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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,383 ratings — published 1975
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 31 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,567 ratings — published 2023
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,730 ratings — published 2007
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,380 ratings — published 1973
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,270 ratings — published 1989
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,109 ratings — published 1987
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,702 ratings — published 1989
The Empty Pot (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,978 ratings — published 1990
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,730 ratings — published 2016
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,980 ratings — published 2022
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,212 ratings — published 1968
Stone Soup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 15,134 ratings — published 2003
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 197,095 ratings — published 1989
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.25 — 47,104 ratings — published 1947
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.32 — 55,700 ratings — published 2009
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,779 ratings — published 1998
The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 6,037 ratings — published 1983
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,576 ratings — published 1989
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 244,943 ratings — published 2017
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,693 ratings — published 1981
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,797 ratings — published 1975
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,570 ratings — published 2009
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,009 ratings — published 1988
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,539 ratings — published 1812
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,112 ratings — published 1977
When You Trap a Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.13 — 21,091 ratings — published 2020
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,333 ratings — published 2012
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,515 ratings — published 1992
The Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,094 ratings — published 2016
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,343 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,405 ratings — published 1970
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,181 ratings — published 1983
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,101 ratings — published 1976
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,461 ratings — published 1978
The Legend of the Poinsettia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,393 ratings — published 1993
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,373 ratings — published 1992
Golem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,080 ratings — published 1996
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar)
by (shelved 10 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.17 — 23,913 ratings — published 1938
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,997 ratings — published -560
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.10 — 836 ratings — published
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.09 — 348,603 ratings — published 2017
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 10,341 ratings — published 2012
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,919 ratings — published 1987
Arrow to the Sun (Library Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,122 ratings — published 1974
Swamp Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,110 ratings — published 1994
A Big Mooncake for Little Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,046 ratings — published 2018
The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.75 — 671 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 — 28,061 ratings — published 1954
The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as folktale)
avg rating 3.88 — 749 ratings — published 2011
“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
“Allow me to mention here that a stupid girl, one who spends the whole day picking her nose and lazing on the stove, and eventually becomes a princess or a queen, is completely unthinkable in fairytales! The imagination of folktale-tellers created an equivalent of male heroism in the characters of Slavic Amazons (the Russian Sineglazka or the 'Giant Girls', Div-devojke, in Serbian folksongs), but grubby, idle, and stupid girls are usually punished with death. Wealth, a throne and love are only conceivable as rewards for grubby, idle, stupid guys!”
― Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
― Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
