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Folktale Books
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,355 ratings — published 1975
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 32 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,134 ratings — published 2023
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,724 ratings — published 2007
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,363 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,028 ratings — published 1989
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,090 ratings — published 1987
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,667 ratings — published 1989
The Empty Pot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,953 ratings — published 1990
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,719 ratings — published 2016
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,180 ratings — published 1968
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,870 ratings — published 2022
Stone Soup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,117 ratings — published 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 196,482 ratings — published 1989
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 55,026 ratings — published 2009
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,760 ratings — published 1998
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,023 ratings — published 1983
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.25 — 46,915 ratings — published 1947
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 241,103 ratings — published 2017
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,567 ratings — published 1989
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,587 ratings — published 1975
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,521 ratings — published 2009
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,000 ratings — published 1988
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,560 ratings — published 1812
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,679 ratings — published 1981
When You Trap a Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,700 ratings — published 2020
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,216 ratings — published 2012
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 18,090 ratings — published 1977
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,508 ratings — published 1992
The Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,092 ratings — published 2016
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,315 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,400 ratings — published 1970
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,079 ratings — published 1983
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,088 ratings — published 1976
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,451 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of the Poinsettia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,391 ratings — published 1993
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,254 ratings — published 1992
Golem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,067 ratings — published 1996
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,909 ratings — published 1938
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,447 ratings — published -560
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.09 — 828 ratings — published
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 345,987 ratings — published 2017
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,293 ratings — published 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,908 ratings — published 1987
Arrow to the Sun (Library Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,118 ratings — published 1974
Swamp Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,110 ratings — published 1994
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,028 ratings — published 2018
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 667 ratings — published 2018
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.00 — 430 ratings — published 2001
Elephant in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.79 — 213 ratings — published 2015
Rapunzel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 17,484 ratings — published 1997
“God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale”
― Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
― Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
“Allow me to mention here that a stupid girl, one who spends the whole day picking her nose and lazing on the stove, and eventually becomes a princess or a queen, is completely unthinkable in fairytales! The imagination of folktale-tellers created an equivalent of male heroism in the characters of Slavic Amazons (the Russian Sineglazka or the 'Giant Girls', Div-devojke, in Serbian folksongs), but grubby, idle, and stupid girls are usually punished with death. Wealth, a throne and love are only conceivable as rewards for grubby, idle, stupid guys!”
― Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
― Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
