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Children's Folk Tales

New Arrivals $16.99 Hardcover add to wishlist If You Love a Fairy Tale Susanna Lockheart $11.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus $3.99 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Tale of Jack Frost Marcia Thornton Jones $14.95 Hardcover add to wishlist The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales (Folktales of the World) James Bruchac $12.95 Hardcover add to wishlist The Big Book of Knights, Nobles & Knaves Adria (ilt) Fruitos $7.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist The Smallest Samurai: A Tale of Old Japan Fiona French Asian and Pacific Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel Publisher Comments Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo- chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo! Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of... (read more) Your Price $6.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Sale Books The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol and Robert Sabuda Publisher Comments Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Between each day's sunrise and sunset, he paints scenes of the gods and their festivals' portraits of heroes and their deeds. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Hardcover) Browse more featured Sale titles Used Books King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (Illustrated Junior Library) by Sidney Lanier Publisher Comments Recounts the exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.... (read more) Your Price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) Browse more featured Used titles Sign up to get our most recent used additions in Children's Folk Tales to your inbox Mythical Creatures Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Ologies) by Dug Steer Publisher Comments A second major volume by the esteemed Dr. Drake -- a lavish exploration of fantastical beasts, from yetis to unicorns Do krakens really lurk below the ocean waves? Do griffins command the air above? In a fascinating new discovery sure to rival the ground-... (read more) Your Price $13.50 Used - Hardcover check for new and sale copies North American Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood Publisher Comments In this story, seven sweet children are transformed by an evil witch into specific types of food. The inherent drama of the story, combined with the haunting images the art provides, gives the picture book a timeless quality... (read more) Your Price $3.50 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies African Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business (Reading Rainbow Book) by Esphyr Slobodkina Publisher Comments Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in... (read more) Your Price $3.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies World General Mythology of the World by Neil Philip Publisher Comments From the ancient Greeks to the Aztecs, this introduction to mythology examines both ancient and contemporary cultures and explores their unique myths and legends, carrying every myth across centuries to today's readers. Full color.... (read more) Your Price $8.98 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies European Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Publisher Comments Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your Price $6.98 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies Greek and Roman D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingri Daulaire Publisher Comments " For any child fortunate enough to have this generous book...the kings and heroes of ancient legend will remain forever matter-of-fact; the pictures interpret the text literally and are full of detail and witty observation." --"Horn Book." " The... (read more) Your Price $11.95 Used - Hardcover check for new and sale copies Arthurian The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle Publisher Comments The legendary adventures of King Arthur, his Knights of the Table Round, and the court of Camelot come to life in a lively and accessible retelling by Howard Pyle.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 Used - Hardcover check for new and sale copies Middle Eastern Arabian Nights Illustrated: Art of Dulac, Folkard, Parrish and Others by Jeff A. (edt) Menges Publisher Comments This original collection features works inspired by traditional tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and other exotic characters. Spanning artwork from the 1860s to the 1920s, it includes more than 185 color and black-and-white... (read more) Your Price $16.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Latin American The Tale of La Llorona by Linda (adp) Lowery Publisher Comments Expands on a popular Mexican folktale about a ghost that haunts riverbanks at night, crying as she searches for her lost children. Reprint.... (read more) Your Price $6.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies

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