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African folktales

1. Why the sun and the moon live in the sky

2. The leopard man

3. The two friends

4. The red and blue coat

5. The grasshopper and the toad

6. The man who never lied

7. Clever Jackal Gets Away

8. Why the Warthog Goes About on His Knees

9. Lion and Jackal

10. Why The Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained

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Asian folktales

1. The beggar and the miser

2. The monk and the student

3. The herb ”mega”

4. Loawnu the Wise Woman

5. Wang the Peddler

6. The Four Dragons

The Arabian Nights /One Thousand and One Nights/

Notes: This book holds some of the folktales form the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Selected and edited by Andrew Lang, these folktales are slmplified and shortened, making them more suitable for children.

Author: Anonymous
Editor: Andrew Lang
Published: 1918
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co

The Arabian Nights
The Story of the Merchant and the Genius
The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind
The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs
The Story of the Fisherman
The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban
The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished
The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles
The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad
The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied
The Story of the Third Calender, Son of a King
The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
First Voyage
Second Voyage
Third Voyage
Fourth Voyage
Fifth Voyage
Sixth Voyage
Seventh and Last Voyage
The Little Hunchback
The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother
The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother
The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura
Noureddin and the Fair Persian
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad
The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla
The Story of Sidi-Nouman
The Story of Ali Colia, Merchant of Bagdad
The Enchanted Horse
The Story of Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister

Chinese Folk-lore Tales
Features 11 Chinese folktales

Author: Rev. J. Macgowan, D.D.
Published: 1910
Publisher: Macmillan And Co., Limited, London

1.The widow Ho - Chinese folktale

2.Kwang-Jui And The God Of The River - Chinese folktale

3.The Beautiful Daughter Of Liu-Kung - Chinese folktale

4.The Fairy Bonze - Chinese folktale

5.The Mysterious Buddhist Robe - Chinese folktale

6.The Vengence Of The Goddess - Chinese folktale

7.The Wonderful Man - Chinese folktale

8.The God Of The City - Chinese folktale

9.The Tragedy Of The Yin Family - Chinese folktale

10.Sam-Chung And The Water Demon - Chinese folktale

11.The Reward Of A Benevolent Life - Chinese folktale

A Chinese Wonder Book - Read 15 Chinese folktales

Author: Norman Hinsdale Pitman
Published: 1919
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., 681 Fifth Avenue, New York

1.The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat

2.The Great Bell

3.The Strange Tale of Doctor Dog

4.How Footbinding Started

5.The Talking Fish

6.Bamboo and the Turtle

7.The Mad Goose and the Tiger Forest

8.The Nodding Tiger

9.The Princess Kwan-Yin

10.The Two Jugglers

11.The Phantom Vessel

12.The Wooden Tablet

13.The Golden Nugget

14.The Man Who Would Not Scold

15.Lu-San, Daughter of Heaven

Indian fairy tales

Notes: Selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs, the book holds 29 Indian folktales.

Author: Various
Editor: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1910
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London

0.Preface
1.The lion and the crane
2.How the Raja's son won the pincess Labam
3.The Lambikin
4.Punchkin
5.The broken pot
6.The magic fiddle
7.The cruel crane outwitted
8.Loving Laili
9.The tiger, the Brahman and the jackal
10.The shootsayer's son
11.Harisarman
12.The charmed ring
13.The talkative tortoise
14.A lac of rupees for a piece of advice
15.The gold-giving serpent
16.The son of seven queens
17.A lesson for kings
18.Pride goeth before a fall
19.Raja Rasalu
20.The ass in the lion's skin
21.The farmer and the money-lender
22.The boy who had a moon on his forehead and a sun on his chin
23.The prince and the fakir
24.Why the fish laughed
25.The demon with the matted hair
26.The Ivory city and it's fairy princess
27.Sun, Moon and Wind go out to dinner
28.How the wicked sons were duped
29.The pigeon and the crow

Momotaro or Little Peachling - A Japanese folktale.

