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    Bibliography - Folk and Fairy Tales

    Africa

  • Abrahams, Roger D., reteller.  African Folktales.  New York:  Random House, 1983.
  • Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper.  The Adventures of Spider:  West African Folk Tales.  1964.
  • Carpenter, Frances.  African Wonder Tales.  Doubleday & Co., 1963
  • Courlander, Harold & Herzog, George. A Treasury of African Folklore.  NY.:  Crown Publishers, 1975.
  • ______.     The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories.  Holt, 1947.
  • ______.  The King’s Drum and Other African Stories. NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1962.
  • Greaves, Nick. When Hippo was Hairy and Other Tales from Africa.  Barron’s Educational Series, Inc., 1988.
  • Heady, Eleanor B. When the stones were soft; East African fireside tales, Illus. by Tom Feelings. New York,           Funk & Wagnalls, 1968
  • Ingpen, Robert & Hayes, Barbara. Folk Tales and Fables of the Middle East and Africa. Chelsea House, 1994.
  • McIntosh, Gavin. Hausaland Tales from the Nigerian Marketplace.   Northhaven, CT: Linnet Books / The Shoestring Press, Inc., 2002.
  • Medlicott, Mary, ed.  Tales from Africa.    NY: Kingfisher, 1995.
  • Walker, Barbara. The Dancing Palm Tree and Other Nigerian Folk Tales. Texas Tech U Press, 1990.
  • __________.  Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah and Other Tales of the Hoca.  Parents Magazine Press, 1967.
     

    • America

  • Battle, Kemp P. Great American Foklore: Legends, Tales, Ballads & Surperstitions from all across America. A Touchstrone Book / Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1986.
  • Brusca, Maria Christina & Wilson, Tona. When Jaguars Ate the Moon and Other Stories About Animals and Plants of the Americas.  Holt, 1995.
  • Burrison, John A., ed.  Storytellers - Folktales and Legends from the South.  University of  Georgia Press:  Athens, Georgia, 1989.
  • Cohn, Amy L. , ed. From sea to shining sea : a treasury of American folklore and folk  illustrated by Molly Bang ... et al. New  York : Scholastic, 1993.
  • Dockery-Young, Richard and Judy.  Ozark Tall Tales.  Little Rock, Ark.:  August House, 1989.
  • DeSpain, Pleasant. Sweet Land of Stories: Thirty-six American Tales to Tell.  Little Rock, Ark.: August House,     2000
  • Haley, Gail E.  Mountain Jack Tales.  New York:  Dutton, 1992.
  • Harris, Jowl Chandler.  The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus.  Houghton Mifflin, 1995.
  • ___________.  More Tales of Uncle Remus:  Further Adventures of  Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others.  Dial, 1988.
  • ___________.  American Tall Tales.  Knoph, 1991.
  • MacDonald, Margaret Read.  Gost Stories From the Pacific Northwest.  Little Rock, Ark.:  August House, 1995.
  • Minard, Rosemary, ed.  American Tall Tales.  Knopf, 1991.
  • Philip, Neil, ed.  American Fairy Tales:  From Rip Van Winkle to the Rutabaga Stories.  NY.: Hyperion, 1996.
  • San Souci, Robert D.  Cut from the Same Cloth:  American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale.  Philomel, 1993.
  • Saxbey, Maurice, reteller. The Great Deeds of Superheroes.  New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989.
  • ___________.  American Tall Tales.  Penguin, 1976.
  • Stoutenberg, Adrien.  American Tall Tales.  Penguin, 1976.
  • Wood, Nancy.  The Girl Who Love Coyote:  Stories of the Southwest.  Morrow, 1995.
  • Smith, Jimmy Neil, ed.  Homespun:  Tales from America’s Favorite Storytellers.  NY:  Crown, 1998.
  • Stewart, Finley.  Best Stories From the Texas Storytelling Festival.  Little Rock Ark:  August House Publishers, 1995.
  • Zeitlin, Steven J., Amy J. Kotkin, and Holly Cutting Baker. A Celebration of American Family Folklore. Pantheon Books, 1982.
  • Zipes, Jack, ed.  Don’t Bet On the  Prince:  Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America.  NY:  Methuen, 1986.

