Gail E Haley

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

A cunning cat wins for his master a castle, a fortune, and the hand of a princess.

Jack encounters the menacing monster known as Fire Dragaman and rescues three beautiful sisters from the monster's underground cave.

A rich, arrogant youth's enforced stay in the forest changes his once selfish life into a useful, generous, and satisfying one. Based on the legend of "The Green Man."

Recaptures the incident during the American Revolution when Jack Jouett rode to warn Thomas Jefferson and others of the coming of Tarleton's raiders.

A guide to costume making with instructions for many types of accessories.

The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song.

Who's in Rabbit's house? : Adapted from a Masai folktale about a rabbit who can't get into her house, because the "Long One" who eats trees and tramples elephants, is hiding inside. A story, a story : An African tale of how Ananse, the spider man, buys stories from Nyame, the Sky God, so they can be retold to the children on earth. Anansi the spider : Anansi, one of the great folk heroes of the world, is saved from a terrible fate by his six sons,...