Reviews and Blog Posts: Folklore

Minli lives in a poor village and her family is the poorest of all. Her mother always sighs for riches, but her father is rich with stories that he tells. One day, Minli sets off to find the Old Man of the Moon at the Never-Ending Mountain who will tell...

Tricky Fox bragged to Brother Fox that stealing chickens was too easy - he was going to steal an entire pig! How would he carry such a heavy load? Why, he'd get a human to put it in his sack and he would carry it back. If he didn't, well,...

There once lived twin giant brothers, Lottavim and Normus. They had a happy life on their mountainside, but soon grew older and wanted to find wives. Of course, they wanted giant wives, and so they had to go out on a quest to find pretty giants living on other mountains....

What if instead of fancy ballgowns or graceful dancing, princesses were judged by their hair? This book tells a story that is similar to Cinderella, but the courtier with the best hair will become ruler of the kingdom! What's even better than the story, though, is the amazing collage art....

A soldier is walking through the woods one winter night, contemplating how he has no food and nowhere to sleep. He notices he is being followed by the devil. He knows that he shouldn't make a bargain with him, but when a bear appears, he shoots it and starts the...

Cinderella is a story that is told around the world, each culture with its own variation. In this book, the author has collected these different versions and blended them together - one page is from Ireland, the next page from Japan, another page from Iraq. It's really fun to see...

I loved this book! It was an unexpected and completely entertaining find. The quirky, yet totally authentic characters (even the characters that aren't real are convincing) have quirky, yet authentic experiences that charmed me from beginning to end.