Folktales

Aardema, V. Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears:  A West African Tale, 1975
Aardema, V. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, 1983 (Africa)
Aardema, V. Anasi Does the Impossible!  An Ashanti Tale, 1997 (West Africa)
Alderson, B. The Tale of the Turnip, 1999 (Russia)
Allen, D. Brothers of the Knight, 1999 (Germany)
Amery, H. Sleeping Beauty, 2003 (Germany)
Amery, H. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2003
Amery, H. Cinderella, 2003
Amery, H. Little Red Riding Hood, 2003 (Germany)
Amery, H. The Story of Rumpelstiltskin, 2003 (Germany)
Amery. H. Three Little Pigs, 2003 (Denmark)
Artell, M. Petite Rouge:  A Cajun Red Riding Hood, 2001 (Cajun)
Aylesworth, J. Aunt Pitty Patty’s Piggy, 1999
Aylesworth, J. The Gingerbread Man, 1998 (English)
Aylesworth, J. The Mitten, 2009 (Ukraine)
Barton, B. The Three Bears, 1991
Belpre, P. Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folktale, 1991 (Puerto Rico)
Bender, R. Toads and Diamonds, 1995 (France)
Birdseye, T. Soap!  Soap!  Don’t Forget the Soap! (Media Kit), 1993 (Appalachia)
Braun, S. The Ugly Duckling, 2010 (Denmark)
Brett, J. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2000
Brett, J. Town Mouse, Country Mouse, 1994
Brett, J. Beauty and the Beast, 1989 (France)
Brett, J. The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale, 1989 (Ukraine)
Brett, J. The Three Snow Bears, 2007 (Inuit)
Brett, J. Jan Brett’s Snowy Treasury, 2009
Brett, J. The 3 Little Dassies, 2010 (Africa)
Brett, J. Cinders:  A Chicken Cinderella, 2013
Brown, M. Stone Soup: An Old Tale, 1986 (France)
Brown, M. Cut in Wood, 1989 (India)
Brown, M. Once a Mouse, 1961 (India)
Browne, A. Me and You, 2009
Bruchac, J. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, 2001 (Native American)
Bruchac, J. Rabbit’s Snow Dance, 2012 (Iroquois)
Buchner, C. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2007
Byrd, R. Brave Chicken Little, 2014
Carle, E. The Rabbit and the Turtle:  Aesop’s Fables Retold, 2008 (Greece)
Cech, J. The Princess and the Pea, 2007 (Germany)
Cech, J. Aesop’s Fables, 2009
Cech, J. Jack and the Beanstalk, 2008 (England)
Cech, J. Rumpelstiltskin, 2008 (Germany)
Child, L. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2008
Choi, Y. The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy, 1997 (Korea)
Christie, R. Mousetropolis, 2015
Christopher, N. On the Shoulder of a Giant:  An Inuit Folktale, 2015 (Inuit)
Clark, E. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2009
Climo, S. The Korean Cinderella, 1993 (Korea)
Climo, S. The Egyptian Cinderella, 1989 (Egypt)
Coburn, J. Jouanah:  A Hmong Cinderella, 1996 (Hmong)
Coburn, J. Domitila:  A Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition, 2000 (Mexico)
Coburn, J. Angkat:  The Cambodian Cinderella, 1998 (Cambodia)
Compestine, Y. The Real Story of Stone Soup, 2007 (China)
Corr, C. Deep in the Woods, 2017 (Russia)
Daly, N. Pretty Salma:  A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa, 2007 (Africa)
Davidson, S. Little Red Riding Hood, 2007 (Germany)
Davidson, S. The Three Little Pigs, 2008 (Denmark)
Davidson, S. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2008
Davidson, S. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, 2007
Davis, A. Kishka for Koppel, 2011 (Yiddish)
