AFRICAN
  Anansi, the spider: tales from an Ashanti village - Peggy Appiah 
  Anansi and the talking melon - Eric Kimmel 
  Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain - Verna Aardema Crocodile and Hen - Joan Lexau 
  Galimoto - Karen Lynn Williams 
  I am eyes - Leila Ward 
  The name of the tree - Celia Lottridge 
  Who's in rabbit's house - Verna Aardema 
  Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears - Verna Aardema 
  Why the sun was late - Benjamin Elkin 

AFRICAN-AMERICAN
  Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman 
  Barefoot: escape on the underground railroad - Pamela Edwards 
  Ben's trumpet - Rachel Isadora 
  Big sixteen - Mary Calhoun 
  Cornrows - Camille Yarborough 
  Everett Anderson's good-bye - Lucille Clifton 
  Flossie and the fox - Patricia McKissack 
  Sam - Ann Herbert Scott 
  Tar beach - Faith Ringgold 
  What is that? a guessing game - Mary Serfozo 

AMERICAN
  Amber day - Joanna Galdone 
  Moss gown - William Hooks 
  Paul Bunyan: a tall tale - retold by Steven Kellogg 
  Pecos Bill Tailypo - Joanna Galdone 
  The cool ride in the sky - Dianne Wolstein 
  The quilt story - Tony Johnston 
  Wiley and the hairy man - Molly Bang 

- Regional Tales

                    -California -
                    French, Fiona
                    Lord of the Animals: A Miwok Indian Creation Myth
                    Coyote gathers all the animals together to decide how the superior animal should look and
                    behave.

                    -Louisiana -
                    San Souci, Robert D.
                    Six Foolish Fishermen 
                    Six silly friends spend a day trying to figure out how to proceed ith their fishing trip when one
                    thing after another goes wrong.

                    - Southern States -
                    Van Laan, Nancy
                    With a Whoop and a Holler : A Bushel of Lore from Way Down South 
                    A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three
                    distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia.

                    -New Jersey -
                    McCloy, James F.
                    The Jersey Devil 
                    About the creature of folklore that haunts the remote woods and swamps of
                    southern New Jersey. 

                    -United States - Legendary Characters -
                    Kellogg, Steven.
                    Pecos Bill : A Tall Tale 
                    Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual
                    wedding day. 

                    Kellogg, Steven.
                    Paul Bunyan : A Tall Tale
                    Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him
                    many fantastic adventures.

                    Lester, Julius.
                    John Henry 
                    Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut
                    through a mountain.

                    San Souci, Robert D.
                    Cut From the Same Cloth : American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale 
                    A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women,
                    drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.

Arab Countries -
 Kimmel, Eric A.
 The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves : A Story from the Arabian Nights
 A poor woodcutter discovers the hidden treasures of a band of robbers, survives great danger, and brings riches to his whole family.

 Lang, Andrew
 The Arabian Nights
 Sheherezade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, tells her husband a different story every night to keep the king from killing her.

Arctic Countries -
 Dabcovich, Lydia
 The Polar Bear Son : An Inuit Tale
 An old woman adopts and raises a polar bear cub which grows up and provides for her even after she has had to send it away to save it from the jealous men of the village.

 Jessell, Jim
 Amorak
 This creation myth explains why caribou and wolf are brothers. 

 Norman, Howard A.
The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese, And Other Tales of the Far North
The day puffins netted Hid-Well -- Noah hunts a wooly mammoth -- Why the rude visitor was flung by walrus -- Uteritsoq and the duckbill dolls -- The wolverine's secret -- The girl who watched in the nighttime -- The man who married a seagull -- Home among the giants -- How the narwhal got its tusk -- The girl who dreamed only geese.

Armenia -
 San Souci, Robert D.
  A Weave of Words : An Armenian Tale Retold 
 A reworking of Armenian folktales in which a lazy prince learns to read, write, and weave to win his love only to have these very talents later save him from  a three-headed monster.

 Hogrogian, Nonny
 The Contest
 An Armenian folktale about two robbers courting the same girl.

AUSTRALIAN 
  Bush party - Tricia Oktober 
  Dial-a-croc - Mike Dumbleton 
  Don't dig so deep, Nicholas - Troon Harrison 
  One woolly wombat - Rob Trinca 
  Possum magic - Mem Fox 
  The biggest frog in Australia - Susan Roth 
  Where the forest meets the sea - Jeannie Baker 
  Window - Jeannie Baker 
  Wombat Stew - Marcia Vaughan 

Brazil -
 Van Laan, Nancy
 So Say the Little Monkeys
 A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home.

