Further Reading Book List for Folktales Around the World
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Chukfi Rabbit's Big, Bad Bellyache by Greg Rodgers
- How Raven Got His Crooked Nose by Barbara J Atwater, Ethan J Atwater
- How Raven Stole the Sun by Maria Williams
- How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam by Rob Cleveland (460L)
- It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
- Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
- Kuku and Mwewe: A Swahili Folktale by Marta Munte Vidal, Jon Brokenbrow
- One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi (890L)
- Quill Soup by Alan Durant
- Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott
- The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folktale by Lucia M. Gonzalez
- 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
- The Owl and the Two Rabbits by Nadia Sammurtok
- Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale by Ruby Dee, Susan Meddaugh
- Waa'ka: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun by Cindi Alvitre
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