A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France.

When the poor shoemaker and his wife discover the two naked little elves who have helped them become successful, they sew fine outfits for them.

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains.

Stories from many native peoples all over North America that teach about our environment.

A newly illustrated version of the classic tale about two kind sisters' experiences with an enchanted bear and an ungrateful gnome.

A lost boy who has grown up in the sea with seals returns to his tribe but is strangely changed.

Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

Cindrella is abused and exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters after her father's remarriage, but she is able to attend a royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother. The king's son falls in love with her, and when she is forced to flee at midnight, the prince is able to locate her with the glass slipper she left behind. Because she is good, Cinderella accepts her stepsisters' apologies and forgives them, allowing them to share her good fortune....

In this African version of the traditional folktale Stone Soup, Noko the porcupine tricks the other well fed but selfish animals into sharing their food with him and the whole village.