BRITISH
  Jack and the beanstalk 
  Jack the giant killer - Beatrice de Regniers 
  Molly and the giant - Kurt Werth 
  The teeny tiny woman: an old English ghost tale - retold by Barbara Seuling 
  The three sillies - retold by Kathryn Hewitt 

Cameroon -
 Grifalconi, Ann
 The Village of Round and Square Houses
 A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.

CAMBODIAN
  Brother Rabbit - a Cambodian tale - Minfong Ho 
  Silent Lotus - Jeanne Lee 

Caribbean-
San Souci, Robert
 Cendrillon
 A Caribbean Cinderella, retold with an island flair.

CHINESE
  Everyone knows what a dragon looks like - Jay Williams 
  Eyes of the dragon - Margaret Leaf 
  Grandfather Tang's story - Ann Tompert 
  Liang and the magic paintbrush - Demi 
  Lon Po Po: a Red Riding Hood tale from China - Ed Young 
  Our home is the sea - Riki Levinson 
  The magic brush - Y.T. Mui 
  The rat, the ox, and the zodiac - Dorothy Van Woerkom 
  The seeing stick - Jane Yolen 

DANISH
  Hoddy Doddy - Jack Kent 
  The Fat Cat: a Danish folktale - Jack Kent 
  The Wizard's daughter: a Viking legend - Chris Conover 

EGYPTIAN
  Bill and Pete go down the Nile - Tomie De Paola 
  The day of Ahmed's secret - Florence Heide 
  The mystery of King Karfu - Doug Cushman 

England -
 Early, Margaret
 Robin Hood
  Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny.

 Moseley, Keith
 King Arthur and the Magic Sword
 Best-known tales of King Arthur and his knights, retold.

 Talbott, Hudson
 Excalibur
 The story of King Arthur's sword.

  Cauley, Lorinda Bryan
 Jack and the Beanstalk
 A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his fortune.

Ethiopia -
 Day, Nancy Raines
 The Lion's Whiskers
 In this tale from the Amhara people of Ethiopia, a patient woman uses her experience with a wild lion to win the love of her new stepson.

  Kurtz, Jane
 Fire on the Mountain
A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man.

FRENCH
  Beauty and the Beast - adapted by Marianna Mayer 
  Cinderella - adapted by Paul Galdone 
  Puss in Boots 
  Sing, Pierrot, sing - Tomie De Paola 
  Sleeping Beauty - Charles Perrault 
  Stone Soup 
  The boy, the baker, the miller and more - adapted by Harold Berson 

GERMAN
  Bremen Town Musicians 
  Cinderella 
  Hansel and Gretel 
  Pied Piper of Hamelin 
  The fisherman and his wife 
  The seven ravens 

-Greece -
 Anderson, Lonzo
  Arion and the Dolphins : Based on an Ancient Greek Legend
 Sailing home with a prize of gold won in a contest, Arion faces death at the hands of the crew who covet his treasure.

Guatemala -
 Gerson, Mary-Joan
 People of Corn : A Mayan Story
 After several unsuccessful attempts to create grateful creatures, the Mayan gods use sacred corn to fashion a people who will thank and praise their creators.

  Palacious, Argentina
  The Hummingbird King: A Guatemalan Legend
 A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.

Haiti -
  Wolkstein, Diane
 The Banza : A Haitian Story
 A small goat finds that the banjo given to her by a little tiger protects her from harm in an unexpected way.

HUNGARIAN
  The amazing pig - retold by Paul Galdone 
  The good-hearted youngest brother - Emoke de Papp Severo 
  The seven skinny goats - Victor Ambrus 

INDIAN
 One grain of rice - Demi 
 The monkey and the crocodile: a Jataka tale - Paul Galdone 
 The old woman and the red pumpkin - retold by Betsy Bang 
Seven Blind Mice - Young, Ed
 Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

ITALIAN
  The bean boy - Joan Bowden 
  The clown of God - Tomie de Paola 
  The gondolier of Venice - Robert Kraus 
  The voice of the wood - Claude Clement 
De Paola, Tomie
 Strega Nona : An Old Tale
 When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Pinocchio
 Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

IRISH
  Clancy's coat - Eve Bunting 
  Daniel O'Rourke - Gerald McDermott 
  Fin M'Coul: the giant of Knockmany Hill - Tomie de Paola 
  The Selkie girl - Susan Cooper 

