Theme: Legend

The Helpful Elves

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

When the lazy people of Cologne go to sleep, the helpful elves do all their work. They measure and saw for the carpenter, knead and mix for the baker, carve and chop for the butcher, taste and pour for the winemaker, and snip and sew for the tailor. But no one ever sees them. Until [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Sita’s Ramayana

By Book Importer | Published: November 3, 2011

This version of The Ramayana is told from the perspective of Sita, the queen. After she, her husband Rama and his brother are exiled from their kingdom, Sita is captured by the proud and arrogant king Ravana and imprisoned in a garden across the ocean. Ravana never stops trying to convince Sita to be his [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Graphic Novel, India, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

By Book Importer | Published: November 2, 2011

The Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service, he pipes away their children as well.

Descriptors: Europe, Folklore, Germany, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Mouse Couple

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

A mouse couple, in search of the mightiest husband for their daughter, approach the sun, the clouds, the wind, and a butte, before the unexpected victor finally appears.

Descriptors: Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Ma’ii and Cousin Horned Toad

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

A lazy, conniving coyote take advantage of all his animal cousins until a horned toad teaches him a lesson he never forgets.

Descriptors: Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Dragons of Silk

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Four generations of Chinese and Chinese-American girls, beginning in 1835, are tied together by the tradition of raising silkworms and the legacy of the legendary Weaving Maid.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Tales from India: Stories of Creation and the Cosmos

By Book Importer | Published: September 26, 2011

Come on a journey with renowned storyteller Jamila Gavin as she writes of great floods, legendary romances, and epic battles between good and evil. This new collection of Hindu tales, including the birth of the gods, tales of creation, and the arrival of humans, is illuminated by Amanda Hall’s exquisite artwork, which reflects the influence [...]

Descriptors: Folklore, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myth, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Stone: A Persian Legend of the Magi

By Book Importer | Published: August 15, 2011

A retelling of the story told to Marco Polo about the Magi of Saveh, three wise men from a town in Persia, who followed a strange star and find a special child.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Iran, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Sindbad’s Secret

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

Sindbad the Sailor has escaped death many times and is planning to live the rest of his life on dry land. But the sea beckons, and he sets out for one final adventure. As he sails from a beautiful far-off land where people drink scented tea, a storm destroys the ship. Sindbad finds refuge on [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Iran, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Api and the Boy Stranger

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

In this Ivory Coast legend, Api and her family are repaid for their kindness to a stranger with a mysterious warning to leave their village and go to the other side of the river Amman.

Descriptors: Africa, Folklore, Ivy Coast, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment