In this volume you will find forty-four uniquely South African tales. Stories of The Lost Message, The Monkey's Fiddle, The Leopard, The Ram and the Jackal, The Lion the Jackal and the Man, Tink-Tinkje, The Lioness and the Ostrich, Crocodile's Treason, The White Man and Snake, Tortoise Hunting Ostriches, The Judgment Of Baboon, When Lion Could Fly, The Origin Of Death and many more.It is with great thanks to James A. Honey that this volume was ever compiled. For there are few volume...

The Maidu live in the central Sierra Nevada of California, to the north of Yosemite. They were not particularly numerous to begin with and were decimated by the incursion of Europeans.These 18 folklore stories, myths and legends were collected by linguist, Roland B. Dixon at the beginning of the 20th century. In these texts Coyote is the central character. He is first seen in the company of Earth-Maker, giving him advice about how to build the world.The 18 stories in this v...

Herein are 39 Kalmyk-Mongolian children’s fairy and folktales which are Mongolian in origin. Herein you wind stories like:The Saga Of The Well-And-Wise-Walking KhanThe Woman Who Sought Her Husband In The Palace Of Erlik-KhanThe Gold-Spitting PrinceFive To OneThe Fortunes Of ShrikanthaThe Use Of Magic LanguageThe Wife Who Loved ButterBhîxu LifeThe Saga Of Ardschi-Bordschi And Vikramâditja’s Throne

Herein are 15 stories and tales from the Southern most tip of Africa narrated by Outa Karel (Old Charles). Translated and retold by Sanni Metelerkamp who commences the narration with a description of “The Place and the People” which is a story in itself and sets the tone and background to the whole book. A common theme throught is the Trickster Jackal, not too dissimilar to the role played by the Coyote in American Indian tales and Anansi, the Trickster Spider in...

This is the first collection by W. H. D. Rouse of 28 charming folk tales from India. The book is illustrated with 51 pen and ink drawings by – W. Heath Robinson, who is more famous for his illustrations of elaborate machines than he is for illustrations of children’s books.Herein you will find stories like:The Giant Crab,The Hypocritical Cat,The Crocodile And The Monkey,The Wise Parrot And The Foolish ParrotThe Dishonest FriendThe Mouse And...

A new sequence of witticisms and comedy in a virtual format – that will have you laughing at the punch line, liking posts, and giving thumbs up at every joke!With new sketches such as:If you know, you know – with sub editions such as Major airports in the unknownVirtual information, that is not vitalA Closer Look on Corrections: the non-Emmy nominated versionAdulting and Kidding...

These 12 illustrated children’s stories have been taken from the heart of “Holy Russia.” From an area that covers the Ukrainian Steppe from Kiev to Novgorod, in the West, to the borders of the Caspian Sea in the East.Herein are the stories of:Ilya And Cloudfall,Ilya Meets Svyatogor And Parts With Him,Ilya And Nightingale The Robber,Ilya And Falcon The Hunter,The Adventure Of The Burning White Stone,How Quiet Dunai Had Brought The Princess A...

On the borders of the “Land o’ Dreams” and broad daylight, the real and the unreal are so strangely blended that children are puzzled to know where the boundary lies. It is from this land that the 12 illustrated stories in this volume are taken. Herein you will find stories of:The Ghost Flower, Or The White BlackbirdThe Little Yellow MoccasinsThe Little Ghost Who LaughedTitania’s Maid Of HonorBran, The Wolf DogThe Corn FairyAt The Wayside Cr...

All the stories in this book contain lessons; they teach something about cooking and sewing, knitting and crocheting, housekeeping and gardening, and first-aid—and tell a story, too; but The Mary Frances Story Book is all story, in fact 37 exquisitely illustrated stories drawn from many sources.On a summer afternoon Mary Frances took a holiday and sailed away across the blue water to an island—an island formed by the top of a coral mountain resting in a sea of blue—a brighter blue ...

Herein are 6 richly illustrated tales, or rather, Greek Myths rewritten for children. The book includes the myths of:Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter : "The Minotaur")Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies")Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: "The Dragon's Teeth")Circe's Palace (Chapter: "Circe's Palace")Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: "The Pomegranate Seed")Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: "The Golden Fleece")

During the course of a number of visits to Istanbul, Cyrus Adler* became interested in the tales that were being told in the coffee houses of the city, and many they were.Herein are 29 of the most notable Turkish and Islamic stories recorded and translated by Adler in partnership with Allan Ramsay. Herein you will find stories like:How the Hodja saved AllahThe Hanoum and the Unjust CadiHow Cobbler Ahmet became the Chief AstrologerThe Wise Son of Ali Pash...

Herein are classic folklore selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far and distant past and may even date from primitive Aryan times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces formerly known as White Russia.In this 148 page volume, with 19 exquisite and beautiful colour plates by Cecile Walton, you will find the stories of:The Frog Pri...