9781951365028. [Jewish]
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Nunes, Susan, reteller. Tiddalick the Frog. Illus. by Ju-Hong Chen. Simon & Schuster, 1989. ISBN 0-689-31502-3 and ISBN 9780689315022. [Australian/Aboriginal]
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_____. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Little, Brown, 2017. [Norwegian]
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_____. Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria. Illus. by David Wisniewski. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-6881-3783-0 and ISBN 9780688137830. [African]
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