How the Tiger Got Its Stripes
This special folktale from Vietnam tells how the tiger got its stripes.
Sif’s Golden Hair
Sif’s wonderful hair has been stolen by mischievous Loki. When he goes to the dwarves to replace it, he gets in over his head…
Sif’s Golden Hair
From D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths, by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire
Read by Lindsay
The Crocodile’s Treason
A drought has driven the animals of the veldt to find a new home. In order to get there alliances must be formed and treaties made…but what betrayals lie in store for the thirsty animals? Will you fall for the Crocodile’s tears? As part of our One World, Many Stories Summer Reading Festival, enjoy a tale from Africa.
Crocodile’s Treason
Unknown Author, African Folktale
Ready by Gia
Clever Oonagh
Fin is a hero in Irish legend, but even he is terrified when his enemy Cucullin stops by for a visit. Fortunately for Fin, his wife Oonagh is more than a match for the unsuspecting giant…
From “Clever Cooks,” compiled by Ellen Greene
Read by Lindsay
Stone Soup: a Swedish Folktale
A hungry traveler meets an old, stingy woman and asks for a food and a night’s lodging. The old woman says she has no food but the traveler is very smart and gets both food and a good night’s sleep. Listen to how the traveler cleverly gets both. A classic tale from Sweden.
Stone Soup: A Swedish Folktale
Read by Kathleen
Kate Crackernuts
Similar to The Twelve Dancing Princesses, this clever tale is about a prince, who seems to be wasting away during the day, and Kate, who cleverly figures out what’s wrong with him and how to cure him. With treacherous stepmothers, fairies, curses, and witches, this story has everything you’d want from a fairy tale.
Kate Crackernuts
From English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Read by Lindsay
How Maui Captured the Sun
In this Hawaiian folktale, Maui the demigod creates a longer day.
How Maui captured the sun
Read by Lin
La tortuga y el gallinazo
El gallinazo asistira a una reunion muy importante en lo mas alto del firmamento. La curiosa tortuga se embarca en una mision de asistir a esta misma reunion. Lograra llegar?
La tortuga y el gallinazo
En Fabulas del Otorongo, el Oso Hormiguero
y otros animales de la Amazonia
Por Luis Urteaga y Gredna Landolt
Voz de Noelia
Jabuti the Tortoise: a trickster tale from the Amazon
Jabuti, the tortoise, is a talented flute player everyone enjoys his music – except volture, who plays a wicked trick on Jabuti that will change his life forever.
Jabuti the Tortoise a Trickster Tale From the Amazon
Told and Illustrated by Gerald McDermott
Read by Noelia
