Folktales from Around the World in the EMC: Published 2000 - 2012
These folktales are housed in the Education Materials Center of Polk Library.
Also see the bibliography Multicultural Picture Books in the EMC
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Click on bolded book title to go to the catalog record of the book.
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AFRICA
Badoe, Adwoa. The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Stories. Douglas & McIntyre, 2001.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Mabela the Clever. Albert Whitman, 2001.
Mandela, Nelson. Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales. Norton, 2002.
River that Went to the Sky. Kingfisher, 2000.
Washington, Donna L. A Pride of African Tales. HarperCollins, 2004.
Hamilton, Virginia. Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl. The Blue Sky Press, 2003.
McGill, Alice. Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit & His Walkin' Talkin' Friends. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
McGill, Alice. Way Up and Over Everything. Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Thomas, Joyce Carol. The Six Fools. HarperCollins, 2006.
McDermott, Gerald. Jabuti the Tortoise: a Trickster Tale from the Amazon. Harcout, 2001.
Taylor, Sean. The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008.
Johnson, Paul Brett. Jack Outwits the Giants. Margaret McElderry Books, 2002.
Shelby, Anne. The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales. U. of N. Carolina Press, 2007.
Tarnowska, Wafa. The Arabian Nights. Barefoot Books, 2010.
Mama, Raouf. Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Others Stories from Benin. Curbstone Press, 2006.
Almeida, Livia de. Brazilian Folktales. Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Artell, Mike. Petite Rouge: a Cajun Red Riding Hood. Dial Books, 2001.
Tchana, Katrin. Sense Pass King: a Story from Cameroon. Holiday House, 2002.
San Souci, Robert. The Twins and the Bird of Darkness: a Hero Tale from the Caribbean. Simon & Schuster Books, 2002.
Casanova, Mary. The Hunter: a Chinese Folktale. Atheneum Books, 2000.
Chen, Jiang Hong. The Magic Horse of Han Gan. Enchanted Lion Books, 2006.
Chen, Kerstin. Lord of the Cranes: a Chinese Tale. North-South Books, 2000.
Fu, Shelley. Ho Yi the Archer and other Classic Chinese Tales. Linnet Books, 2001.
Provensen, Alice. The Master Swordsman & the Magic Doorway: Two Legends from Ancient China. Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Shannon, George. Rabbit's Gift: A Fable from China. Harcourt, 2007.
Sellier, Marie. What the Rat Told Me. North-South Books, 2009.
Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale. Peachtree, 2007.
Perez Napoles, Elvia. From the Winds of Manguito: Cuban Folktales in English and Spanish. Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Fat Cat: a Danish Folktale. August House, 2001.
Alvarez, Julia. The Secret Footprints. Knopf, 2000.
Hicks, Ray. The Jack Tales. Callaway, 2000.
Nesbit, E. Jack and the Beanstalk. Candlewick Press, 2006.
Light, Steven. Puss in Boots. Abrams, 2002.
McClintock, Barbara. Cinderella. Scholastic Press, 2005.
Muth, Jon J. Stone Soup. Scholastic Press, 2003.
Craft, Mahlon F. Sleeping Beauty.
LaMarche, Jim. The Elves and the Shoemaker. Chronicle Books, 2003.
Orgel, Doris. The Bremen Town Musicians and Other Animal Tales from Grimm. Roaring Brook Press, 2004.
Pinkney, Jerry. Little Red Riding Hood. Little Brown, 2007.
Schlitz, Laura. The Bearskinner: a Tale of the Brothers Grimm. Candlewick Press, 2007.
Cummings, Pat. Ananse and the Lizard: a West African Tale. Henry Holt, 2002.
Musgrove, Margaret. The Spider Weaver: a Legend of Kente. Blue Sky Press, 2001.
Manna, Anthony L. The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece. Schwartz@ Wade, 2011.
Martin, Rafe. The Shark God. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001.
Greene, Ellin. The Little Golden Lamb. Clarion Books, 2000.
Molnar, Irma. One-Time Dog Market at Buda and other Hungarian Folktales. Linnet Books, 2001.
So, Meilo. Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop: A Tale of a Very Greedy Cat. Knopf, 2004.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Go to Sleep Gecko!: a Balinese Folktale . August House, 2006.
Sierra, Judy. The Gift of the Crocodile: a Cinderella Story. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Henderson, Kathy. Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War. Candlewick Press, 2006.
Doyle, Malachy. Tales from Old Ireland. Barefoot, 2000.
Kajikawa, Kimiko. Tsunami! Philomel Books, 2009.
Kajikawa, Kimiko. Yoshi's Feast. DK Ink, 2000.
Partridge, Elizabeth. Kogi's Mysterious Journey. Dutton, 2003.
