Fables, Folktales, Fairy Tales, & Nursery Rhymes
Aardema, V., Dillon, L., & Dillon, D. [1975]. (1993). Why mosquitoes buzz in
people's ears. New York: Dial Books. Also available in Afrikaans, Braille,
Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and as an audio
recording. VHS, computer software
Aardema, V., & Vidal, B. [1981]. (1996). Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain: A
Nandi Tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Also available in Braille and as an
audio recording.
Aardema, V., & Brown, M. (1995). How the ostrich got its long neck: A tale from
the Akamba of Kenya. New York: Scholastic. Also available as an audio
recording.
Andersen, H. [1946]. (1995). The princess and the pea. New York: North-South
Books. Also available in Italian.
Anderson, H. (1995). The ugly duckling. New York: Modern Publishing. Also
available in Danish, Hebrew, and as an audio recording. VHS
Appleby, E. (Illus.). [1984]. (1998). The three billy-goats gruff. New York:
Scholastic. Also available in Braille, Sign Language, and as an audio
recording. VHS and Big Book. Bateson-Hill, M. [1999]. (2001). Masha and
the firebird. Slough, UK: Zero to Ten.
Asbjørnsen, P. C., & Galdone, P. [1973]. (2001). The three billy goats gruff. New
York: Houghton Mifflin. Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio
recording.
Barton, B. [1991]. (1997). The three bears. New York: HarperCollins. Also
available in French and German.
Becker, L., Stratton, M., Mazurek, T., McCarthy, D., Conley-Gorniak, A., Downer,
L., Rivka, Whitemountain, F., & Souza, L. (1987). Little Miss Muffet.
Fremont, CA: Worlds Wonder.
Boniface, W., & Harris, J. (1998). The treasure hunter. Denver, CO: Accord.
Borgenicht, D. (1977). Grimm’s fairy tales: The children’s classic edition.
Philadelphia: Courage Books. Also available in Braille.
Bornstein, H., Saulnier, K., & Pomeroy, B. O. [1980]. (1990). Little red riding
hood told in signed English. Washington, DC: Kendall Green & Gallaudet
University Press.
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Brett, J. [1989]. (1998). The mitten: A Ukrainian folktale. New York: Scholastic.
Also available in Braille, French, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
Brett, J. [1994]. (2003). Town mouse, country mouse. New York: Puffin Books.
Also available in Braille, Sign Language, and as an audio recording.
Brown, M. T. (Ed.). [1985]. (1993). Hand rhymes. New York: Puffin Books. Also
available as an audio recording.
Brown, M. T. (Ed.). [1980]. (1996). Finger rhymes. New York: Puffin Books.
Brown, R. [1988]. (1992). Ladybug, ladybug. New York: Penguin Putnam Books.
*Caduto, M. J., Bruchac, J., Fadden, J. K., Wood, C. [1988]. (1997). Keepers of the
earth: Native American stories and environmental activities. Golden, CA:
Fulcrum. Also available as an audio recording.
Caldecott, R., & Evans, E. (1988). Hey diddle diddle and Baby Bunting. Danbury,
CT: Grolier Educational Group. Also available as an audio recording.
Chang, M., & Lui, L. (1994). The mouse bride: A Chinese folktale. Union City,
CA: Yuan-Liou. Also available in Chinese, Khmer, Lao, Tagalog, and
Vietnamese.
Chorao, K. [1984]. (2004). The baby's bedtime book. New York: E. P. Dutton
Children’s Books. Also available as an audio recording.
Cohen, C., & Begay, S. [1988]. (1991). The mud pony. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording.
Cohlene, T., & Reasoner, C. (1990). Quillworker, A Cheyenne legend. New York:
Watermill Press. Also available in Braille.
Cole, J., & Zimmer, D. (1983). Bony-legs. New York: Scholastic. Also available in
Braille and as an audio recording.
Cooney, B., & Griego, M. [1981]. (1999). Tortillitas para mamá and other nursery
rhymes. Bilingual Spanish/English. New York: Scholastic. Also available as
an audio recording.
Cousins, L. [1989]. (1996). Jack and Jill: And other nursery rhymes. New York:
Dutton Children’s Books.
