![Over Sea, Under Stone](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/141694964X.jpg?itok=Fc0DNsD1)
While on holiday, the Drew children Barney, Simon, and Jane find a map in a hidden room in the Cornwall house, involving them and their great uncle, Merry, in a struggle between good and evil steeped in Arthurian legend. The first in the Dark is Rising sequence, the entire series exudes a strong sense of place and traditional tales. (The sequence continues with The Dark is Rising (opens in a new window) followed by Greenwitch (opens in a new window), The Grey King (opens in a new window), and concludes with Silver on the Tree (opens in a new window).
Over Sea, Under Stone
![Boggart](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689869304.jpg?itok=sfpNd5mk)
When the Volnick family accidentally brings a Boggart home to Toronto from Scotland, the results are tumultuous and very funny. It’s up to Jess and Emily to figure out how to return the rascally spirit. The family meets the Boggart again on another visit to Scotland with similar outrageous results (which include a renowned water creature) in The Boggart & the Monster (opens in a new window). Both books are steeped in the magic and traditions of the region in which they are set.
Boggart
![The Closet Ghosts](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892392088.jpg?itok=ImN3Nybh)
Moving to a new place is hard enough without finding a bunch of mean, nasty ghosts in the closet. This looks like a job for Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god who can change shape in the blink of an eye and chase goblins, and demons away with his thundering voice. When Hanuman answers Anu’s plea for help, she rejoices — until she realizes those pesky ghosts don’t seem to be going anywhere. Uma Krishnaswami effortlessly weaves motifs from Indian mythology into this lively story.
The Closet Ghosts
![Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0208024840.jpg?itok=J7tPZBz-)
In this anthology, Krishnaswami has collected and retold 18 traditional tales which originated in the Indian subcontinent, all with female protagonists. Many of these simply told stories feature a heroine who must stand up for her beliefs…(E)very story is followed by a helpful note that provides context and cites sources. — Kirkus Reviews
Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India
![The Boy Who Cried Alien](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786838256.jpg?itok=v1fnhSen)
Larry, like the boy who cried wolf, is known for his prevarication. He winds up a hero, however, when he tells the truth about space aliens. Illustrations in comic book format and jazzy rhyming text and coded alien-speak are sure to tickle funny bones.
The Boy Who Cried Alien
![Can You See What I See? Once Upon a Time](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439617774.jpg?itok=swincVcF)
Visit places and meet the characters who lived “once upon a time” during a dramatic moment from a well-known fairy tale. Highly detailed photographs accompanied by rhyme guide readers’ eyes. This book is sure to encourage multiple examinations.
Can You See What I See? Once Upon a Time
![Boy of the Three Year Nap](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/039566957x_0.jpg?itok=cI9uOYbs)
Though Taro is known for his laziness, he is also clever and so finds a way to become wealthy. Realistic illustrations place Taro and his mother in a long ago Japan in this spritely retelling of a traditional trickster tale.
Boy of the Three Year Nap
![Adventure on Thunder Island](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/155028133X.jpg?itok=95hakI_r)
In this book, the supernatural is everywhere, and children of the Ojibwe First Nation learn the stories of their culture by living them — on a raft, catching a bird, or meeting a mysterious girl in the forest.
Adventure on Thunder Island
![Legends of the Iroquois](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570670560_1.jpg?itok=EyJ1LBmj)
This collection of familiar Iroquois stories, told by elder and tribal scholar Tehanetorens, is made unique by the fact that they are also told in pictographs. There is a short essay on picture writing, and many pages of translations of the symbols themselves, including those for each of the clans of the Six Nations. The non-pictograph illustrations, by Mohawk artist Kahionhes (John Fadden), expand the meaning and power of the stories. — Oyate
Legends of the Iroquois
![The Legend of Caribou Boy](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1894778715_0.jpg?itok=T8u4EZkh)
When a little boy, traveling with his parents and grandparents, has trouble sleeping at night, he realizes that the caribou spirit is so strong in him that he can no longer remain a human. But his connection to his human family is strong also, and so he gives them the gift of the caribou when they are hungry. John Blondin shares the story as told by his father, elder George Blondin (Dene). Bilingual English/Dogrib. — Oyate
The Legend of Caribou Boy
![Wopila: A Giveaway](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0938756443.jpg?itok=uLPtJjgE)
This audio collection of traditional Lakota stories is a giveaway, a way of returning the gift of the stories preserved by Lakota elders and grandparents to pass on the traditions and perspectives of their people. These stories, usually told on winter evenings, are intended to teach proper behavior or a moral lesson. Storyteller Dovie Thomason has carefully selected seven timeless Lakota stories to teach and entertain children and their parents.
