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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,365 ratings — published 1975
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 32 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,282 ratings — published 2023
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,724 ratings — published 2007
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,369 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,097 ratings — published 1989
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,093 ratings — published 1987
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,680 ratings — published 1989
The Empty Pot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,961 ratings — published 1990
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,721 ratings — published 2016
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,898 ratings — published 2022
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,195 ratings — published 1968
Stone Soup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,119 ratings — published 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 196,630 ratings — published 1989
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 55,185 ratings — published 2009
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,766 ratings — published 1998
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,026 ratings — published 1983
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.25 — 46,971 ratings — published 1947
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 241,954 ratings — published 2017
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,567 ratings — published 1989
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,660 ratings — published 1975
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,523 ratings — published 2009
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,004 ratings — published 1988
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,749 ratings — published 1812
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,683 ratings — published 1981
When You Trap a Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,777 ratings — published 2020
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,242 ratings — published 2012
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 18,097 ratings — published 1977
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,510 ratings — published 1992
The Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,093 ratings — published 2016
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,317 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,399 ratings — published 1970
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,095 ratings — published 1983
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,090 ratings — published 1976
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,457 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of the Poinsettia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,391 ratings — published 1993
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,287 ratings — published 1992
Golem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,067 ratings — published 1996
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,910 ratings — published 1938
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,567 ratings — published -560
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 830 ratings — published
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 346,552 ratings — published 2017
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,297 ratings — published 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,913 ratings — published 1987
Arrow to the Sun (Library Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,118 ratings — published 1974
Swamp Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,108 ratings — published 1994
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,030 ratings — published 2018
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 668 ratings — published 2018
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.00 — 430 ratings — published 2001
Elephant in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.79 — 212 ratings — published 2015
The Little Red Hen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.24 — 28,041 ratings — published 1954
“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.”
― The Midnight Star
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.”
― The Midnight Star
“Together they’d run away. Together they could find a place to call home. Together they’d finally form their own constellation and never break apart again. He would be her starlight again and she his sun.”
― Fae Visions of the Mediterranean
― Fae Visions of the Mediterranean
