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A collection of trickster tales from the American South, featuring such female animal characters as Molly Cottontail and Miz Goose.

Retells, in easy text, of the Sheriff of Nottingham's plot to hold an archery contest in order to capture the outlaw Robin Hood, but Robin and his band of merry men arrive in disguise with a plan of their own.

Presents the life of Guinevere from her girlhood to her betrothal to King Arthur.

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.

Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring worm saves two bear cubs stranded at the top of the rock known as El Capitan.

When the Bird of Darkness takes Princess Marie, twin brothers Soliday, who is brave and kind, and Salacota, who is cowardly, set off to fight the beast and rescue the princess.

Unhappy with her life at home, Sukey receives kindness and wealth from Mama Jo the mermaid.

A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.

Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea.

Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior for her husband with her kind and honest heart.

A retelling of a twelfth-century tale in which a young woman falls in love with a merman and determines to marry him despite their separate worlds.

Thirteen original tales that start out with normal kids and normal lives, then take you to dark places where fear dwells.

Presents the life of Lancelot, relating how he became the greatest knight of the Round Table.

Recounts the story of King Arthur's boyhood, the sword in the stone, his first victorious battle, and his unification of a new kingdom.

A rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons.

A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world.

A Christmas Eve journey with a nautical Santa on his gift-laden ark uplifts the heart of a lonely girl.

A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts.