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  • The Boy at the Dike: A Dutch Folktale

    M J York, Laura Freeman

    Hardcover (Child's World, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Readers learn how one child can make a difference when a young boy saves a village by plugging a hole in a dike with his finger.
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  • Never Laugh at Bears - A Transylvanian Folk Tale

    Victor Ambrus

    Hardcover (Blackie, July 30, 1992)
    children's book, folk tales of the world

  • Ashes for Gold: A Tale from Mexico

    Elise Mills

    Paperback (Mondo Pub, June 1, 1995)
    Tricked by a clever acquaintance, a poor Mexican still manages to turn ashes into gold.
    K

  • Issun Boshi: One-Inch Boy: A Japanese Folktale

    Nadia Higgins, J. T. Morrow

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2011)
    Tiny but capable and adventurous young Issun Boshi goes to Japan's capital city of Kyoto, where he proves himself a valuable servant to kind Lord Sanjo and his daughter, Princess Sanjo.
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  • Tall Tales

    Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 1990)
    A collection of eight tall tales featuring such legendary heroes as Finn McCoul, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Sally Ann Crockett, and John Darling
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  • Medio Pollito: Half-Chick: A Mexican Folktale

    Amanda Stjohn, Sue Todd

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2011)
    Medio Pollito is born with only one eye, one wing, and one foot, and his eleven fellow hatchlings are happy to take care of him, but when he sets out on his own looking for fun he gets in trouble and learns the value of helping others. Includes notes.
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  • The Prince Who Thought He Was a Rooster and other Jewish Stories

    Ann Jungman

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Feb. 5, 2008)
    A Golem. a Chilli Champion. a Prince who thinks he's a Rooster? Find them all in this collection of traditional Jewish stories - lovingly treasured, retold and carried through countries as far apart as Poland, Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, Russia and Germany. The tales feature a cast of eccentric princes, sharp-witted scholars, flustered tailors and brave soldiers. Seasoned with wit, humour and magic, Ann Jungman's retellings of stories familiar to Jewish readers are sure to delight a new, wider readership.
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  • Rama and Sita: Folk Tales of the World

    Govinder Ram

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, )
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  • The Unhappy Stonecutter: A Japanese Folk Tale

    Charlotte Guillain

    Hardcover (Raintree, Oct. 9, 2014)
    Each book in this beautifully illustrated series presents a different folk tale from around the world. This book tells the story of the Unhappy Stonecutter, a traditional Japanese folk tale. In it, a simple stonecutter learns that you should count your blessings and be grateful for what you already have, instead of always wanting more!
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  • The Quail's Egg

    Joanna Troughton

    Hardcover (Blackie Children's Books, May 15, 1988)
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  • Mouse-Deer's Market: Folk Tales of the World

    Joanna Troughton

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Nov. 1, 1984)
    Retells a traditional tale from Borneo in which a cunning little mouse deer outwits all the other animals of the jungle.
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  • The Thunder King

    Amanda Loverseed

    Hardcover (Blackie Children's Books, March 28, 1991)
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