JAMAICAN
  Anancy and Mr.Dry-Bone - Fiona French 
  Jamaica tag-along - Juanita Havill 
  Naja the snake and Mangus the mongoose - Oliver Kirkpatrick 
  The Chalkdoll - Charlotte Pomerantz 

JAPANESE
  Crow Boy - Taro Yashima 
  How the world got its colour - Marilyn Hirsh 
  Little One Inch - Barbara Brenner 
  Momotaro, the Peach Boy - Linda Shute 
  Mouse's marriage - Junko Morimoto 
  The Crane Wife - Sumiko Yagawa 
  The rolling rice ball - Jun'ichi Yoda 
  The stonecutter - Gerald McDermott 
  The story of the grateful crane - Jennifer Bartoli 

JEWISH
  Hanna's Sabbath dress - Izhak Schweiger-Dmi'el 
  Hannukah money - Sholem Aleichem 
  Matzoh mouse - Lauren Wohl 
  The keeping quilt - Patricia Polacco 

Kenya -
 Aardema, Verna.
 How the Ostrich Got its Long Neck: A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya 
 A tale from the Akamba people of Kenya that explains why the ostrich has such a long neck.

KOREAN
  King of the fish - Marian Parry 
  Kongi and Potgi: a Cinderella story from Korea - Oki Han 
  The Chinese mirror - Mirra Ginsburg 

MEXICAN
  Borreguita and the coyote - Verna Aardema 
  Cuckoo: a Mexican folktale - Lois Ehlert 
  No help at all - Betty Baker 
  The riddle of the drum - Verna Aardema 

Mongolia -
 Yep, Laurence.
 The Khan's Daughter : A Mongolian Folktale 
 In this retelling of a Mongolian folktale a simple shepherd must pass three tests in order to  marry the Khan's beautiful daughter.

MOROCCAN
  Kassim's shoes - Harold Berson 

NATIVE AMERICAN
  Battle of the wind gods - Judy Varga 
  Bright Fawn and me - Jay Leach 
  Knots on a counting rope - Bill Martin 
  Loon's necklace - Elizabeth Cleaver 
  Running Owl the hunter - Nathaniel Benchley 
  Spider in the sky - Anne Rose 
  The fire stealer - Elizabeth Cleaver 
  The gift of the sacred dog - Paul Goble 
  The girl who loved wild horses - Paul Goble 
  The Star husband - Jane Mobley 

NORWEGIAN
Old Lars - Erica Magnus 
The squire's bride - P.C. Asbjorsen 
The three billy goats gruff - P.C. Asbjorsen 
Turnabout- William Wiesner 
Asbjornsen, Peter Christen
East of the Sun and West of the Moon : Old Tales from the North
Includes six traditional Norwegian tales.
Lunge-Larsen, Lise
The Troll With No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls, from Norway
The trolls ca be nasty at titmes,so these may not be best for bedtime reading, but they are excellent for sharing.

PERUVIAN
  The Thunder God's son - retold by Ariane Dewey 
  Tonight is Carnival - Arthur Dorros 

POLISH
  Best of the bargain - Janina Domanska 
  The magician of Cracaw - Krystyna Turska 
  Nine crying dolls - Anne Pellowski 

ROMANIAN
  Alexandra the rock eater - Dorothy Van Woerkom 
  The gift of a traveler - Wendy Matthews 

RUSSIAN
  A scythe, a rooster and a cat - Janina Domanska 
  Baba Yaga 
  Clay boy - Mirra Ginsburg 
  Grasshopper to the rescue - Bonnie Carey 
  Here comes the cat - Frank Asch and Vladimir Vagin 
  Ol'Jake's lucky day - Anatoly Ivanov 
  The Magic Horse - Marijke Reesink 
  The night it rained pancakes - Mirra Ginsburg 

SERBIAN
  The greedy shopkeeper - Irene Mirkovic 

SLOVAK
  The little girl and the great big bear - Joanna Galdone 

SWEDISH
  Pelle's new suit - Elsa Beskow 
 The Christmas Tomtem - Victor Rydberg 
 The pancake - Anita Lobel 
 The Cap that Mother Made - Westerberg, Christine
 When Anders wears the cap his mother made, he receives quite a bit of unusual attention. 

UKRAINIAN
  Mister cat-and-a-half - Richard Pevear 
  Rechenka's eggs - Patricia Polacco 
  The mitten - Alvin Tresselt 

VIETNAMESE
  Angel child, Dragon child - Michele Surat 
  In the land of small dragon - DangMaanh Kha