DeSpain has spent decades exploring Latin American and collecting its stories. These tales are fu...

A hilarious collection of short folktales from all over the world featuring silly characters, non...

A collection of nine traditional tales about leprechauns, dwarfs, shapeshifters and other enchant...

Nine traditional tales about insects from various parts of the world, including Mexico, Japan, Ja...

A collection of nine traditional scary stories from various parts of the world, including Japan, ...

In this new millennium, we are faced with a critical question: are we willing to work together to...

Collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from Native Americans, and other land...

Turtle loves to dance and play the flute. This folktale, first told by the indigenous people of B...

From the Books of Nine Lives series by award-winning author, Pleasant DeSpain.The people of every...

Nine inspiring folktales about heroes, including selections from Hungary, Switzerland, India, Jap...

This collection of nine short stories features a range of cat 'tales' from different countries th...

Nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featuring selections fro...

These nine short folktales feature stories about traditional holidays celebrated from Czechoslova...

The American experience in stories that young and old love to tell

Turtle carries the world on her back: this story has been told by different cultures around the w...

Selected especially for retelling, their cultural variety, and the array of roles Turtle plays--f...