    • African American

  • Abrahams, Roger D. African American Folktales: Stories from the Black Traditions in the New World. Pantheon, 1985.
  • Hamiliton, Virginia. When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing:  The Adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and Their Friends. New York: The Blue Sky Press (Scholastic), 1996.
  • Hamiliton, Virginia.  Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Stories.  New York: The Blue Sky Press (Scholastic), 1995.
  • Hamiliton, Virginia.  The People Could Fly:  American Black Folktales.  NY:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
  • Hamilton, Virginia. A ring of tricksters : animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa  illustrated by Barry Moser. New York : Blue Sky Press, c1997.
  • Lester, Julius.  How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?  and Other Tales.  Scholastic, 1989.
  • Lester, Julius.  More Tales of Uncle Remus:  Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others.  Dial, 1988.
  • Lester, Julius. The Knee-High Man and Other Tales.  Dial, 1972.
  • Lester, Julius.  The Last Tales of Uncle Remus.  Dial, 1994.
  • MacFarlan, Allen. ed. Native American Tales and Legends. New York. Dover Publishing New York. 1968
  • Parks, Van Dyke.  Jump Again!  More Adventures of Brer Rabbit.  Harcourt Brace, 1987.
  • Parks, Van Dyke.  Jump on Over! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and His Family.  Harcourt Brace, 1989.
  • Parks, Van Dyke & Malcolm Jones.  Jump!  The Adventures of Brer Rabbit.  Harcourt Brace, 1986.
  • Vernon, Hugh. African American Tales. New York. Dover Publishing. 1999

    • Native American and First Nations of Canada

  • Bemister, Margaret, reteller.  30 Indian Legends of Canada.  Vancouver B.C.:  JJ Douglas LTD, 1973.
  • Bruchac, Joseph.  The Boy Who Lived with the Bears and Other Iroquois Stories.  Harper Collins, 1995.
  • Bruchac, Joseph,  Native American animal stories / told by Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Vine DeLoria, Jr. ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1992
  • Curry, Jane. The Wonderful Sky Boat and Other Native American Tales of the Southwest. New York. M. K. McElderry Books, 2001
  • Erdoes, Richard and Alfons Ortiz.  American Indian Myths and Legends.  NY:  Pantheon Books, 1984
  • Hamilton, Martha. Is My Friend Home: Pueblo Fireside Tales. New York. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001
  • Hausman, Gerald.  Coyote Walks on Two Legs:  A Book of Navajo Myths and Legends.  Putman, 1994
  • __________.  How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet:  Native American Animal Origin Stories.   Harper Collins, 1995
  • Martin, Eva. Tales of the Far North  pictures by László Gál. New York : Dial Books, 1986, c1984.
  • Mayo, Gretchen Will.  Earthmaker’s Tales:  North American Indian Stories from Earth  Happenings. Wlker, 1989.
  • Manitonquat.  The Children of the Morning Light:  Wampanoag Tales.  Macmillion, 1994.
  • Monroe, Jean Guard & Ray A. Williamson.  The Dance in the Sky:  Native American Star Myths.  Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
  • Norman, Howard.  How Glooscap Outwits the Ice Giants and Other Tales of the Maritime Indians.  Little, Brown, 1989
  • __________.  Northern Tales:  Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian People.  NY:  Pantheon Books, 1990.
  • Running, Corinne. When Coyote walked the earth; Indian tales of the Pacific Northwest. Illus. by Richard Bennett. New York, H. Holt [1949]
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    • British Isles

  • Briggs, Katherine M.  British Folk Tales and Legends: A Sampler.  London:  Paladin, 1977.
  • Croker, T. Crofton.  Fairy & Folk Tales of  Ireland.  Macmillan Co., 1973.
  • Crossley-Holland.  British Folk Tales: New Versions.  London and New York: Orchard Books, 1987.
  • Dorson, Richard. Folktales of England. 1965.
  • Glassie, Henry, ed.  Irish Folktales.  NY:  Pantheon Books, 1985.
  • Jacobs, Joseph.  British Folktales.
  • McNek, Heather. The Celtic Breeze: Stories of the Otherworld from Scottland, Ireland and Wales. Colorado. Libraries Unlimited,  2001
  • Philip, Neil.  The Penguin Book of English Foktales. Penguin Books, 1992.
  • Rolleston, T.W.  Celtic Myths and Legends.  NY:  Dover Publications, Inc, 1990.
  • Stewart, Sue, ed. A World of Folk Tales: from multi-cultural Scotland. Aberdeen: Scottish  Cultural Press, 1996.
  • Swinson, Cyril. Ed. Twenty Scottish Tales and Legends.  New York. Hippocrene Books Inc. 1998
  • Wilson, Barbara Ker.  Scottish Folk-Tales and Legends.  Walck, 1954.
  • Yeats, W.B.  ed.  Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland.  NY:  Touchstone, 1973.

