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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

A retelling of five folktales in which crafty Brer Rabbit tries to outsmart all the other creatures in the animal community.

After Possum and Buzzard fail in their attempts to steal a piece of the sun, Grandmother Spider succeeds in bringing light to the animals on her side of the world.

Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.

When humans begin to hunt animals, the animals hold councils and decided to protect themselves by harming the people, but the plants, knowing that people took care of them, find a way to help.

A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia.

A collection of folktales from people in the Deep South including Cajun, Creole, Native Americans, African Americans, those of English as well as Scotch-Irish-German traditions, and others living in Appalachia.

Twelve trickster tales that show the migration of African culture to America via the West Indies.

"On her twentieth birthday, Lynnie Russell--just a little ol' thing from down in Havana, Arkansas--falls in love under a full silver moon. Waking up the next morning naked and caked in blood, Lynnie is faced with a horrifying truth. She's death incarnate. In a race to unearth what she's become, Lynnie must hide her beastly thing from those she loves most. If only to keep them alive. When an unexpected ally offers help, how can she refuse?"--Back cover....

A collection of stories describing ghostly apparitions and happenings in the Deep South.