Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index
Contents:
Section 1, Creatures of the land The grateful wolf (Japan) The maiden and the puma (Argentina) Oleshek, the deer with the golden antlers (Saami) The man and the muskrat (Tanzania) The thankful badger family (Japan) The brahmini and the mongoose (India) How man found a friend (Nigeria) Mighty Mikko (Finland) The young man who refused to kill (Tibet) Snake blessing (Swahili) Blindman's bluff (Russia) The white spider's gift (Paraguay) Section 2, Creatures of the sky How the wasp lost his voice (Mongolia) The bird's garden (Kazakhstan) Maui and the birds (Maori- New Zealand) Marko Kraljevic and the eagle (Serbia) The man, the dove, and the hawk (Nigeria) Crane child (Japan) The pheasants and the bell (Korea) The waiting maid and the parrot (China) The rooster and the sultan (Hungary) Yogodayu and the army of bees (Japan) Section 3, Creatures of the water The samurai and the sea turtle (Japan) Frog princess (Croatia) Arion and the dolphin (Ancient Greece) The golden crab (Eastern Europe) The fisherman and his wife (Germany) Emelya the fool (Russia) The little red fish and the clog of gold (Iraq) The grateful alligators (Mississippi River, USA) Section 4, Creatures working together The youth who made friends with the beasts and the birds (Peru) The king's youngest son (Republic of Georgia) The helpful animals (Burma) The three girls and the johnny cakes (Appalachia, USA) The queen bee (Germany) The two stepsisters (Norway) The raja's son and Princess Labam (India) General Dog and his army (Eastern Europe) Section 5, Creatures of the imagination The boy who drew cats (Japan) The seal hunter and the merman (Scotland) The dragons of Ha Long Bay (Vietnam) The leshi cat (Russia) Damian and the dragon (Greece) Zal the white haired (Ancient Persia) The grateful fox fairy (China) The gift of the unicorn (China) Section 6, Not one or the other Why platypus is special (Australian Aborigines)
