legends

Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior to be her husband with her kind and honest heart.

Recounts the story of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.

Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea.

An illustrated retelling of the story written in both English and Somali about a Pied Piper who is hired to free a village of rats, but when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he lures away their children as well.

A retelling, in English and Spanish, of the traditional tale told in the Southwest and in Mexico of how the beautiful Maria became a ghost.

Contains sixteen short stories from the Spanish-speaking cultures of Latin America, presented in English with the Spanish translation on facing pages, and includes a bilingual vocabulary list.

Contains sixteen well-known legends drawn from approximately 1,500 years of Mexican history and mythology, presented in English with the Spanish translation on facing pages, and includes a bilingual vocabulary list.

Contains eighteen, chronologically arranged legends that explore the cultural and historical heritage of Spain; presented in English with the Spanish translation on facing pages. Includes a vocabulary list.

Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe.