A greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat.

"Una leyenda oriental sobre la lucha contra el destino de unos jv̤enes enamorados"--P. [4] of cover. In this Japanese tale adapted from an earlier Chinese version, Naoko, a young woman who is in love with a young man, Hamo, she cannot wed since she is betrothed to another, both find freedom and everlasting love as butterflies.

Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.

Brief stories featuring such creatures as flower fairies, elves, dwarves, and river sprites.

A collection of stories of pirates and mermaids, monsters and gods; rhymes, sayings, chanteys, and superstitions from all over the world.

This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals. It assists us to recover an experience that had deep meaning for the ancients and that is now increasingly relevant to a world facing environmental challenges. Seasonal festivals are not meant to be cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, mischievous, profound, life-affirming events that connect us...

An adaptation of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass. Una adaptación del cuento folklórico peruano en que un zorro y un topo intentan a subir a la luna por un lazo de hierba.

Features twenty-three traditional stories from the Blackfoot, Lakota, Assiniboin, Pawnee, and Cheyenne nations about how horses first appeared to the tribes of the American Plains.