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Folk Tales Genre
Books in the Folk Tales genre:
Richard Scarry’s Animal Nursery Tales (1975)
Eleven favorite stories with new illustrations.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The King’s Flower (1976)
The king discovers that bigger is not always better.
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Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods (1977)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Stories and Poems for the Young (1977)
Author(s):
Bryna Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Cops and Robbers (1978)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Jorinda and Joringel (1978)
When a witch changes Jorinda into a nightingale, her sweetheart Joringel discovers through a dream how to save her.
Author(s):
Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s):
Margot Tomes
Little Red Riding Hood (1978)
Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit Grandmother, but my, what big teeth she has!
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Tales From Africa (1978)
A collection of folk tales from Africa. This edition has a new cover illustration.
Author(s):
Lila Green
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
We Came A-Marching … 1, 2, 3 (1978)
Here is a counting rhyme in one dozen languages.
Author(s):
Mildred Hobzek
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Richard Scarry’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1979)
This story was originally published in Richard Scarry’s Animal Nursery Tales.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tales of the Greek Heroes (1979)
A collection of the most famous Greek hero tales.
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Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Betty Middleton-Sandford
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales (1979)
A collection of Native American myths and legends from oral tradition.
Author(s):
Rosebud Yellow Robe
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Welsh Legends and Folk-Tales (1979)
A selection of tales from the Mabinogion.
Author(s):
Gwyn Jones
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Winged Magic (1979)
A collection of folk tales and fairy tales about things that fly.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
John Patience
The Three Little Pigs (1980)
Author(s):
Erik Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Two Pairs of Shoes (1980)
Two middle eastern tales about slippers.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Diane Dillon
Leo Dillon
The Little Moon Theater (1981)
Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
The Man Who Kept House (1981)
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Young Melvin and Bulger (1981)
Author(s):
Mark Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
The Dragon Kite (1982)
A thief tries to steal the golden dolphins on the palace roof using a great kite.
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Author(s):
Nancy Luenn
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague