This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.
Hunting and hunters
The Cow-Tail Switch: and Other West African Stories
Seventeen stories from West Africa including Cow-tail switch Kaddo’s wall, Talk, and others.
The Girl Who Wanted To Hunt: A Siberian Tale
A young girl uses her skills as a hunter to avenge her father’s death and to escape her evil stepmother.
Wolf Run: A Caribou Eskimo Tale
When the caribou herds fail to return in the spring, famine becomes so acute that a young Eskimo boy sets out alone in search of food.
Brave Jack And The Unicorn
Sent out into the world to find his missing older brothers, Jack does good deeds for helpless animals along the way, and they repay him when he poses as a suitor to try and save a princess from an evil magician.
Prince Silencio
When his son is born amid the clamor of a loud celebration, the King, who cannot tolerate noise, roars, ‘Silence’–which becomes the prince’s name.
Marushka’s Egg
Nine-year-old Marushka is sucked into a magic egg, where she is forced to be housekeeper to the witch Baba Yaga.