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Recent Folktale Collections
Gathering information on folktale collections published within the past 5 years (2010 and after)
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The Grateful Dead Tales From Around the World (SurLaLune Fairy Tale Series)
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 183,
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2 people voted
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Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales From Around the World
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4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 175,
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2 people voted
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First World War Folk Tales
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Helen Watts (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Mermaid Tales: The Little Mermaid and 14 Other Illustrated Mermaid Stories
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Bri Ahearn (Editor)
3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Japanese Tales from Times Past: Stories of Fantasy and Folklore from the Konjaku Monogatari Shu (90 Stories Included)
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3.78 avg rating — 156 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Cinderella Tales From Around the World (Surlalune Fairy Tale Series)
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4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Folk Tales of the Maldives
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Xavier Romero-Frias (Illustrator)
4.25 avg rating — 57 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Twelve Dancing Princesses: Tales from Around the World
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3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Cuentos antiguos de Gran Canaria, recogidos por niños
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales From Around the World
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4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Laois Folk Tales
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Beauty and the Beast Tales From Around the World
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Heidi Anne Heiner (editor)
4.17 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
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3.62 avg rating — 1,122 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Puss in Boots and Other Cat Tales From Around the World
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4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection: Original bayerische Volksmärchen – Ausgewählte Schönwerth-Geschichten
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4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Bluebeard Tales From Around the World (Surlalune Fairy Tale Series)
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4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Folktales from the Arabian Peninsula: Tales of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Yemen (World Folklore Series)
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2.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Snowdonia Folk Tales
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3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Pearls on a Branch: Oral Tales
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3.82 avg rating — 82 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Folk Tales and Fables from the Gambia: Volume 4
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Folk tales and Fables of The Gambia Volume 3
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Folk Tales and Fables from The Gambia. Volume 2
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Folk Tales and Fables from the Gambia. Volume 1
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2.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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Celtic Folktales from Wales (Celtic Tales #1)
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Michael A Harvey (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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Tales of Superhuman Powers: 55 Traditional Stories from Around the World
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Csenge Virág Zalka (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Gangte Folktales
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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Northumberland Folk Tales
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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The Wolf and the Moon
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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Pachamama Tales: Folklore from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay (World Folklore Series)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 80,
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