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La Llorona =

The Crying Woman
In ancient Mexico, beautiful Maya's children are endangered by the threat of Senor Tiempo who, jealous of their immortality, plots to destroy them.
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Flecha al sol

un cuento de los indios pueblo
An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.
Cover image of Flecha al sol

Anh th??oi sa? b?a?t chu??t =

The pied piper
An illustrated retelling of the story written in both English and Vietnamese 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.

The pied piper

Contains an illustrated retelling of the story in which the Pied Piper is hired to free a village rats, but when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he lures away their children as well. Presented in Persian and English.

Anansi and the moss covered rock

2017
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides to teach the spider a lesson.

The sun and the Kookaburra

a aboriginal folktale from Australia

John Henry, the steel-driving man

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

Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue

Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary Texas cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, used a rattle snake as a rope, and married the fearless Slue-Foot Sue.

Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox

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.

Anansi and the talking melon

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

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