Kimmel, Eric A. Gershon's Monster: a Story for the Jewish New Year. Scholastic Press, 2000.
Oberman, Sheldon. Solomon and the Ant: and Other Jewish Folktales. Boyds Mills Press, 2006.
Stampler, Ann Redisch. Something for Nothing. Clarion Books, 2003.
Taback, Simms. Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda (Grandfather) Told Me. Viking, 2005.
Bae, Hyun-Joo. New Year's Best Clothes. Kane/Miller, 2007.
O'Brien, Anne Sibley. The Legend of Hong Kil Dong, the Robin Hood of Korea. Charlesbridge, 2008.
Paye, Won-Ldy. Head, Body, Legs: a Story from Liberia. Holt, 2002.
Paye, Won-Ldy. Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile. Holt, 2003.
Diakite, Baba Wague. The Magic Gourd. Scholastic Press, 2003.
Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. Domitila: a Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition. Shen's Books, 2000.
De Paola, Tomie. Adelita: a Mexican Cinderella Story. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
Gerson, Mary-Joan. Fiesta Femenina: Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale. Barefoot Books, 2001.
Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronicle Books, 2003.
Smith, Chris. One City, Two Brothers. Barefoot Books, 2007.
Archer, Jane. The First Fire: Stories of the Cherokee, Kickapoo, Kiowa, and Tigua. Taylor Trade, 2005.
Beaver Steals Fire: a Salish Coyote Story. University of Nebraska Press, 2005.
Bruchac, Joseph. How Chipmunk Got His Stripes: a Tale of Bragging and Teasing. Dial Books, 2001.
Bushyhead, Robert H. Yonder Mountain: a Cherokee Legend. Marshall Cavendish, 2002.
Duncan, Barbara R. (ed.). The Origin of the Milky Way & Other Living Stories of the Cherokee. U. of N. Carolina Press, 2008.
Esbensen, Barbara Juster. The Night Rainbow. Orchard Books, 2000.
Pia Toya: a Goshute Indian Legend. University of Utah Press, 2000.
Raczek, Linda Theresa. Stories from Native North America. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2000.
Taylor, C. J. All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens. Tundra Books, 2006.
Zitkala-Sa. Dance in a Buffalo Skull. South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2007.
Zitkala-Sa. Iktomi and the Ducks and Other Sioux Stories. University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
Olaleye, Isaac. In the Rainfield: Who is the Greatest? Blue Sky Press, 2000.
Shepard, Aaron. Master Man: a Tall Tale of Nigeria. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 2000.
Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Clarion Books, 2006. [this is a big book]
Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The Race of the Birkebeiners. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: a Palestinian Folktale. Marshall Cavendish, 2006.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. Conejito: A Folktale from Panama. August House, 2006.
Montes, Marisa. Juan Bobo Goes to Work: a Puerto Rican Folktale. Morrow Junior Books, 2000.
Pirotta, Saviour. Firebird. Templar Books, 2010.
Huck, Charlotte S. The Black Bull of Norroway: a Scottish Tale. Greenwillow Books, 2001.
Moriarty, Kathleen. Wiil Waal: a Somali Folktale. Minnesota Humanities Center, 2007.
Ada, Alma Flor. Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection. Atheneum Books, 2004.
Young, Ed. What About Me? Philomel Books, 2002.
Martin, Francesca. Clever Tortoise: a Traditional African Tale. Candlewick Press, 2000.
Berger, Barbara. All the Way to Lhasa: A Tale from Tibet. Philomel Books, 2002.
Demi. The Hungry Coat: a Tale from Turkey. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004.
Aylesworth, Jim. The Mitten. Scholastic Press, 2009.
DeSpain, Pleasant (ed.). Sweet Land of Story: Thirty-six American Tales to Tell. August House, 2000.
Gregg, Andy. Paul Bunyan and the Winter of the Blue Snow: a Tall Tale. River Road Publications, 2001.
Reneaux, J.J. How Animals Saved the People: Animal Tales from the South. Morrow, 2001.
Willey, Margaret. Clever Beatrice: an Upper Peninsula Conte. Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.
Wooldridge, Connie. The Legend of Strap Buckner: a Texas Tale. Holiday House, 2001.
Garland, Sherry. Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam. Harcourt, 2001.
Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful Blackbird. Atheneum Books, 2003.
Alley, Zoe B. There's a Wolf at the Door. Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Emberley, Rebecca. Chicken Little. Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Fleischman, Paul. Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. Holt, 2007.
Forest, Heather. The Little Red Hen. August House, 2006.
Galdone, Paul The Little Red Hen. Clarion Books, 2006.
Moser, Barry. The Three Little Pigs. Little, Brown, 2001.
Pinkney, Jerry. The Little Red Hen. Dial Books, 2006.
Ragan, Kathleen. Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World. W. W. Norton, 2006.
