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Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings

Although he is afraid of the sea, the son of a Polynesian chief, whose people worship courage, sets out alone in his canoe to conquer his fear.

Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of many countries, and some original tales by such authors as Madame d'Aulnoy, and the Comte de Caylus. Includes The Half-Chick, The Fisherman and his Wife, The Story of the Three Bears, The Snuff-Box, and Jorinde and Joringel.

Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia.

Linguists, philologists, and restorers of ancient texts, the Brothers Grimm practically invented the science of folklore with the publication of Kinder-und Hausmarchen (1812-1815), which became popularly known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. Comprising 120 of their best-loved tales, this new Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales includes criticism, reception, discussion questions, and legacies, to appeal to readers of all ages.

Twenty-six characteristic tales, both romantic and comic, from the folklore of the Celts of the British Isles, collected from both Gaelic and English speaking peasants.

Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same pigfalls.

An easy-to-read version of Jack and the beanstalk, in which the boy's mother chops down the beanstalk so he can escape from the giant.

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and othr subjects include "How the Camel Got His Hump," "the Butterfly That Stamped," and "How the Alphabet Was Made."