Author: Anonymous
Published: 1910
Publisher: T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan

1.Momotaro or Little Peachling

Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories - This book features seven Japanese folktales.

Author: Mrs. M. Chaplin Ayrton
Editor: William Elliot Griffis
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston, USA

1.First Month

2.The Chrysanthemum Show

Australian Folktales

Australian Legendary Tales
Folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies
Features 31 Australian folktales

Author: Mrs. K. Langloh Parker
Published: 1896
Publisher: David Nutt.,270 - 271, Strand, London;
Melville, Mulle & Slade, Melbourne

1.Dinewan the emu, and Goomblegubbon the bustard

2.The Galah, and Oolah the lizard

3.Bahloo the moon and the daens

4.The origin of the Narran Lake

5.Gooloo the magpie, and the Wahroogah

6.The Weeoonibeens and the Piggiebillah

7.Bootoolgah the crane and Goonur the kangaroo rat, the fire makers

8.Weedah the mocking bird

9.The Gwineeboos the redbreasts

10.Meamei the seven sisters

11.The Cookooburrahs and the Goolahgool

12.The Mayamah

13.The Bunbundoolooeys

14.Oongnairwah and Guinarey

15.Narahdarn the bat

16.Mullyangah the morning star

17.Goomblegubbon, Beeargah, and Ouyan

18.Mooregoo the Mopoke, and Bahloo the moon

19.Ouyan the Curlew

20.Dinewan the emu, and Wahn the crows

21.Goolahwilleel the topknot pigeons

22.Goonur, the woman-doctor

23.Deereeree the wagtail, and the rainbow

24.Mooregoo the mopoke, and Mooninguggahgul the mosquito bird

25.Bougoodoogahdah the rain bird

26.The Borah of Byamee

27.Bunnyyarl the flies and Wurrunnunnah the bees

28.Deegeenboyah the soldier-bird

29.Mayrah, the wind that blows the winter away

30.Wayambeh the turtle

31.Wirreenun the rainmaker

European folktales

1. The two brothers and the white-bearded old man

2. The nightingale

3. The wonderful hair

4. Prince Kindhearted

5. "It is quite true!"

6. Brabo and the giant

7. The tale of the pointer tray

8. The tale of the snow and the steeple

9. The toy-goose

10. The Cat and the Cock

The Laughing Prince - Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales

Notes: Contains 14 folktales of the Slavic people.

Author: Parker Fillmore
Published: 1921
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace And Company, USA

1.The Laughing Prince - The Story of the Boy Who Could Talk Nonsense

2.Beauty and the Horns - The Story of an Enchanted Maiden

3.The Pigeon's Bride - The Story of a Princess Who Kissed and Told

4.The Little Lame Fox - The Story of the Youngest Brother Who Found the Magic Grape-Vine and Married the Golden Maiden

5.The Enchanted Peafowl - The Story of the Golden Apples, the Wicked Dragon, and the Magic Horse

6.The Dragon's Strength - The Story of the Youngest Prince Who Killed the Sparrow

7.The Little Singing Frog - The Story of a Girl Whose Parents were Ashamed of Her

8.The Nightingale in the Mosque - The Story of the Sultan's Youngest Son and the Princess Flower o' the World

9.The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good

10.The Wonderful Hair - The Story of a Poor Man Who Dreamed of an Angel

11.The Best Wish - The Story of Three Brothers and an Angel

12.The Vilas' Spring - The Story of the Brother Who Knew that Good was Stronger than Evil

13.Lord and Master - The Story of the Man Who Understood the Language of the Animals

14.The Silver Tracks - The Story of the Poor Man Who Befriended a Beggar

Old French fairy tales

Notes: The book contains 5 long French folktales. Each story has several chapters.

