Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.

A wonderful introduction for young readers to the Chinese zodiac adapted from a Chinese Buddhist legend dating from the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

In this story based on "The Little Red Hen," a little black crow asks his animal friends to help with the planting of some corn seed.

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

"What happens when Anansi, king of the spiders, is given a wonderful present? You can find out in this lively retelling of a traditional African tale, with easy-to-read text and fun puzzles after the story."--Back cover.

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the home of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

The Maori people of New Zealand tell this version of the Polynesian folktale in which a trickster uses magical powers to slow the movement of the sun.