Frank Carlson Library

A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.

A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.

Twelve tales of African and Afro-American origin include "How God Made the Butterflies," "The Girl With the Large Eyes," "Stagolee," and "People Who Could Fly."

A collection of well-known tales, retold from a Hispanic American perspective.

Classic children's stories retold with warmth and humor.

Retells the well-known tales of Chicken Licken, Little Red Riding Hood, The sly fox and the little red hen, Jack and the beanstalk, The elves and the shoemaker.

Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.

Strega Nona: "Never go near my cooking pot," warns old witch Strega Nona. But does Big Anthony listen? No! Joseph had a little overcoat: Joseph loves his little overcoat, but it's getting old and worn. What can he do with it now? Stone soup: When three soldiers come to town, all the townsfolk hide their food. If the soldiers can't find any food, what will they eat? Stone soup, of course!

"The wind in the willows": One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. "Ugly duckling": A duckling hatches, but he is not like the rest of his family. Where the other ducklings quack, he honks. He's soon made fun of. He ventures out and finds a birds nest and a duck decoy, but neither accept him. It's not until a family of swans comes by that he has...