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The Ugly Duckling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.13 — 43,633 ratings — published 1843
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.32 — 197,207 ratings — published 1989
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,575 ratings — published 2009
Little Red Riding Hood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,196 ratings — published 1983
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.08 — 11,348 ratings — published 1988
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,706 ratings — published 1989
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.25 — 47,130 ratings — published 1947
Rapunzel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.17 — 17,723 ratings — published 1812
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,106,812 ratings — published 1952
Rumpelstiltskin (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.24 — 18,289 ratings — published 1888
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,660 ratings — published 1812
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,115 ratings — published 1987
Cinderella: A 3D Fairy Tale (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 21 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.55 — 42 ratings — published
The Three Little Pigs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,099 ratings — published 1984
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,462 ratings — published 1978
The Three Pigs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.16 — 20,839 ratings — published 2001
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.05 — 131,076 ratings — published -560
The Day It Snowed Tortillas / El día que nevó tortilla (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.08 — 391 ratings — published 1982
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,815 ratings — published 1975
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,390 ratings — published 1975
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.15 — 18,113 ratings — published 1977
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,212 ratings — published 1968
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,712,808 ratings — published 1939
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.23 — 263,422 ratings — published 1901
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,089,072 ratings — published 1963
The Tortoise & the Hare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,761 ratings — published 2013
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,302 ratings — published 1989
The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 3.93 — 846 ratings — published 2006
Noah's Ark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,965 ratings — published 2002
Beauty and the Beast (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.34 — 5,853 ratings — published 1978
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.03 — 517,878 ratings — published 2008
The Gingerbread Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,740 ratings — published 1998
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,409 ratings — published 1992
The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,043 ratings — published 1984
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.35 — 558,733 ratings — published 1969
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,264,697 ratings — published 1964
The Little Red Hen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.24 — 28,070 ratings — published 1954
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,660 ratings — published 2002
The Korean Cinderella (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,202 ratings — published 1993
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,843 ratings — published 1999
Paul Bunyan (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,013 ratings — published 1984
Snow White (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.20 — 9,664 ratings — published
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,383 ratings — published 1973
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,579 ratings — published 1989
The Little Engine That Could (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.20 — 117,980 ratings — published 1930
The Rainbow Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.21 — 167,091 ratings — published 1992
The Wolf Who Cried Boy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.08 — 969 ratings — published
Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.22 — 27,570 ratings — published 1973
Little Red Riding Hood (Keepsake Stories)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,087 ratings — published
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as traditional)
avg rating 4.03 — 224,258 ratings — published 1930
“Sonnet 1103
Our ancestors are not the boss of us,
Life must be dictated by living conscience.
Dead people may have the right to make suggestions,
But they do not have the right to issue mandates.
Our ancestors belong in history books,
Our descendants belong in comic books.
Only we are alive to belong here and now,
Don't waste that life, submissive to books.
Too much involvement in the past cripples your present,
The same is true with too much involvement in the future.
If you are oblivious to the human condition of now and here,
Ignorance and intellect will equally end up causing disaster.
Use past and future as markers of direction,
But never as authority on living tradition.”
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
Our ancestors are not the boss of us,
Life must be dictated by living conscience.
Dead people may have the right to make suggestions,
But they do not have the right to issue mandates.
Our ancestors belong in history books,
Our descendants belong in comic books.
Only we are alive to belong here and now,
Don't waste that life, submissive to books.
Too much involvement in the past cripples your present,
The same is true with too much involvement in the future.
If you are oblivious to the human condition of now and here,
Ignorance and intellect will equally end up causing disaster.
Use past and future as markers of direction,
But never as authority on living tradition.”
― Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
