Results for folklore
Age 4+The Mitten (20th Anniversary Edition)
Elegant art makes this anniversary edition a real treasure.
Review Date: 11/7/2009
Age 5+But Who Will Bell the Cats?
Fable retold with fabulous artwork and an updated twist.
Review Date: 10/26/2009
Age 8+Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (audiobook)
Magical storytelling brings African folktales to life.
Review Date: 7/17/2009
Age 7+Way Up and Over Everything
Folktale about hope, flying, and the magic of storytelling.
Review Date: 4/22/2009
Age 8+Golem
Giant legend too heady and scary for little ones.
Review Date: 1/23/2008
Age 8+The Adventures of Odysseus
Smart picture-book version of the classic tale.
Review Date: 4/19/2007
Age 12+Beowulf
The ancient Saxon saga in graphic novel form.
Review Date: 3/30/2007
Age 4+The Little Red Hen
Another Pinkney classic worth clucking about.
Review Date: 12/1/2006
Age 3+Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
A giant saves the day in muy magical story.
Review Date: 1/26/2006
Age 13+Not the End of the World
Horrifyingly realistic portrayal of ark for teens.
Review Date: 1/6/2006
Age 11+Quiver
The Greek myth of Atalanta turned into a novel.
Review Date: 11/14/2005
Age 9+Quicksilver
Clever novelization of the various Hermes myths.
Review Date: 7/23/2005
Age 9+Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls
Adventures are gripping, a little gruesome.
Review Date: 5/8/2004
Age 2+Tasty Baby Belly Buttons: A Japanese Folktale
Japanese tale is reinvented with humor.
Review Date: 1/7/2004
Age 13+Beast
Slow pace will bore some teens.
Review Date: 9/9/2003
Age 6+Feathers and Fools
Literary-quality fable is engaging, effective.
Review Date: 9/8/2003
Age 4+Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
The absurd behavior keeps kids coming back.
Review Date: 9/4/2003
Age 4+The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South
A lesson in humanity laced with humor and magic.
Review Date: 8/27/2003
Age 6+Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
These fables are solid goofiness.
Review Date: 8/26/2003
Age 9+Tales From Africa
These tales educate, entertain, and entrance.
Review Date: 8/25/2003
Age 4+Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
Jazzy, inventive take on West African folktale.
Review Date: 8/25/2003
Age 9+The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
Folktales full of humor and history.
Review Date: 8/20/2003
Age 6+The Rainbow Bridge
A beautiful myth with luminous pictures.
Review Date: 8/20/2003
Age 9+Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales
A spirited retelling of tales old and new.
Review Date: 8/13/2003
Age 6+Just So Stories
Lively language, funny stories, fanciful animals.
Review Date: 8/13/2003