Davis, A. A Hen for Izzy Pippik, 2012 (Yiddish)
Daynes, K. The Little Mermaid, 2006 (Denmark)
de la Paz, M. Abadeha:  The Philippine Cinderella, 2001 (Philippines)
Deedy, C. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, 2007 (Cuba)
DeFelice, C. Nelly May Has Her Say, 2013 (England)
Del Negro, J. Willa and the Wind, 2005 (Norway)
Delessert, E. Big and Bad, 2008 (Denmark)
Delessert, E. Big and Bad, 2008 (Denmark)
DeLuise, D. Goldilocks, 1992
Demi The Donkey and the Rock, 1999 (Tibet)
Demi The Hungry Coat, 2004 (Turkey)
Demi The Shady Tree, 2016 (China)
dePaola, T. Adelita:  A Mexican Cinderella Story, 2002 (Mexico)
dePaola, T. Days of the Blackbird:  A Tale of Northern Italy, 1997 (Italy)
dePaola, T. Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato:  An Irish Folktale, 1992 (Ireland)
dePaola, T. Strega Nona:  An Original Tale, 1975 (Italy)
dePaola, T. Strega Nona:  An Original Version of an Old Tale, 1997 (Italy)
dePaola, T. The Legend of the Bluebonnet, 1983 (Comanche Indians and Texas)
dePaola, T. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, 1988 (Great Plains Indians)
dePaola, T. The Legend of the Persian Carpet, 1993 (Iran)
dePaola, T. The Legend of the Poinsettia, 1994 (Mexico)
dePaola, T. Tony’s Bread:  An Italian Folktale, 1989 (Italy)
Diakite, B. The Magic Gourd, 2003 (Mali)
Diakite, B. The Hatseller and the Monkeys, 1999 (Mali)
Disney, W. Mulan, 1998 (China)
Disney, W. Aladdin, 1992 (Arabic)
Downard, B. The Little Red Hen, 2004 (Russia)
Ehlert, L. Mole’s Hill:  A Woodland Tale, 1994 (Woodland Indians)
Ehlert, L. Moon Rope:  Un Lazo a la Luna, 2005 (Peru)
Emberley, R. The Red Hen, 2009 (Russia)
Emberley, R. Chicken Little, 2009
Ernst, L. The Gingerbread Girl, 2006 (English)
Fleischman, P. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella, 2007
Fleming, C. Gator Gumbo, 2004 (Cajun)
Forest, H. A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folk Tale From Eastern Europe, 1996
Forest, H. The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind: An Aesop’s Fable, 2008 (Greece)
Forward, T. The Wolf’s Story:  What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood, 2005
French, V. Lazy Jack, 1995 (England)
French, V. Henny Penny, 2006
Galdone, P. The Elves and the Shoemaker, 1984 (Germany)
Galdone, P. Henny Penny, 1968
Galdone, P. The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 2001 (Norway)
Galdone, P. The Gingerbread Boy, 1975
Galdone, P. The Monkey and the Crocodile:  A Jataka Tale From India, 1997
Gantschev, I. The Three Little Rabbits, 2002 (Balkan)
Gingerbread The Gingerbread Man: An Old English Folktale, 1996 (England)
Ginsburg, M. Clay Boy: Adapted From a Russian Folk Tale, 1997 (Russia)
Gorbachev, V. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2001
Gorbachev, V. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, 1998 (Ukraine)
Greene, E. The Little Golden Lamb, 2000 (Hungary)
Grimm Rapunzel, 2007 (Germany)
Grimm, W. The Elves and the Shoemaker, 2003 (Germany)
Grobler, P. The Magic Bojabi Tree, 2013 (Africa)
Hale, B. Snoring Beauty, 2007 (Germany)
Hamilton, M. Priceless Gifts, 2007 (Italy)
Hamilton, M. The Ghost Catcher, 2009 (India)
Hausman, G. The Otter, the Spotted Frog & the Great Flood, 2013 (Creek Indians)
Hennessy, B. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, 2006