    • Central and South America

  • Brusca, María Cristina.  When jaguars ate the moon : and other stories about animals and plants of the Americas / retold by María Cristina Brusca and Toña Wilson ; illustrated by María Cristina Brusca. New York : Holt, 1995
  • Dorson, Mercedes, and Jeanne Wilmot, retellers. Tales from the Rain Forest: Myths and Legends from the Amazonian Indians of Brazil. Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1997.
  • Finger, Charles.  Tales from Silver Lands.  Doubleday, 1924.
  • Spence, Lewis.  The Myths Of Mexico and Peru.  NY:  Dover Publications, Inc. 1994.
  • Virgil, Angel. The Eagle on the Cactus: Traditional Stories from Mexico. Colorado. Libraries Unlimited, 2001

    • China

  • Nianpei, Li.  Old Tales of China: China's most well-known folklores, legends, myths & historical anecdotes. The Commercial Press, 1989.
  • Yee, Paul.  Tales from Gold Mountain.  Macmillan, 1990.
  • Yi, Ying, translator.  Folktales and Legends of the Dai People:  The Thai Lue in Yunnan, China.  D D Brooks, 1992.

    • Eastern Europe

  • Philip, Neil. ed. Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe.  England: Liber Press, 1991.
  • Marshall, Bonnie C. Tales From The Heart Of The Balkans.I Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
  • Suwyn, Barbara J. Reteller. The Magic Egg and Other Tales form Ukraine. Colorado, Libraries Unlimited. 1998

    • France

  • Zipes, Jack ed. Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales. New York: Meridian / Penguin, 1989.

    • Greek & Roman

  • Graves, Robert.  The Greek Myths:  Complete Edition.  NY:  Penguin Books, 1960.
  • Humphries, Rolfe, translator.  Ovid’s Metamorphosis.   Bloomington In.:  Indiana University Press, 1973.
  • Smith-McBride, Barbra. Greek Myths Western Style: Toga Tales with an Attitude. Little Rock, Ark.: August House. 2001
  • Wolkstein, Diane. The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folk Tales. NY: Alfred  A. Knopf, 1978.

    • India

  • Beck, Brenda E. F., ed.  Folktales of India.  The University of Chicago Press, 1987.  (from same series also:  Chile, China Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece,  Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, and Norway.)
  • Ramanujan, A.K. ed.  Folktales From India.  NY:  Pantheon Books,  1991.

    • Italy

  • Galvino, Italo.  reteller.  Italian Folktales.  NY:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1980.
  • Malpezzi, Frances and Clements, William. Italian-American Folklore: Proverbs, Songs, Games, Folktales, Foodways, Superstitions, Folk Remedies and More. Little Rock, Ark.: August House. 2001

    • Jamaica

  • Sherlock, Philip M.  Anansi the Spider Man:  Jamaican Folk Tales.  Crowell/Harper & Collins, 1954.

    • Japan

  • Tyler,  Royall, ed & translator. Japanese Tales.  NY:  Pantheon Books, Fairytale and Folklore Library, 1987.
  • Uchida, Yoshiko.  The Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales.  Harcourt Brace, 1949.

    • Jewish

  • Ausubel, Nathan, ed. A Treasury of Jewish Folklore. Crown Books, 1989.
  • Schwartz, Howard. Elijah's Violin & Other Jewish Fairy Tales. Harper Colophon Books, 1983.
  • Schwartz, Howard & Barbara Rush.  The Diamond Tree:  Jewish Tales from Around the World.  Harper Collins, 1991.
  • Singer, Isaac Bashevis.  Stories For Children.  NY:  Farrar/Straus/Giroux, 1962.
  • Korea
  • Curry, Lindy Soon.  A Tiger By The Tail and Other Storiess From the Heart of Korea.  Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
  • Latin America
  • Delacre, Lulu.  Golden Tales:  Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America.  NY:  Scholastic Press, 1996.
  • Madrigal, Antonio Hernandez. The Eagle and The Rainbow: Timeless Tales from Mexico.   Golden, CO.: Fulcrum Kids, 1997
  • Mohr, Nicholasa.  The Song of el Coqui and Other Tales of Puerto Rico.  Viking, 1995.

    • Russia

  • Chandler, Robert, translator.  Russian Folk Tales.  New York:  Random House, 1984.
  • Riordan, James.  The Sun Maiden and The Crescent Moon: Siberian Folk Tales. New York:  Interlink Books, 1989.

