THE FOOLS OF CHELM
First edition in English of this slapstick tale for children derived from Jewish folklore, written before Singer's Nobel Prize win.
First edition in English of this slapstick tale for children derived from Jewish folklore, written before Singer's Nobel Prize win.
First printing of this collection of 15 Jewish folk tales from around the world, with vibrant illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Uri Shulevitz.
First printing of this collection of 25 Indian folk tales, funny, intense, and magical, illustrated early in Jerry Pinkney's vibrant career.
First printing in English of this retelling of the Jewish folktale, with attractive illustrations by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Uri Shulevitz.
Inscribed early printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser.
First printing of this Newbery Honor-winning collection of 25 stories of beginnings, with vibrant and evocative illustrations by Barry Moser – with autograph note from Virginia Hamilton laid in.
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.
First edition of this collection of twenty-six tales gathered by folklorist Harold Courlander, with charming illustrations.
First edition of this I Can Read Book, retelling an old folk tale and wonderfully illustrated in color by the author.
US-printed anthology of children's stories "told in prose by E. Veale," including a number of Palmer Cox Brownie stories.
First American edition of this collection of stories of the Nyanza people of Kenya, owned and annotated by noted storyteller/folklorist Diane Wolkstein.
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding, of this children's classic with twelve myths about the origins of the animals, illustrated by the author himself.
Junior Literary Guild edition of this Irish fantasy, in which young Patsy O'Flaherty plans to make a fortune capturing leprechauns.
Second edition, a lavishly illustrated survey in Dutch of myths and legends from Egypt, Greece, India, Scandinavia, and more.