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Books in the Folk Tales genre:

Uncle Remus

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Author(s): Joel Chandler Harris
Illustrator(s): None

The King of the Golden River (1851)

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The Southwest Wind, Esq. pays a visit to Hans, Schwartz and Gluck and things are never the same. Third and later editions have a modified frontispiece wherein the goblin has a conventional nose instead of a “hooter.” Read online at Intern... View More

Author(s): John Ruskin
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1895)

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A two-volume collection of stories and essays, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
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Rip Van Winkle (1921)

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Out hunting, Rip plays at bowls with the men of the mountains and drinks too deeply of their liquor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Paul Bunyan (1925)

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The legendary Paul Bunyan was an inventor and orator, and an industrialist whose labors surpassed those of Hercules. He ruled American life in the period between the Winter of the Blue Snow and the Spring That the Rain Came Up From China. Read online... View More

Author(s): James Stevens
Illustrator(s): Allen Lewis

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Black Folk Tales (1928)

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Thirteen Hausa folktales from Nigeria, retold and also illustrated by Erick Berry.

Author(s): Erick Berry
Illustrator(s): Erick Berry

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1928)

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The fearful ride of Ichabod Crane and his encounter with the headless horseman has entered American folklore.

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Millions of Cats (1928)

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An elderly couple realize they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat, so her husband sets off in search of one. Each seems lovely, so he walks back home with millions of cats following him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1929
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Angus and the Ducks (1930)

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When a very curious young terrier named Angus sees that the door is open, he decides to go exploring. Little does he know what neighbors await him!

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

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Liang & Lo (1930)

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Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Java Jungle Tales (1933)

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Folk tales from the Indonesian island of Java.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hendrik De Leeuw
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Ola and Blakken (1933)

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Ola and his family shoot a troll-cock, resulting in goods for themselves, a feast for their neighbors, and the deaths of two trolls.

Author(s): Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Illustrator(s): Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

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Gone Is Gone: The Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework (1935)

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Fritzl works hard in the fields every day. Liesi works hard all day, too. But when Fritzl complains about how hard he works and how easy Liesi has it, they trade places. The outcome is hilarious. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

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I Hear America Singing (1937)

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This is a collection of poems about cowboys, and trains, trappers and sawyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Northwoods to the Gulf. The dark blue library binding is the JLG edition. The grey binding is the trade binding.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1938
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Carnival Time at Strobeck (1938)

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An attractive descriptive story of a festival time.

Author(s): May V. Harris
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Five Chinese Brothers (1938)

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When the first Chinese brother is condemned to death, the second takes his place and cannot be beheaded, so he is condemned to be drowned, so the third brother takes his place ... Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Yinka-Tu the Yak (1938)

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The story of a Tibetan boy named Sifan and an orphaned Yak his father gave him named Yinka-Tu.

Author(s): Alice Alison Lide
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Pecos Bill and Lightning (1940)

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Relates the lore of Pecos Bill from his childhood with coyotes to the loss of his almost-bride, Lightfoot Sue. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Leigh Peck
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941)

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Simpson and Sampson are twins. Simpson is always well behaved, Sampson, quite the other. Or is it the other way ’round? Another collaboration between the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.... View More

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Homer Price (1943)

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Homer Price lives just outside Centerburg with his parents who run a tourist camp and with his pet skunk, Aroma. This first book of his adventures includes the story of the night the doughnut machine at his Uncle Ulysses’ lunchroom went crazy. ... View More

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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