Folk Tales From Around The World
Friday, September 12, 2025
Be Our Guest
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Same book, new cover Be Our Guest: A retelling of Beauty and the Beast I can now say that it's part of a set of three, all retellings ...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Koi and Bai
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There were once two sisters: Koi and Bai. Koi was so clever and Bai was the foolish one. They didn’t have much things only one blanket, one...
Folktales (Story of Kuber)
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India is a land of folktales. We grow listening to many stories from our parents, grandparents and neighbours about a time when mythical cre...
Folk Tales: The Wizard of Oz
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The Wizard of Oz depicts the life of Dorothy, and her dog Toto, and the adventures they face to return home after being transported to the ...
Mexican Folk Tale “La Llorona” (The weeping girl)
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A long time ago, there was a poor young girl who loved a rich man, and together they had three children. The girl wished to marry him; howev...
Momotarou (The Peach Boy)
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There was an old couple living in a village. The wife went to a river to wash clothes while her husband went to a mountain to cut trees eve...
A Folktale from Sri Lanka: Story of Mahadenamutta
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Mahadenamutta means all-knowing sage; ironically, he did not know anything and all his judgements were erroneous. He was an old man who li...
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