Henrichs, W. I Am Tama, Lucky Cat:  A Japanese Legend, 2011 (Japan)
Hickox, R. Zorro and Quwi: Tales of a Trickster Guinea Pig, 1997 (Peru)
Hobbie, H. Hansel & Gretel, 2015 (German)
Hodges, M. Dick Whittington and His Cat, 2006 (England)
Hollander, C. Why Bear Has a Short Tail:  A Traditional Tale, 1994
Hopkins, J. The Horned Toad Prince, 2000
Howland, N. The Matzah Man, A Passover Story, 2003 (Jewish)
Huck, C. The Black Bull of Norroway:  A Scottish Tale, 2001 (Scotland)
Hunt, A. The Tale of the Three Trees:  A Traditional Folktale, 1989 (America)
Isaacs, A. Dust Devil, 2010 (Old West)
Isaacs, A. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, 2014 (Texas)
Isadora, R. The Fisherman and His Wife, 2008 (Africa)
Isadora, R. The Ugly Duckling, 2009 (Denmark)
Isadora, R. Rapunzel, 2008 (Germany)
Isadora, R. Hansel and Gretel, 2009 (Germany)
Isadora, R. The Twelve Dancing Princesses, 2007 (Germany)
Javaherbin, M. Elephant in the Dark, 2015 (India)
Johnson, P. Fearless Jack, 2001 (Appalachia)
Kajikawa, K. Tsunami!  2009 (Japan)
Kasbarian, L. The Greedy Sparrow:  An Armenian Tale, 2011 (Armenia)
Kellogg, S. The Three Little Pigs, 1997 (Denmark)
Kellogg, S. Jack and the Beanstalk, 1991 (England)
Kellogg, S. Chicken Little, 1985
Kellogg, S. Paul Bunyan, 1984 (America)
Kellogg, S. Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, 1995 (America)
Ketteman, H. Waynetta and the Cornstalk:  A Texas Fairy Tale, 2007 (England)
Kimmel, E. Squash It!  A True and Ridiculous Tale, 1997 (Spain)
Kimmel, E. One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes:  A Hutzul Tale, 1996 (Ukraine)
Kimmel, E. Joha Makes a Wish:  A Middle Eastern Tale, 2010 (Middle East)
Kimmel, E. Medio Pollito:  A Spanish Tale, 2010 (Spain)
Kimmel, E. The Gingerbread Man, 21993 (England)
Kimmel, E. The Fisherman and the Turtle, 2008 (Germany)
Kimmel, E. Anansi and the Talking Melon, 1994 (Africa)
Kimmel, E. Cactus Soup, 2004 (Mexico)
Kushner, L. In God’s Hands, 2005 (Jewish)
Lester, J. John Henry, 1994 (African American)
Lewis, A. Sleeping Bear:  The Legend, 2007 (Ojibwe Indians)
Lewis, P. Frog Girl, 1997 (Northwest Pacific)
Lin, G. The Red Thread:  An Adoption Fairy Tale, 2007 (China)
Lithgow, J. Marsupial Sue Presents the Runaway Pancake, 2005
Ljungkvist, L. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 2003 (Germany)
Lowell, S. Little Red Cowboy, 1997
MacDonald, M. Little Rooster’s Diamond Button, 2007 (Hungary)
MacDonald, M. Fat Cat:  A Danish Folktale, 2001 (Denmark)
MacDonald, M. The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog, 2007 (Great Britain)
MacDonald, M. Bats Big Game, 2008 (Aesop)
MacDonald, M. How Many Donkeys?  An Arabic Counting Tale, 2009 (Saudi)
MacDonald, M. The Boy From the Dragon Palace, 2011 (Japan)
MacDonald, M. Give Up, Gecko!  A Folktale From Uganda, 2013
MacDonald, M. Too Many Fairies:  A Celtic Tale, 2010 (Ireland)
MacDonald, M. Tunjur!  Tunjur!  Tunjur!  A Palestinian Folktale, 2006
MacGill-Callahan, S. The Last Snake in Ireland:  A Story About St. Patrick, 1999 (Ireland)
Mackall, D. The Legend of Ohio, 2005 (Iroquois Indians)
Mackinnon, M. The Gingerbread Man, 2007 (England)
Maddern, E. Cow on the Roof, 2006 (Wales)
Maggi, M. The Great Canoe, 2001 (Carib Indians)
Manna, A. The Orphan:  A Cinderella Story from Greece, 2011 (Greece)