Wopila: A Giveaway
![Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0789201607_0.jpg?itok=tMfG5gNk)
In this traditional Crow story, a great big monster climbs out of the lake and up the cliff to steal the mother Thunderbird’s young chicks each spring. This year she is determined to save them, but she needs human help. So she snatches up Brave Wolf while he is out hunting and carries him to her nest, where he comes up with a plan. (Tales of the People)
Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird
![Keepers of the Night: Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1555911773.jpg?itok=i08BMLU4)
In Native cultures, the night is a crucial part of the Great Circle and balance in the universe. In the tradition of the best-selling Keepers of the Earth and Keepers of the Animals, this collection offers unique ideas about understanding the natural world by looking at it through a nocturnal lens. Resources and activities include legends and myths, puppet shows, stargazing guides, campfire topics, and traditional dances.
Keepers of the Night: Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children
![Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803243235.jpg?itok=MI68rvm3)
A long time ago, fire belonged only to the animals in the land above, not to those on the earth below. Curlew, keeper of the sky world, guarded fire and kept it from the earth. Coyote, however, devised a clever plan to steal fire, aided by Grizzly Bear, Wren, Snake, Frog, Eagle, and Beaver. Beaver Steals Fire is an ancient and powerful tale springing from the hearts and experiences of the Salish people of Montana.
Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story
![The Little Red Hen](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547370180.jpg?itok=acgAYkQD)
Ever-popular tellings of familiar folktales have become modern classics and are again available, just right to share with younger children.
The Little Red Hen
![The Three Little Pigs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547370202.jpg?itok=A8AKe_zM)
Ever-popular tellings of familiar folktales have become modern classics and are again available, just right to share with younger children
The Three Little Pigs
![The Three Bears](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547370199.jpg?itok=27rYku5b)
Ever-popular tellings of familiar folktales have become modern classics and are again available, just right to share with younger children.
The Three Bears
![Monkey: A Trickster from India](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152165967.jpg?itok=SjZKb9qJ)
Monkey is quick-witted and so ably outsmarts dull crocodile in this simply told, lushly illustrated tale drawn from traditional tales told long ago in India.
Monkey: A Trickster from India
![Jack and the Beanstalk](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805087656.jpg?itok=lqoa5UKo)
The traditional tale of a boy who planted magic beans is reimagined as a city story of a spell broken. Illustrations are photographs that have been manipulated for good effect.
Jack and the Beanstalk
![Mouse and Lion](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545101476.jpg?itok=dVDfqh-9)
Dramatic, realistic illustrations set the fresh retelling of the familiar fable in Africa’s Kalahari.
Mouse and Lion
![I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: A Japanese Legend](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/156145589X.jpg?itok=rp8d__B4)
A cat befriends a monk and brings good fortune to his rundown temple in this handsomely illustrated retelling narrated by Tama, the feline hero.
I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: A Japanese Legend
![The Pied Piper of Hamelin](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763648248.jpg?itok=2X2DWphl)
In Hamelin town, the rich care only about themselves and so refuse to pay the piper who rids the town of the rats. The stirring (and happily resolved) tale is made fresh again.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
![When Turtle Grew Feathers: A Tale from the Choctaw Nation](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0874837774_0.jpg?itok=L0IMA4Xz)
Maybe you think you know the story of the big race between Rabbit and Turtle. Think again! In this story from the Choctaw People, Tim Tingle shows that it was not being slow and steady that won Turtle the big race — it was those feathers!
When Turtle Grew Feathers: A Tale from the Choctaw Nation
![The Butterfly Dance](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0789201615_0.jpg?itok=fmjVafdT)
This story chronicles one important day seen through the eyes of a young Hopi girl named Sihumana, or “Flower Maiden”, who is a member of the Rabbit Clan and winningly portrayed as a rabbit. After going with her grandfather to greet the sun and bless the day, Sihumana travels with her family to another village to take part in the traditional Butterfly Dance, performed late each summer in order to bring rain to the dry lands of the Southwest. (Tales of the People)