HOW SNOWSHOE HARE RESCUED THE SUN
First printing of this adaptation of the Yuit folktale of a brave hare who is able to bring an end to winter even when his more fearsome fellow animals cannot.
First printing of this adaptation of the Yuit folktale of a brave hare who is able to bring an end to winter even when his more fearsome fellow animals cannot.
First printing of this retelling of the flood myth of the Huichol people of Mexico, illustrated in a style inspired by the traditional art of Central America.
First printing of this retelling of an Iriquois creation story, with luminous illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker.
First edition of this collection of twenty-six tales gathered by folklorist Harold Courlander, with charming illustrations.
First US edition of this retelling of the Australian Aboriginal tale of the mystical protector of the flying foxes.
First US edition of this collection of fables executed in the style of an Renaissance manuscript, a facsimile of Marie Angel's original work.
First trade edition of this stunningly illustrated collection of Aesop's fables: Detmold at his best.
First printing of this retelling of the myth of Atalanta, who refuses to marry unless her suitor can beat her in a foot race – with beautiful illustrations by award-winning artistic duo Leo and Diane Dillon.
First printing of "one of the first children's books to feature South American folktales from indigenous peoples" (Library of Congress) — inscribed by multiple-Pulitzer-winner Carl Sandburg, to whom the book is dedicated.
First printing of this classic collection of magical stories from Arabia, India, and Persia, retold with a younger audience in mind – with bookplate signed by Michael Foreman laid in.
First printing of this collection of Russian fables and folk tales, many of which feature humanized animals getting into fisticuffs.
First US edition of this magical collection of 12 tales from old Cornwall, populated by mermaids, spriggans, and witches.
First US edition of this magical collection of 12 tales from old Cornwall, populated by mermaids, spriggans, and witches.
First edition of this this magical collection of 12 tales from old Cornwall, populated by mermaids, spriggans, and witches.
First printing of this collection of beloved Japanese tales, including Momotaro and the Ogre of Rashomon.
First edition of this adaptation of an Armenian folk tale with great color illustrations by the author.
First edition of this collection of nine Native American stories, many featuring the trickster Coyote.
Signed first edition of this illustrated collection of moral tales and poems, including "The Honest Woodman," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Little Red Hen."
Second edition, a lavishly illustrated survey in Dutch of myths and legends from Egypt, Greece, India, Scandinavia, and more.
First printing of this retelling of an Inuit legend of a young shaman who sets out to find a missing caribou herd, illustrated in a style reminiscent of the Dillons.
First edition of this collection of nineteen traditional tales, collected by a westerner teaching in the Kasai district in the 1930s, and edited by her Congolese pupil.
Signed first printing of this vibrantly illustrated children's book, "a little fable about the senses, and about what is important to different people" (Hyman).
Updated and expanded edition with Rackham's illustrations, first published in 1898 but here published in a new deluxe format with new work by Rackham.
Inscribed later printing with an original watercolor by Yashima, this illustrated collection of Korean folk tales "changed, elaborated, and combined" these stories for an American audience.
Inscribed first printing of this wonderful story about John "Appleseed" Chapman, along with an inscribed copy of the proof.