Books in Legends of the Wild West series

After winning seven wishes from a magical horse, Juan Bobo wastes six of them

In ancient Egypt, the slave girl Mutemwia befriends the Pharaoh and becomes his trusted counsel, but her greatest desire is to be free.

Jumaani the farmer sets off to the village to tell the Chief of the talking yam he has grown in this retelling of the Ashanti legend.

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Learn about different cultural myths and folktales through the Legends of the World series. Books include: (1) Spider and the Sky God: An Akan Legend; (2) The Llama's Secret: A Peruvian Legend; (3) The Seventh Sister: A Chinese Legend; (4) Clever Karlis: A Latvian Legend; (5) Finist the Falcon: A Russian Legend.

While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself.

A mysterious hummingbird comes to the rescue of a Mayan chief when enemies threaten to destroy the kingdom and kill the king

Retells a Latvian legend about a young man who, with his friends, saves a beautiful princess from being forced to marry

Unhappy with the choice of wives that his father's advisors present to him, Prince Velimer sets off to find the kind and beautiful Princess Yevrossima, who has been enchanted by an old witch

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Retells a Haitian folktale in which Coucou the owl hides his face from the light of day because he believes himself to be ugly, and Rouge the rooster tries to trick him into leaving his true love Drina the swallow

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