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Two friends go out hunting for horses--but only one returns--in this story based in the Lakota Indian tradition.

A Dakota woman learns a hard lesson about greed and selfishness when she takes the winter supply of earth beans from Heetunka, the Bean Mouse, and leaves nothing in return.

A cumulative tale in which Aunt Pitty Patty's niece Nellie tries to get piggy to go through the gate.

"Ancient Night is a twist on two Nahuatl traditions: the rabbit which the Feathered Serpent placed on the moon, and Yaushu, the Lord Opossum who ruled the earth before humans came, and who stole fire from the gods to create the sun. Award-winning author David Bowles has written a poetic text - and carefully researched backmatter - to accompany David's lush illustrations and story."--

After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.

A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.

The giant statue that has always stood in front of the Church of San Sepolcro in Barletta is called upon to save the town from an army of a thousand men that is destroying all the towns and cities along the lower Adriatic coast.

This myth explains the origin of the sea, the forest, and the island now called Puerto Rico.

An illustrated treasury of favorite fairy tales, adapted for reading aloud to very young children, includes such classics as "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Frog Prince."