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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,383 ratings — published 1975
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 31 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,568 ratings — published 2023
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,730 ratings — published 2007
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,380 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,270 ratings — published 1989
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,109 ratings — published 1987
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,702 ratings — published 1989
The Empty Pot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,978 ratings — published 1990
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,730 ratings — published 2016
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,980 ratings — published 2022
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,212 ratings — published 1968
Stone Soup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,134 ratings — published 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 197,095 ratings — published 1989
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.25 — 47,104 ratings — published 1947
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 55,700 ratings — published 2009
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,779 ratings — published 1998
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,037 ratings — published 1983
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,576 ratings — published 1989
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 244,949 ratings — published 2017
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,693 ratings — published 1981
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,797 ratings — published 1975
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,570 ratings — published 2009
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,009 ratings — published 1988
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,541 ratings — published 1812
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,112 ratings — published 1977
When You Trap a Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.13 — 21,092 ratings — published 2020
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,333 ratings — published 2012
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,515 ratings — published 1992
The Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,094 ratings — published 2016
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,345 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,405 ratings — published 1970
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,182 ratings — published 1983
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,101 ratings — published 1976
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,461 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of the Poinsettia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,393 ratings — published 1993
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,375 ratings — published 1992
Golem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,080 ratings — published 1996
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,913 ratings — published 1938
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,996 ratings — published -560
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 836 ratings — published
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.09 — 348,606 ratings — published 2017
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,341 ratings — published 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,919 ratings — published 1987
Arrow to the Sun (Library Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,122 ratings — published 1974
Swamp Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,110 ratings — published 1994
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,046 ratings — published 2018
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 671 ratings — published 2018
Elephant in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.79 — 213 ratings — published 2015
The Little Red Hen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.24 — 28,061 ratings — published 1954
The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.88 — 749 ratings — published 2011
“She walks to the boy, tilts her head up at him, and smiles. He bends down to kiss her. Then he helps her onto the horse, and she rides away with him to a faraway place, until they can no longer be seen.
These are only rumors, of course, and make little more than a story to tell around the fire. But it is told. And thus they live on.”
― The Midnight Star
These are only rumors, of course, and make little more than a story to tell around the fire. But it is told. And thus they live on.”
― The Midnight Star
“Together they’d run away. Together they could find a place to call home. Together they’d finally form their own constellation and never break apart again. He would be her starlight again and she his sun.”
― Fae Visions of the Mediterranean
― Fae Visions of the Mediterranean
