March and the Shepherd - Italian Folktale - Italian Food
One early spring morning a shepherd led his sheep to graze. While on his way he met March. That day it rained and rained in the mountains washing away stones and bending trees. The shepherd did't suffer. He had watched March very carefully and ... [... more]
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Lost Horse: A Chinese Folktale
 CLEAR, CONCISE AND DELIGHTFUL TALE: I found this Ed Young retelling of the traditional folktale quite simply a delight. The pictures are soft and have a mystical quality. The text is simple and concise on each page and the tale has a humor and lesson [... more]
$16.45
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Folktale From Far East - Segment 2
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Once Upon the Earth: An African Folktale
This is the second edition of the story for all ages, Once Upon The Earth: An African Folktale. This short mythology of living and dying is now embellished with more pictures and drawings depicting Africa's progress in time and in space. It is a [... more]
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Folktales Categories - Writing for Children
Folktales can be divided into broad categories. Sometimes there is some overlap between these. Contemporary stories may also contain folktale elements. The House That Jack Built and The Gingerbread Man are well known examples. In a cumulative ... [... more]
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How to Determine Air Temperature Using The Chirping of ...
We've all heard that you can tell the air temperature by counting the number of times a cricket chirps. This is how it is done. Using the chirping of crickets to determine air temperature sounds like a folktale when you first hear it. The process ... [... more]
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Danny Aiello
The cherished Italian folktale about a magical wooden puppet who comes to life for his lonely toymaker creator. Rabbit Ears Treasury of World Tales: Volume 5 enlightens and entertains with these classic stories read by your favorite stars and ... [... more]
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Michael Palin
In this comic English folktale, young Jack foolishly sells his family's cow for a handful of magical beans. Overnight they grow into a beanstalk that reaches up beyond the sky. When Jack climbs the stalk, he meets a dimwitted ogre and his ... [... more]
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The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale
A chilling tale for all ages, and a must-read for cat lovers: The Boy Who Drew Cats is a little hard to classify; it is both a ghost story and a monster story. I first read this story when I was about ten years old, and I have never forgotten it. This is [... more]
$16.99
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The Miraculous Child: A Christmas Folktale from Old ...
Colorful and stylistically appropriate illustrations: In The Miraculous Child, Alvin Aleksi Currier ably retells a Christmas folktale from old Russia. With colorful and stylistically appropriate illustrations by Nadezda Glazunova, The Miraculous Child is [... more]
$10.95
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George Webbe Dasent
A beloved Norwegian folktale, EAST O' THE SUN AND WEST O' THE MOON is the romantic story of a bewitched prince and the determined lassie who loves him... East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon George Webbe Dasent [... more]
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Nancy Nolte
Recently discovered in the Golden Books archive, this favorite folktale has been out of print for over 30 years. The early painterly art style of Richard Scarry looks new and fresh again in this keepsake edition. His lively images... RUN, RUN as ... [... more]
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