Author: Comtesse de Ségur
Published: 1920
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia

I. Blondine, Bonne-Biche, Beau-Minon

1.Blondine

2.Blondine Lost

3.The Forest of Lilacs

4.Blondine's Awakening—Beau-Minon

5.Bonne-Biche

6.Blondine's Second Awakening

7.The Parrot

8.Repentance

9.The Tortoise

10.The Journey and Arrival

II. Gool little Henry

1.The Poor Sick Mother

2.The Crow, the Cock, and the Frog

III. Princess Rosette

1.The Farm

2.Rosette at the Court of the King Her Father

3.Family Council

4.Second Day of the Festival

5.Third and Last Day of the Festival

IV. The little grey mouse

1.The Little House

2.The Fairy Detestable

3.The Prince Gracious

4.The Tree in the Rotunda

5.The Casket

V. Ourson

1.The Lark and the Toad

2.Birth and Infancy of Ourson

3.Violette

4.The Dream

5.The Toad Again

6.Violette's Sacrifice

7.The Wild Boar

8.The Conration

9.The Well

10.The Farm—The Castle—The Forge

11.The Sacrifice

12.The Combat

13.The Recompense

Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen

Notes: Contains 20 folktales of the Slavic people. Originally published in french.

Author: Alexander Chodsko
Translator: Emily J. Harding
Published: 1896
Publisher: George Allen, London

The Russian Garland - Being Russian Folk Tales

Notes: Contains 17 Russian folktales, gathered form various Russian booklets.

Author: Various
Editor: Robert Steele
Published: 1916(US)
Publisher: A. M. Philpot, Limited, London; Robert M. McBride, NY

0 .Preface

1.Story of Lyubim Tsarevich and the Winged Wolf

2.Story of the most wonderful and noble Self-Playing Harp

3.The Seven Brothers Simeon

4.Story of Ivan, the Peasant's Son

5.Story of the Golden Mountain

6.Iliya of Murom and the Robber Nightingale

7.The Renowned Hero, Bova Korolevich and the Princess Drushnevna

8.The Mild Man and his Cantankerous Wife

9.Story of the Duck with Golden Eggs

10.Story of Bulat the Brave Companion

11.Story of Prince Malandrach and the Princess Salikalla

12.Story of a Shoemaker and his Servant Prituitshkin

13.Emelyan, the Fool

14.The Judgment of Shemyaka

15.Story of Prince Peter with the Golden Keys, and the Princess Magilene

16.Sila Tsarevich and Ivashka with the White Smock

17.Story of the Knight Yaroslav Lasarevich and the Princess Anastasia

Celtic Fairy Tales

Notes: Contains 26 folktales of the Celtic people.

Author: Joseph Jacobs
Published: 1892
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, London

0.Preface

1.Connla and the fairy maiden

2.Guleesh

3.The field of Bolianus

4.The horned women

5.Conal Yellowclaw

6.Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

7.The Shepherd of Myddvai

8.The sprightly tailor

9.The story of Deirdre

10.Munachar and Manachar

11.Gold-tree and Silver-tree

12.King O'Toole and his goose

13.The wooing of Olwen

14.Jack and his comrades

15.The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire

16.The story-teller at fault

17.The sea-maiden

18.A legend of Knockmany

19.Fair, Brown, and Trembling

20.Jack and his master

21.Beth Gellert

22.The tale of Ivan

23.Andrew Coffey

24.The battle of the birds

25.Brewery of eggshells

26.The lad with the goat-skin

Welsh Fairy-Tales And Other Stories

Notes: This book holds 24 Welsh folktales. The last six are not from welsh sources.

Editor: P. H. Emerson
Published: 1894
Publisher: D. Nutt, London

Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes
Spanish and Portuguese Folklore

Notes: The book contains 21 folktales from Spain and Portugal.

Author: Charles Sellers
Published: 1888
Publisher: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C.
Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co., London

0.Preface

1.The Ingenious Student

6.A Legend of St. Bartholomew

7.The White Cat of Ecija

8.The Church Auctioneer and Clown of Villar

9.The Wise King of Leon

10.The Cobbler of Burgos

11.Barbara, the Grazier's Wife