Folktale


Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
The Skull
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
The Mitten
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
The Empty Pot
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
Tikki Tikki Tembo
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Stone Soup
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
The Rough-Face Girl
Bust It Like A Mule by Caleb MannanSlim by William Wister Haines
New American Folktales
2 books — 1 voter
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob GrimmTales of Virtuous Stepmothers by Georgina WarrenThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenThe Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Classic Fairytale Books
209 books — 25 voters

The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterBlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterGhost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb
Fantasy Novels Set in Appalachia
37 books — 12 voters

Marie Lu
She walks to the boy, tilts her head up at him, and smiles. He bends down to kiss her. Then he helps her onto the horse, and she rides away with him to a faraway place, until they can no longer be seen. These are only rumors, of course, and make little more than a story to tell around the fire. But it is told. And thus they live on.
Marie Lu, The Midnight Star

Antoine Galland
Scarce had Aladdin’s mother begun to rub the Lamp when there appeared to her one of the Jinn, who said to her in a voice like thunder, “Say what you want of me. Here am I, your slave and the slave of whosoever holds the Lamp.
Antoine Galland, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp: A Classic Folktale from the ‘Arabian Nights’

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