Marshall, J. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 1988
Marshall, J. Hansel and Gretel, 1990 (Germany)
Marshall, J. Red Riding Hood, 1987 (France)
McAlister, C. Holy Mole, 2007
McDermott, G. Pig-Boy:  A Trickster Tale From Hawaii, 2009
McDermott, G. Coyote:  A Trickster Tale From the American Southwest, 1994
McDermott, G. Jabuti the Tortoise:  A Trickster Tale From the Amazon, 2001
McDermott, G. Zomo the Rabbit:  A Trickster Tale From West Africa, 1997
McDermott, G. Monkey:  A Trickster Tale from India, 2011 (India)
McMillan, B. The Problem With Chickens, 2005 (Iceland)
McMillan, B. How the Ladies Stopped the Wind, 2007 (Iceland)
Mehta, L. Anklet for a Princess:  A Cinderella Story From India, 2002 (India)
Meltzer, L. The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 1989 (Norway)
Minters, F. Sleepless Beauty (Germany), 1996
Montes, M. Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican Folktale, 2000 (Puerto Rico)
Mora, P. Dona Flor:  A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman, 2005 (American Southwest)
Morales, Y. Just in Case:  A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book, 2008 (Mexico)
Morales, Y. Just a Minute:  A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, 2003 (Mexico)
Mosel, A. Tikki Tikki Tembo (Media Kit), 1968 (China)
Moser, B. The Three Little Pigs, 2001 (Denmark)
Muller, G. Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 2011
Muth, J. Stone Soup, 2003 (France)
Nadimi, S. The Rich Man and the Parrot, 2007 (Persian)
Nishizuka, K. The Beckoning Cat:  Based on a Japanese Folktale, 2009 (Japan)
Noble, T. The Legend of Michigan, 2006 (Potawatomi Indians)
Ondaatje, G. The Camel in the Sun, 2013 (Muslim)
Orgel, D. The Cat’s Tale:  Why the Years Are Named for Animals, 2008 (China)
Osborne, M. Kate and the Beanstalk, 2000 (England)
Osborne, M. The Brave Little Seamstress, 2002 (Germany)
Osborne, W. Sleeping Bobby (Germany), 2005
Palatini, M. Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes, 2009 (Aesop)
Patel, S. Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth, 2012 (India)
Percy, G. Cinderella, 1988
Pinkney, J. The Ugly Duckling, 1999 (Denmark)
Pinkney, J. The Little Red Hen, 2006 (Russia)
Pinkney, J. Little Red Riding Hood, 2007 (Germany)
Pinkney, J. The Lion & the Mouse, 2009 (Aesop)
Pinkney, J. The Tortoise & the Hare, 2013 (Aesop)
Pinkney, J. The Three Billy Goats Gruff, 2017 (Norway)
Plume, E. The Bremen-Town Musicians, 1980 (Germany)
Polacco, P. Babushka’s Mother Goose, 1995 (Ukraine)
Polacco, P. Luba and the Wren, 1999 (Russia)
Polacco, P. Babushka Baba Yaga, 1993 (Russia)
Pollock, P. When the Moon is Full: A Lunar Year, 2001 (Native American)
Rashin Two Parrots, 2014 (Persia)
Roberts, L. Rapunzel:  A Groovy Fairy Tale, 2003 (Germany)
Rocco, J. Wolf!  Wolf!  2007 (Aesop)
Rodanas, K. Dragonfly’s Tale, 1992 (Zuni)
Rubin, V. The Three Swingin’ Pigs, 2007 (England)
Rumford, J. Tiger and Turtle, 2010 (India)
Rylant, C. Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 2009 (Germany)
Rylant, C. Hansel and Gretel, 2008 (Germany)
Salley, C. Epossumondas Saves the Day, 2006 (Louisiana)
Salley, C. Epossumondas, 2002 (Louisiana)
Salley, C. Epossumondas Plays Possum, 2009 (Louisiana)
Salzman, Y. The Three Bears, 1987
Sanderson, R. Goldilocks, 2009
Sanfield, S. Strudel Strudel Strudel, 1995 (Poland)
