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

Prehistoric men and women chipped their tales into cave walls. Native Americans handed down stori...

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, ...

This book contains nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featu...

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

Ten stories from Russia, Ethiopia, Switzerland, China, Norway, India, Finland, Sweden, and the Un...

One story always leads to the next, says DeSpain in his preface. And he should know. For nearly a...

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...

Nine stories from Wales, Italy, France, Russia, Czechoslovakia and the United States.

This collection of classic and timeless short folktales from Mexico, Israel, Poland, and other pa...

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...

This book contains nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featu...

Nine stories from Mexico, Fiji, Japan, Nigeria, Burma, WEst Africa, and the West Indie

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

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

Ten stories from Ancient Greece, Mexico, Peru, Israel, France, Persia, Poland, Mongolia, the Unit...

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

If you love animal stories or like turtles, then this collection of eleven turtle stories is for ...

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