When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

"In Norse Mythology, Gaiman fashions primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. Gaiman stays true to the myths while vividly reincarnating Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not...

An adaptation of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass.

When the Little Red Hen asks the other barnyard animals who will help with the planting, reaping, and other chores they all say, "Not I", but when the work is done they all want a reward.

When Goldilocks takes a walk in the wood by herself, she finds the cottage of the three bears and goes in.

While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts...

Retells the fatal episode in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig manages to avoid the same pigfalls.

Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.