After saving some ants, ducks, and bees from being killed by his two older brothers, the youngest prince is rewarded when the animals help him break the spell cast on a castle and its inhabitants.
A collection of sixteen tales about High John the Conqueror, the traditional trickster hero of blacks during and immediately after the time of slavery.
A collection of traditional tales, fables, and legends from the cultures brought together or affected by the voyages of Columbus, including those of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the mainland and island Indian tribes he encountered. Part of the American Storytelling series.
Greedily protecting his pear tree and spring from the other animals, Brer Tiger refuses to share until clever Brer Rabbit devises a plan to create a "big wind" that will blow in a lesson about generosity. [From the publisher's description]
After tricking Tiger into leaving the coconut-mango soup he has been cooking, Anansi the spider eats the soup himself and manages to put the blame on the monkeys. [From the publisher's description]
