Forest, Heather

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The woman who flummoxed the fairies

an old tale from Scotland
1996
Asked to make a cake for the fairies, a clever bakerwoman must figure out a way to prevent the fairies from wanting to keep her with them always to bake her delicious cakes.

Stone soup

1998
Two hungry travelers use a stone as a soup starter and demonstrate the benefits of sharing. Includes a recipe for soup.

A big quiet house

a Yiddish folktale from Eastern Europe
1996
Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.

The woman who flummoxed the fairies

an old tale from Scotland
1990
Asked to make a cake for the fairies, a clever bakerwoman must figure out a way to prevent the fairies from wanting to keep her with them always to bake her delicious cakes.

The little red hen

an old fable
2006
A rhymed retelling of the traditional tale about the industrious little red hen and her lazy friends.

The contest between the Sun and the Wind

an Aesop's fable
2008
The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.

Feathers

a Jewish tale from Eastern Europe
2005
A wise rabbi uses a pillow full of feathers to teach a gossipy villager a lesson.

The baker's dozen

a colonial American tale
1988
A greedy baker who offends a mysterious old woman suffers misfortune in his business, until he discovers what happens when generosity replaces greed.

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