  • Scandinavian

  • Blecker, Lone Thygesen & Blecher, George, eds.  Swedish Folktales and Legends.   New York:  Pantheon, 1993.
  • Osborne, Mary Pope, reteller. Favorite Norse Myths.  Scholastic, Inc., 1996.
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  • South East Asia
  • Garland, Sherry. Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales form Vietnam. SanDiego. Harcourt. Inc, 2001
  • Lindell, Kristina.  Folk Tales from Kammu -V:  A Young Storyteller’s Tales.  Curzon Press,  1995.
  • MacDonald, Margaret Read, ed.  Thai Tales:  Folktales of Thailand.  Retold by Supaporn Vathanaprida.  Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
  • Vuong, Lynette Dyer.    The Brocaded Slipper and Other Vietnamese Tales.  Harper Collins 1991.
  • Vuong, Lynette Dyer,   Sky legends of Vietnam  illustrated by Vo-Dinh Mai. New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1993
  • Miscellaneous
  • Adler, Naomi, reteller.  The Dial Book of Animal Tales From Around the World.  Illustrated by Amanda Hall.  New York: Dial Books for Young Readers,  1996.
  • Barchers, Suzanne. Wise Women: Folk & Fairy Tales from Around the World.  Libraries Unlimited, 1990.
  • Best Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival.  Jonesborough, TN.:   National Storytelling Press, 1991
  • Brody, Ed, Jay Goldspinner, Katie Green, Rona Leventhal, and John Porcino, eds.  Spinning Tales Weaving Hope:  Stories Of Peace, Justice, and the Environment.  Philadelphia, Pa.: New Society Publishers, 1992.
  • Carter, Angela.   The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book.  Pantheon Fairytale and Foklore Library, 1990.
  • Chase, Richard. Grandfather Tales.  Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
  • Chinen, Allan B. In the Ever After: Fairy Tales and the Second Half of Life. Chiron, 1989.
  • Clarkson, Atelia, and Gilbert B. Cross, reteller. World Folktales:  A Scribner Resource Collection.  NY:  Charles Scibner’s Sons, 1980.
  • Climo, Shirley, reteller. A Treasury of Princesses: Princess Stories From Around The World.   Harper Collins, Pubs., 1996.
  • Cole, Joanna.  Best-Loved Folk-Tales of the World.  Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1982.
  • Colwell, Eileen.  A Storytellers Choice.  NY:  Henry Z.  Walch Inc.  1963.
  • ___________.  A Second Storytellers Choice.  NY:  Henry Z.  Walch Inc.  1964.
  • Creeden, Sharon.  Fair is Fair: World Folktales of Justice.  August House, 1994.
  • DeSpain, Pleasant. Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell. August House, 1993.
  • ______________ .  Twenty-two Splendid Tales To Tell From Around The  World.  Little Rock, Ark:  August House Publishers Inc., 1994.
  • Edwards, Carolyn McVicar.  The Storytellers Goddess.  NY:  HarperCollins Publishers, 1991.
  • Evets-Secker, Josephine, reteller.  The Barefoot Book of Father and Son Tales.  NY: Barefoot Books, 1999
  • Feldman, Christina, and Jack Kornfield, eds. Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart.  San Francisco:  HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
  •  Forgey, William, MD.  Campfire Stories… Things That Go Bump In The Night.  Old Saybrook Conn.:  Gobe Pequot Press,1985
  • Grindley, Sally.  Breaking the Spell: Tales of Enchantment.   Kingfisher, 1997.
  • Grimm Brothers.  Household Stories of the Brothers Grimm. NY: Dover, 1886/1963
  • ________.  The Juniper Tree and Other Tales.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973.
  • Hallett, Martin, and Barbara Karasek, eds. Folk and Fairy Tales. Lewiston NY: Broadview Press Ltd., 1991.
  • Hausman, Gerald & Loretta, eds. Cats of Myth: Tales from Around the World.  NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
  • Hausman, Gerald & Loretta, eds. Dogs of Myth: Tales from Around the World.  NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999.
  • Hamilton, Martha and Mitch Weiss.  Through the Grapevine: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell.  Little Rock, AK: August House, 2001.
  • Hamilton, Martha. How and Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read and Tell. Little Rock, Ark.: August House, 1999
  • Hamilton, Martha. Noodlehead Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read and Tell. Little Rock, Ark.: August House, 2000
  • Hamilton, Virginia.  The Dark Way: Stories from the Spirit World.  Harcourt Brace, 1990
  • __________. In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World.  New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
