Country & Ethnic
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Yule Lads Legend: Iceland’s Jólasveinar
$33.27 Add to cartAfter accidentally being seen by a human, an Icelandic Christmas troll must rely on a young shepherd boy to keep his presence in the village a secret. The troll makes a gift as a bribe for the little
- Author: Herman, Heidi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: October 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1947233866
- Language: English
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Peter’s Old House
$19.95 Read moreAt the end of a street, in a little village, is Peter’s old house. Peter helps everyone: mending clocks, building toy boats, and telling stories. But he is too poor to fix his falling down house. Who
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1782507515
- Language: English
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Bone Button Borscht
$11.99 Add to cartOn a dark winter’s night, a ragged beggar dreams of a warm hearth and a delicious meal — and sets out to find just that. In this retelling of the classic folk tale “Stone Soup,” a stranger teaches t… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Aubrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1996
- ISBN10: 1550743260
- Language: English
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Addy’s Cup of Sugar: Based on a Buddhist Story of Healing (a Stillwater and Friends Book)
$19.99 Add to cartStillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series!
Jon J Muth’s enlightening new picture book is based on an ancient Buddhist legend, and features Stillwater the Panda from Jo
- Author: Muth, Jon J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0439634288
- Language: English
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Princess Sylvie
$19.95 Add to cartPrincess Sylvie and her father, the king, leave the palace gardens for a walk in the woods. Then Oskar the dog runs off after a long-eared hare and Sylvie’s adventures begin. What will they find hidin
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 178250723X
- Language: English
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The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale
$18.99 Add to cartWhen a boy goes to the market to buy food and comes home with an old wok instead, his parents wonder what they’ll eat for dinner. But then the wok rolls out of the poor family’s house with a skippity-… [more below]
- Author: Compestine, Ying Chang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0525420681
- Language: English
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Viborita de Cascabel/Baby Rattlesnake
$11.95 Add to cartBilingual English/Spanish. A Native American (Pawnee) tale of family love and forgiveness.
Baby Rattlesnake wants a rattle like his older siblings have. His crying keeps the rattlesnake elders up all n
- Author: Ata, Te
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2013
- ISBN10: 089239188X
- Language: Spanish
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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
$8.99 Add to cartBear brags that he can do anything-even stop the sun from rising. Brown Squirrel doesn’t believe him, so the two wait all night to see if the sun will rise. Sure enough, the sky reddens and the sun ap… [more below]
- Series: Picture Puffin Books
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0142500216
- Language: English
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Tristan and Iseult
$15.99 Add to cartTristan defeats Ireland’s greatest warrior and gains the friendship of his uncle, the King of Cornwall, who entrusts him with a very special mission: to sail the seas in search of a queen.
- Series: Sunburst Book
- Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: September 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0374479828
- Language: English
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The Bossy Gallito / El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale (Bilingual)
$6.99 Add to cartErase una vez un gallito mandon que iba muy limpiecito a la boda de su tio Perico… Hasta que se ensucio y quiso que todos lo ayudaran a volver a estar limpiecito. Un libro muy divertido en ingles y
- Author: González, LucÃa M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 043906757X
- Language: Spanish
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Indian Children’s Favorite Stories: Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales
$14.99 Add to cartThis colorfully illustrated multicultural children’s book presents Indian fairy tales and other folk stories that the whole family will enjoy
Indian Children’s Favorite Stories is a charming selectio- Series: Favorite Children’s Stories
- Author: Somaiah, Rosemarie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 080485016X
- Language: English
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The Tale of the Little, Little Old Woman
$12.95 Read moreA little, little old woman lives in a little, little old cottage with a mischievous little cat in this collectable new edition of the classic picture book from world-renowned Swedish author–illustrat
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1782508791
- Language: English
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American Tall Tales
$19.99 Add to cartThe perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright fun
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 24 1991
- ISBN10: 0679800891
- Language: English
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The Rooster and the Two Mice: A Ukrainian Graphic Folktale
$22.65 Read moreWhen Ku-ku-ri-ku finds some wheat in his yard, he shows it to his friends Twist and Turn. They decide to use it to make some buns. But turning wheat into a delicious bun is a lot of work–and not ever… [more below]
- Series: Discover Graphics: Global Folktales
- Author: Bamber, Adrianna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1484689372
- Language: English
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The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: English-Pashto Edition
$11.90 Add to cart(Bilingual English-Pashto edition) Some 250 years ago, the Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan and, from there, a magnificent empire extending from eastern Iran to northern India, and from
- Series: Hoopoe Teaching-Stories
- Author: Bazger Salam, Palwasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1944493646
- Language: English
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The Elsa Beskow Alphabet Book
$19.95 Add to cartA charming alphabet book for everyone who loves Elsa Beskow’s classic picture books.
Journey through the world of Elsa Beskow from Accordian to Zzz, with everything in between — Cow and Elephant, Flo
- Author: Beskow, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1782507728
- Language: English
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Itzel and the Ocelot
$18.99 Read moreA gorgeous picture book inspired by a traditional Central American Indigenous story about a snake with the power to bring the rain, told in lyrical language and evocative art, and subtly conveying an
- Author: Katstaller, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 1525305069
- Language: English
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Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella
$8.99 Read moreA Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator team brings us a Caribbean Cinderella story, told from the perspective of the magical godmother.
You may think you already know this story about a beautif- Author: San Souci, Robert D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0689848889
- Language: English
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Bunso Meets a Mumu
$18.99 Add to cartMeet Bunso, a boy with a really scary problem. It’s the Mumu, the Filipino version of the Boogeyman, who likes to punish kids who misbehave by sucking the fun out of everything! The Mumu will not let
- Series: Bunso Meets… #1
- Author: Valdez, Rev
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1223186393
- Language: English
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The Boy Without a Name: English-Pashto Edition
$11.90 Add to cart(Bilingual English-Pashto edition) On the day a boy is born, his parents are visited by a wise man who tells them, “This is a very, very important boy, and I’m going to give him something marvelous o
- Series: Hoopoe Teaching-Stories
- Author: Shah, Idries
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1944493549
- Language: English
