a French-Canadian folk tale from sashes red and blue by Natalie Savage Carlson Little Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc began feeling like one big man when he had a brother smaller than himself. The new Nichet...
Jack and the Beanstalk
> an English fairy tale Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack and a cow named Milky-White. And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning, which...
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
> a West African folk tale retold by Verna Aardema One morning a mosquito saw an iguana drinking at a waterhole. The mosquito said, "Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday." "Try me,"...
Cinderella
> adapted from a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault > > Once upon a time, there was a gentleman who married for his second > wife the proudest and most disagreeable woman that was ever seen. She...
The Five Chinese Brothers
a Chinese folk tale retold by Claire Huchet Bishop Once upon a time there were Five Chinese Brothers and they all looked exactly alike. They lived with their mother in a little house not far from...
Lazy Jack
> an English folk tale > > Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack. He lived with his mother > in a small house in a small village. Jack and his mother were very > poor. What little money they...
The Shoemaker and the Elves
> adapted from a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm There was once a shoemaker who worked very hard but was also very poor. At last, all he had was just enough leather to make one pair of...
The Three Little Pigs
an English folk tale Once upon a time there was a Mother Pig with three Little Pigs. As she did not have enough money to keep them, she sent them out to seek their fortune. The first Little Pig met...
The Cat on the Dovrefell
a Norwegian folk tale by P. C. Asbjornsen and J. Moe adapted from the translation by G. W. Dasent Once upon a time there was a man in Norway who caught a great white bear. He decided that he would...
The Little Red Hen
> an English folk tale One day the Little Red Hen was scratching in the farmyard, when she found a grain of wheat. "Who will plant the wheat?" said she. "Not I," said the duck. "Not I," said the...
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