  • Livo, Norma J., reteller. Troubadour's storybag: Musical Folktales of the World. Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing, 1996
  • MacDonald, Margaret Read. Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the  Beginning Storyteller. H.W. Wilson, 1986.
  • __________.  Earth Care:  World Folktales to Talk About.  NewHaven Conn.:  Linnet Books, 1999.
  • __________. Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About. Shoe String Press,
  • Mayo, Margaret, reteller. When The World Was Young: Creation and Pour quoi Tales. Simon  & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996.
  • McCaughren, Geraldine, ed. The Silver Treasure: Myths and Legends of the World. New York:  Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1995.
  • Mills, Lauren, ed. The Book of Little Folk: Faerystories and Poems from Around the World.  New York: Dial Books, 1997.
  • Minard, Rosemary, ed.  Womenfolk and Fairytales.  Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
  • Muten, Burleigh, reteller.  The Lady of Ten Thousand Names:  Goddess Stories from Many Cutlures. NY: Barefoot Books, 2001.
  • Phelps, Ethel Johnston. The Maid of the North: Feminist Folktales From Around the World.  Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981.
  • Ponsot, Marie. translater.   The Golden Book of Fairy Tales.  NY: Golden Books, 1999.
  • Ragan, Kathleen, ed.  Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters.  NY:  W.W. Norton and Company, 1998.
  • Ryan, Patrick, reteller.  Shakespeare's Storybook: Folk Tales That Inspired the Bard.  NY: Barefoot Books, 2001
  • San Souci, Robert D. Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale. NY: Pholomel Books, 1993.
  • Shannon, George.    More Stories to Solve:  Fifteen Folktales from Around the World.  Greenwillow, 1990.
  • __________. Stories to Solve:  Fifteen Folktales from Around the World.  Greenwillow Press, 1985.
  • Sherman, Josepha.  Once Upon a Galaxy.  Little Rock, Ark:  August House Publishers Inc.  1994.
  • __________.  Trickster Tales: Forty Fok Stories from Around the World. August House, 1996.
  • Sierra, Judy. Multicultural Folktales: stories to tell young children. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press,  1991.
  • Spalding, Andrea.  reteller. A world of stories : folktales  illustrated by Gillian Campbell. Red Deer, Alta: Red Deer College Press, 1989.
  • Sproul, Barbara, C.  Primal Myths:  Creation Myths Around the World.  NY: Harper Collins, 1991.
  • Stern, Anita.  World Folktales: An anthology of multicultural folk literature. National Text Book Co. 1994.
  • Tchana, Katrin. reteller.  The Serpent Slayer: and other Stories of Strong Women.  NY: Little, Brown & Co. 2000
  • Yollen, Jane, ed.  Favorite Folktales from Around the World.  New York:  Pantheon, 1986.
  • ______________  Not One Damseal in Distress:  World Folktales for Strong Girls.  NY: Silver Whistle / Harcourt, 2000.
  • ______________ Grey Heroes: elder Tales from Around the World. Penguin, 1999.
  • Yollen, Jane and Heidi E. Y. Stemple. Mirror, Mirror: Forty Folktales for Mothers & Daughters to Share.  Viking, 2000.
  • Zipes, Jack, ed.  Spells of Enchantment.
  • __________ ed. The Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight: a Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales. New York: Bantam Books, 1994.
 
  • Motif indexes and Source books
  • When searching for multiple versions of particular stories it is often helpful to consult the motif indexes and sourcebooks available in your local library.  These will help you know the perameters of the traditional ways a story has been told.
  • Aarne, Antti. The Types of the Folk-Tale: A Classification and Bibliography. Burt Franklin. New York; 1971  (Ref GR 40 A1513 1971)
  • Eastman, Mary. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends. F.W. Faxon Company. Boston; 1926 (Ref GR 550 E17 1926)
  • MacDonald, Margaret Read. Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook. Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher. Chicago; 1999 (Ref GR 72.3 T73 1999)
  • MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Storytellers Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to folklore Collections for Children. Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc. Michigan; 1982 (Ref GR 74.6 M3)
  • Schimmel, Nancy. Just Enough to Make a Story; A Sourcebook for Storytelling. Sisters Choice Press. Berkley California; 1996
  • Sierra, Judy. Storytellers’ Research Guide, Folktales, Myth’s, and Legends. Folkprint. Oregon; 1996 (938.2072 Sierra 1996)