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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,403 ratings — published 1975
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 31 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,882 ratings — published 2023
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,734 ratings — published 2007
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,396 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,321 ratings — published 1989
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,124 ratings — published 1987
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,717 ratings — published 1989
The Empty Pot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,994 ratings — published 1990
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,735 ratings — published 2016
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,016 ratings — published 2022
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,221 ratings — published 1968
Stone Soup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,147 ratings — published 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 197,293 ratings — published 1989
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.25 — 47,163 ratings — published 1947
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 56,000 ratings — published 2009
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,799 ratings — published 1998
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,043 ratings — published 1983
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,582 ratings — published 1989
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,018 ratings — published 1988
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 246,501 ratings — published 2017
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,702 ratings — published 1981
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,877 ratings — published 1975
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,588 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,998 ratings — published 1812
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,127 ratings — published 1977
When You Trap a Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.13 — 21,216 ratings — published 2020
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,376 ratings — published 2012
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,520 ratings — published 1992
The Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,096 ratings — published 2016
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,361 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,411 ratings — published 1970
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,210 ratings — published 1983
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,104 ratings — published 1976
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,475 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of the Poinsettia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,396 ratings — published 1993
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,454 ratings — published 1992
Golem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,082 ratings — published 1996
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,920 ratings — published 1938
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 131,256 ratings — published -560
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 839 ratings — published
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.09 — 349,678 ratings — published 2017
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,346 ratings — published 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,927 ratings — published 1987
Arrow to the Sun (Library Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,125 ratings — published 1974
Swamp Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,111 ratings — published 1994
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,073 ratings — published 2018
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 673 ratings — published 2018
Elephant in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.79 — 213 ratings — published 2015
The Little Red Hen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.24 — 28,077 ratings — published 1954
The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.88 — 750 ratings — published 2011
“What Can Be Learned From a Thief
The saintly Rabi Zusya was originally a disciple of the tsaddik Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezritsh. Once he asked his master to teach him the secret of worshipping the Creator. “There’s no need for me to teach you,” replied Rabbi Dov Baer, “because you can learn it from any child or thief.”
“Why, how can I learn it from a child?” asked the astounded disciple.
“In three ways,” replied his master. “First, a child needs no reason to be happy. Second, a child always keeps busy. And third, when a child wants something, it screams until it gets it.”
“And what,” asked Rabbi Zusya, “can I learn from a thief?”
“From a thief,” answered Rabbi Dov Baer, “you can learn seven things. First, to apply yourself by night and not just by day. Second, to try again if at first you don’t succeed. Third, to love your comrades. Fourth, to be ready to risk your life, even for a small thing. Fifth, to attach so little value to what you have that you will sell it for a pittance. Sixth, not to be put off by hardship and blows. And seventh, to be glad you are what you are instead of wanting to be something else.”
― Jewish Folktales
The saintly Rabi Zusya was originally a disciple of the tsaddik Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezritsh. Once he asked his master to teach him the secret of worshipping the Creator. “There’s no need for me to teach you,” replied Rabbi Dov Baer, “because you can learn it from any child or thief.”
“Why, how can I learn it from a child?” asked the astounded disciple.
“In three ways,” replied his master. “First, a child needs no reason to be happy. Second, a child always keeps busy. And third, when a child wants something, it screams until it gets it.”
“And what,” asked Rabbi Zusya, “can I learn from a thief?”
“From a thief,” answered Rabbi Dov Baer, “you can learn seven things. First, to apply yourself by night and not just by day. Second, to try again if at first you don’t succeed. Third, to love your comrades. Fourth, to be ready to risk your life, even for a small thing. Fifth, to attach so little value to what you have that you will sell it for a pittance. Sixth, not to be put off by hardship and blows. And seventh, to be glad you are what you are instead of wanting to be something else.”
― Jewish Folktales
“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
