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Show FiltersThe magic pillow
A poor young boy in China yearns for wealth and power, until a magician gives him a magic pillow that brings dreams of what would happen if his wishes came true
Brush of the gods
During the Tang dynasty, master painter Wu Daozi creates an extraordinary mural for the Emperor
Angkat
A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a prince, is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue, returns to become queen
The Story of a Pumpkin
A childless couple become parents to a young pumpkin who seeks to be their son and work in their fields until the day he leaves home to find a wife.
The Wooden Sword
Impressed by a poor Jewish shoemaker's belief that God will ensure everything turns out as it should, a shah in Kabul, Afghanistan, devises a series of hardships to test the man's faith
Tunjur! Turnjur! Tunjur!
"There was once a woman who had a little pot for a child. Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! That was the sound the pot made as it rolled everywhere. Unfortunately the pot wasn’t old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. That naughty pot ran off with things that did not belong to her until she learned her lesson…the hard way! In this retelling of a Palestinian folktale, children will discover that there are consequences for taking things that don’t belong to them." -- publisher