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Tuko and the Birds

A Tale from the Philippines

by Climo, Shirley

When Tuko the gecko cries so loudly that the birds stop singing and cannot sleep, they try to trick him into moving from their home on the Philippine island of...

A Treasury of Princesses

Princess Tales from Around the World

by Climo, Shirley & Sanderson, Ruth

Presents retellings of seldom-heard princess tales, featuring such heroines as White Jade, Gulnara, and Vasilisa the Frog Princess. A discussion of princess lo...

The Irish Cinderlad

by Climo, Shirley & Krupinski, Loretta

Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmother and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.

The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb

A Mexican Fable

by Climo, Shirley & Mora, Francisco

A small red ant finds a crumb in a Mexican cornfield, but she is afraid that she lacks the strength to move it herself and goes off to find an animal that can.

Stolen Thunder

A Norse Myth

by Climo, Shirley & Koshkin, Alexander

Retells the Norse myth about the God of Thunder and his recovery of his magic hammer, Mjolnir, from the Frost Giant, Thrym.