Folk Tales

"Folktales" is a general term for different varieties of traditional narrative. ...more

The Skull
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Kapaemahu
Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion
Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf: A Counting Story
Doña Esmeralda, Who Ate Everything
Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments
Dark Folklore
Benita and the Night Creatures
Old Songs: Stories of Love and Death from Traditional Ballads
The Song That Called Them Home
The Little Blue Bridge (Little Ruby’s Big Ideas)
Looking for a Jumbie: A Funny Creepy Picture Book About Caribbean Monsters for Kids (Ages 4-8)
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga (A Women in Horror Anthology)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Italian Folktales
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
The Skull
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
The Lion and the Mouse
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Aesop’s Fables
Folktales from India

Juliet Marillier
It wasn’t like this in the stories. In the old tales, when a young man went forth to have adventures, he endured his trials and came forth triumphant. He became a leader, or acquired a magical skill, or at the very least wed a princess. Maybe all three. There was never any question, not even in the darkest moment, that the hero would conquer both his enemies and his self-doubt. Perhaps that was why I had been angry with Simon, because I wanted the ending of his story to be the good one he deserv ...more
Juliet Marillier, Daughter of the Forest

Lyra Selene
I was made of weeds and dark water and unbreakable ice. I was not made to loose.
Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black

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