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Folk Tales Genre
Books in the Folk Tales genre:
French Folktales from the Collection of Henri Pourrat (1989)
Collected in the French countryside, these are true traditional fairy tales. The language is enchanting as well.
Author(s):
Henri Pourrat
Illustrator(s):
Various
Jump On Over! (1989)
More tales of Br’er Rabbit and his cronies.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
Van Dyke Parks
Illustrator(s):
Barry Moser
The Mitten (1989)
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (1989)
Rabbit steals the honey from the bee tree under the lion’s nose.
Author(s):
Verna Aardema
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Rainbow People (1989)
Twenty Chinese folktales brought to the United States.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Rootabaga Stories - Part Two (1989)
American fairy tales including how the Huckabuck family raised popcorn in Nebraska.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Valentine & Orson (1989)
Twins separated at birth, one raised by a bear, the other by the King of France recognize each other on the field of honor.
Author(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Further Tales of Uncle Remus (1990)
The third book of Uncle Remus stories by the collaborators, rewritten in an easier to understand dialect.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Little Red Hen (1990)
The little red hen plants some wheat and invites her neighbors to help her make it into flour to bake a cake, but they have better things to do … until …
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Mousehole Cat (1990)
Author(s):
Antonia Barber
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Story of the Three Bears (1990)
Three bears against one little girl.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Wild Christmas Reindeer (1990)
Berlioz the Bear (1991)
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (1991)
To salve his broken heart, Jack keeps it safe in a bucket until one day a young maiden asks him to help solve a riddle.
Author(s):
Sonia Levitin
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tongues of Jade (1991)
A collection of seventeen Chinese-American folktales.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Best Fairytales Ever! (1992)
This omnibus includes The Gingerbread Man, The Three Little Pigs, The Little Red Hen, Red Riding Hood, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Drylongso (1992)
During a drought on the Great Plains, Drylongso is blown to Lindy’s family’s farm.
Author(s):
Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Golden Goose Book (1992)
Author(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Mike Fink (1992)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Three Best-Loved Tales (1992)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Jeanette Krinsley
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky