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Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie
“Billy Brown, having failed to heed his mother's warning to stay covered while he sleeps, awakens one morning to find his perfectly round brown belly button gone, and then tries to trick the Belly Button Beastie into giving it back.” — publisher
The steel pan man of Harlem
A mysterious man appears in Harlem and promises to rid the city of its rats by playing the steel pan drum. Includes an author's note about the origins of the story, the setting, and the history of steel drums
Paco and the giant chile plant
The desert of the southwestern United States is the unexpected setting for this retelling of the classic fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk
Can’t scare me!
A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two- headed giant's three-headed brother
Sivu’s six wishes: A Taoist Tale
Sivu, an African stonecarver, is not paid well for his work, but through his wishes to become more powerful and live as different people, like the mayor, and things, like the wind, he discovers where real power lies
The wise fool
A retelling of twenty-two Middle Eastern folktales about Mulla Nasreddin Hoca, a wise man remembered for his insightful and humorous stories.
The gift of gold
Here are all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale: a curse, a lucky gold pebble, an inquisitive little girl and, of course, a happy ending. The South African characters who help the girl along the way include traditional tribal people praying for rain, a friendly chameleon, and a misunderstood tokoloshe—a small ugly gremlin from African folklore
Abadeha
In this version of Cinderella, set in the Philippines, Abadeha endures abuse by her stepmother before being helped by the Spirit of the Forest and becoming the bride of the island chieftain's son
The magical tooth fairies
"The tooth fairies travel to Mexico to help a boy whose tooth has been stolen by parrots as McCavity and Dee Kay try to take back control of Tooth Fairy Town"--|cProvided by publisher
The fisherman and the turtle
A retelling of the Grimm tale about the fisherman's greedy wife, set in the land of the Aztecs.