Further Reading Book List for Folktales Around the World
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Fish-Boy: An Inuit Folktale by Mike Blanc, Vanita Oelschlager
- Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim (560L)
- How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam by Rob Cleveland (460L)
- Kuku and Mwewe: A Swahili Folktale by Marta Munte Vidal, Jon Brokenbrow
- La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya
- One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi (890L)
- Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
- The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa by Cristina Kessler
- The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folktale by Lucia M. Gonzalez
- The Crane Girl by Curtis Manley
- The Fire Children: A West African Folktale by Eric Maddern, Frane Lessac
- The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale by Yumi Heo
- The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey by Demi
- Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale by Ruby Dee, Susan Meddaugh
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