SanSouci, R. Peter and the Blue Witch Baby, 2000 (Russia)
SanSouci, R. Six Foolish Fishermen, 2000 (Cajun)
SanSouci, R. A Weave of Words:  An Armenian Tale, 1998 (Armenia)
SanSouci, R. The Faithful Friend, 1995 (French West Indies)
SanSouci, R. Little Pierre:  A Cajun Story From Louisiana, 2003 (Cajun)
SanSouci, R. As Luck Would Have It, 2008 (Germany)
SanSouci, R. Cendrillon:  A Caribbean Cinderella, 1998 (French Caribbean)
SanSouci, R. Sootface:  An Ojibwa Cinderella Story, 1994 (Ojibwe Indians)
Savard, R. First Spring:  An Innu Tale of North America, 2006 (Innu)
Say, A. Under the Cherry Blossom Tree, 1997 (Japan)
Scholey, A. Baboushka:  A Christmas Folktale From Russia, 2001
Sellier, M. Legend of the Chinese Dragon, 2006 (China)
Shannon, G. Rabbit’s Gift, 2007 (China)
Sharpe, L. The Goat-Faced Girl, 2009 (Italy)
Shelby, A. The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree, 2009 (Appalachian)
Sierra, J. The Gift of the Crocodile:  A Cinderella Story, 2000 (Indonesia)
Sierra, J. Counting Crocodiles, 1997 (Asia)
Silverman, E. Raisel’s Riddle, 1999 (Jewish)
So, M. Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop:  A Tale of a Very Greedy Cat, 2004 (India)
Stevens, J. Tops & Bottoms, 1995 (African American)
Stowell, L. Beauty and the Beast, 2007 (France)
Summers, K. Milly and Tilly: The Story of a Town Mouse and a Country Mouse, 1997
Taylor, H. Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies, 1995 (Native American)
Tingle, T. When Turtles Grew Feathers, 2007 (Choctaw Indians)
Tolstoy, A. The Gigantic Turnip, 1999 (Russia)
Tonatiuh, D. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote:  A Migrant Tale, 2013 (Mexico)
Trivizas, E. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, 1993 (Denmark)
VanLaan, N. So Say the Little Monkeys, 1998 (South American Indians)
VanRynbach, I. The Soup Stone, 1988 (France)
Waldman, D. Clever Rachel, 2009 (Yiddish)
Waldman, D. Room Enough for Daisy, 2011 (Yiddish)
Walker, R. Jack and the Beanstalk, 1999 (England)
Ward, H. The King of the Birds, 1997
Wargin, K. The Legend of Mackinac Island, 1999 (Native American)
Wargin, K. The Legend of Sleeping Bear, 1998 (Ojibwe Indians)
Wargin, K. The Legend of the Lady’s Slipper, 2001 (Ojibwe Indians)
Wargin, K. The Legend of the Petosky Stone, 2004 (Michigan)
Wargin, K. The Legend of the Loon, 2000 (Scandinavia)
Wargin, K. The Legend of Leelanau, 2003 (Ojibwe Indians)
Wargin, K. The Frog Prince, 2007 (Germany)
Weisner, D. The Three Pigs, 2001 (Denmark)
Willey, M. Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsular Conte, 2001 (Michigan)
Willey, M. Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony, 2004 (Michigan)
Wisnewski, A. Little Red Riding Hood, 2006 (Germany)
Wisniewski, D. Golem, 1996 (Jewish Czech Republic)
Wood, D. Rabbit and the Moon, 1998 (Cree Indians)
Yolen, J. The Musicians of Bremen:  A Tale From Germany, 1996 (Germany)
Yolen, J. Sister Bear:  A Norse Tale, 2011 (Norway)
Young, E. What About Me?  2002 (Middle East)
Zelinsky, P. Rumpelstiltskin, 1986 (Germany)
Zelinsky, P. Rapunzel, 1997 (Germany)
Zemach, M. It Could Always Be Worse, 1976 (Yiddish)
Zimmerman, H. Henny Penny, 1989
Zunshine, T. A Little Story About a Big Turnip, 2003 (Russia)
Additional Folktale books can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 398’s)