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The honeydrum: tales from Arab lands
By Gwendolyn MacEwen. 1983
Two of these pieces are original while the other five are derived, rather than translated, from oral and written folk…
tales and legends well-known in the Arabic speaking world. Grades 2-4. c1983.The great race
By David Bouchard. 1997
A Chinese fable about the origins of the zodiac. The Great Buddha sends eleven animals and one dragon on a…
great race to the gates of the Jade City. The order that they arrive in, not who wins the race, is what becomes important. Grades 2-4. 1997.The bear says north: tales from northern lands
By Bob Barton. 2003
Ten folktales from Scandinavia and other northern hemisphere countries. In "Good Neighbors", a family happily coexists with mountain trolls. In…
"Grandfather Bear", a fox tricks an old bear into dropping his dinner. Grades 4-7. 2003.The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
By Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
By Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.Peace walker: the legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita
By C. J Taylor. 2004
The five Iroquois nations began warring with each other after generations of peace. Hiawatha was brave enough to defy the…
evil chief Atotarho, and working with Tekanawita, he brought about the Great Peace and established the Iroquois Confederacy. The People of the Longhouse trace their confederacy back more than 1,500 years, and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were inspired by it when they developed a democratic government for the United States. Grades 5-8. 2004." Pierre Landry nous guide d'un pas alerte sur cette voie royale connue sous le nom de Chemin du Roy,…
de Beaumont à Notre-Dame-du-Portage, tous les sens en éveil pour y débusquer farfadets, loups-garous, feux-follets et autres démons qui ont marqué l'imaginaire de la population de la Côte-du-Sud et parmi lesquels les troupes de Wolfe sont assurément les plus inquiétantes. Les textes colligés par Pierre Landry nous font réaliser à quel point l'histoire de la Côte-du-Sud est empreinte de vives douleurs comme d'une noble résilience. En témoigne cet épisode dramatique entre tous qui a vu ces Irlandais exsangues venir déverser leurs derniers espoirs dans les mouroirs de Grosse-Île... " -- 4e de couv.Les plus belles légendes acadiennes
By Catherine Jolicœur. 1981
Colombo's book of marvels
By John Robert Colombo. 1979
A folk tale journey through the Maritimes: Through The Maritimes
By Michael Taft, Helen Creighton, Ronald Caplan. 1993
A collection of songs, ghost stories, folk tales, and folk cures assembled from the work of Dr. Helen Creighton. Creighton…
spent much of her life devoted to the collection of folk tales in the Maritimes. Her notes accompany the stories to explain how the tales were told to her. 1993.The trouble with princesses
By Christie Harris, Douglas Tait. 1980
The swan children
By David Day. 1989
Lir is a great king of Ireland and the joy of his life is his four children. But the family…
suffers a terrible tragedy when the children fall under an evil spell. Based on the Irish legend "Children of Lir". Grades K-3. 1989.Fables, fairies and folklore of Newfoundland
By Alice Lannon, Michael McCarthy. 1991
Légendes d'Amérique française: [anthologie] ((Le Champ éthique ; 16))
By Jean Du Berger. 1994
The little mermaid
By Margaret Crawford Maloney. 1983
A beautiful little mermaid longs to become human so a prince may return the love she feels for him. An…
adaptation of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Grades 2-4. c1983.Clamshell Boy: a Makah legend (Native American Legends Ser.Native American Legends Series)
By Terri Cohlene. 1990
Retells the legend of Clamshell Boy, who rescues a captured group of children from the dreaded wild woman Basket Woman.…
Includes information on the customs and lifestyles of the Makah Indians. For grades 3-6Walking the Choctaw road: Stories from the Heart and Memory of the People
By Tim Tingle, Norma Howard. 2003
Twelve traditional stories reflecting the history and beliefs of the Choctaw nation spanning almost two centuries of tribal life. "Saltypie"…
is Tingle's own story of his family's close bond with his blind grandmother. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003Turtle Island: tales of the Algonquian nations
By Jane Louise Curry, James Watts. 1999
Collection of twenty-seven tales with an introduction to Algonquian Indian culture; describes variations among the group's numerous tribes, which are…
found in the eastern United States and Canada. The title story recounts how a turtle's back became the Earth's foundation after a great flood. For grades 4-7. 1999Blue dawn, red earth: new Native American storytellers
By Clifford E. Trafzer. 1996
Thirty short stories by Native Americans from different tribal groups. Original tales created from personal experiences, like being sent to…
a government boarding school or moving away from the reservation. Other selections are based on traditional themes involving ghosts or people especially attuned to natureEarthmaker's tales: North American Indian stories about earth happenings
By Gretchen Mayo, Gretchen Will Mayo. 1989