Favorite Folktales from Around the World

Favorite Folktales from Around the World

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Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen

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Her Fearful Symmetry
It
Dazzling Diggers
Forest Born
Anansi Boys
The True Deceiver

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37 books

Me Short Stories

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The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Music for wartime
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights
Don't Look Now
Favorite Folktales from Around the World
You'll Enjoy It When You Get There: The Selected Stories of Elizabeth Taylor

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120 books

On The Road

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Waiting for Augusta
Lonesome Dove
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Turn South at the Second Bridge
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey Into the Heart of Russia
Adventures in Yellowstone: Early Travelers Tell Their Tales

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589 books

Adventure

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Shadow of a bull
Call It Courage
Blue highways
Holes
The greatest skating race
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
The Door in the Wall

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104 books

Philosophy

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Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Places That Scare You
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Civility

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124 books

Poverty

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Poor People
Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea
A Fine Balance
The Good Earth
The Last Shot
Material World: A Global Family Portrait
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

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353 books

Diversity

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Under My Hijab
Charlie Hernández and the League of Shadows
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes
Holi Colors
Africville
Blended

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85 books

Around The World

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Zen
The Arabian Nights
At the back of the North Wind
The Age of Innocence
The Quiet American
Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint
La Bohème

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305 books

Healing

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Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
The boy who grew flowers
The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit
Perrault's Fairy Tales
Skellig
Unbroken
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

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53 books

Serendipity

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Draft No. 4
Stuck
The Zoom Trilogy
Chapter Two Is Missing
Every Little Letter

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370 books

Animals

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Creature ABC
Pony island
Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual-Size Animal Encyclopedia
Butterflies And Moths
Bubble Homes & Fish Farts
About Penguins: A Guide for Children
Where Else in the Wild?

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90 books

Simplicity

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Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World
Story of a Soul
The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere
Silence
The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir
Essentialism
Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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350 books

Fiction

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Afterlife
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
The Black Kids
The Pull of the Stars
The Happy Ever After Playlist
28 Summers
The Music Shop

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105 books

Folk Tale

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The greedy sparrow
Perrault's Fairy Tales
The lion & the mouse
The Owl Service
Little Red Riding Hood
The Rock Maiden: A Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty

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151 books

Quest

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Buddha Da
The Great Failure
Holes
Bless Me, Ultima
The Second Journey: The Road Back to Yourself
Hometown Tales
The Cat Who Went to Heaven

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43 books

Magic

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My Friend Mr. Leakey
The Last Dragon
Music for Mister Moon
Half Magic
The Well-Wishers
Seven-Day Magic
Isle of You

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222 books

Humor

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The Uncommon Reader
Fearless Fourteen
Can't wait to get to heaven
Plato and a platypus walk into a bar--
A Redbird Christmas
The Egg and I
Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How To Get From Monday to Friday... in 12 Days

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374 books

Happiness

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How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing
Sarah, plain and tall
Hometown Tales
Can't wait to get to heaven
This I believe : the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women
Five Good Minutes

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273 books

Inspiration

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The World According To Mister Rogers
Dios Hara Algo Grande: God Is Up to Something Great
Too Busy To Count The Years
The Art of Noticing
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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185 books

Just For Fun

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Standing in the Rainbow
How Perfect Is That
Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip
Play
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Mister Magnolia
Silverlicious

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95 books

Old Age

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Emily, Alone
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Our Souls at Night
The Old Man and the Sea
How to live
How Not to Act Old
Old Bear

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145 books

Friendship

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The Farmer and the Monkey
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
Around the world in eighty days
The Pull of the Stars
The Girl and the Dinosaur
In a Jar

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170 books

Death

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The naming of Tishkin Silk
The story of a seagull and the cat who taught her to fly
Nothing
The Old Gringo
Midnight's Children
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
Unbroken

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707 books

Relationships

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The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century
Like Jake and Me
The Help
Still Alice
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Shortcomings
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

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80 books

Justice

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Just Mercy
Exit West
Ella Queen of Jazz
Marwan's Journey
God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
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