Crane, W., & Evans, E. [1876]. (1981). The baby's opera: A book of old rhymes
with new dresses. New York: Windmill Books.
Daugherty, J. [1938]. (1989). Andy and the lion. New York: Puffin Books. Also
available in Braille, Japanese, Korean, and as an audio recording. VHS
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Demas, C. B., & Brown, K. (1999). The littlest matryoshka. New York: Hyperion
Press.
dePaola, T. [1989]. (1996). Tony’s bread. New York: Putnam. Also available in
Afrikaans, French, and Italian.
dePaola, T. [1994]. (1997). The legend of the poinsettia. New York: Penguin
Putnam Books for Young Readers. Also available in Braille and Spanish and
as an audio recording.
Dijs, C. (1997). The tortoise and the hare. Swindon, UK: Child’s Play
(International).
Disney, W. [1948]. (2001). Snow white and the seven dwarfs. New York: Random
House. Also available in over ten languages and as an audio recording. VHS,
DVD
Ehlert, L. [1994].(1998). Mole’s hill: A woodland tale. New York: Voyager Books.
Ernst, L. [1995]. (1998). Little red riding hood: A newfangled prairie tale. New
York: Aladdin. Also available as an audio recording.
Falconer, E. [1990]. (1994). The house that Jack built. Nashville, TN: Ideals
Children’s Books. Also available in Spanish.
Flora. (1989). Feathers like a rainbow: An Amazon Indian tale. New York:
HarperCollins.
Galdone, P. [1968]. (1971). Henny Penny. New York: Clarion. Also available in
Japanese and as an audio recording.
Galdone, P. [1972]. (2002). The three bears. Lexington, KY: Book Wholesalers.
Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording.
Galdone, P. [1973]. (1995). The little red hen. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
Galdone, P. [1975]. (2001). The gingerbread boy. New York: Clarion Books. Also
available in Braille and as an audio recording. VHS
Galdone, P. (1978). Cinderella. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Galdone, P. [1985]. (1994). Rumpelstiltskin. New York: Children’s Choice Book
Club. Also available as an audio recording.
Garner, A., & Messenger, N. (1997). The little red hen. New York: DK
Publications.
Gerstein, M. (1984). Roll over! New York: Crown.
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Ginsburg, M. [1976]. (1998). Two greedy bears. New York: Aladdin. Also
available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Goble, P. [1984]. (1993). Buffalo woman. New York: Macmillan. Also available in
Braille.
Goble, P. (1988). (1993). Her seven brothers. New York: Macmillan.
Goble, P. [1992]. (1995). Crow chief. New York: Orchard Books.
González, L., & Delacre, L. [1994]. (1999). The bossy gallito: a traditional Cuban
folktale. New York: Scholastic. Also available in Spanish.
Han, S., & Heo, Y. (1994). The rabbit's judgment. New York: Henry Holt. Also
available in Braille and Korean.
Johnston, T., & dePaola, T. [1994]. (1998). The tale of rabbit and coyote. New
York: Putnam & Grosset Group. Also available in Braille, Sign Language,
and Spanish and as an audio recording. VHS
Johnston, T. [1995]. (1998). Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The witch of Santa Fe. New York:
Penguin Putnam. Also available in Chinese.
Johnston, T., & Ludwig, W. (1992). The cowboy and the black-eyed pea. New
York: Paper Star.
Jones, C. (1996). The hare and the tortoise. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Karlin, B., & Marshall, J. (1989). (2001). Cinderella. New York: Puffin Books.
Kellogg, S. [1991]. (1997). Jack and the beanstalk. New York: Mulberry Books.
Also available in Braille.
Kemp, M. [1987]. (2003). I’m a little teapot. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill.
Ketteman, H., & Warhola, J. [1997]. (1998). Bubba the cowboy prince: A fractured
Texas tale. New York: Scholastic. Also available as an audio recording.
Kimmel, E. A., & Lloyd, M. (1991). Baba Yaga: A Russian folktale. New York:
Holiday House.
Kimmel, E. A, & Lloyd, M. (1993). The gingerbread man. New York: Trumpet
Club. Also available as an audio recording. VHS
Kimmel, E. A., & Stevens, J. [1988]. (1990). Anansi and the moss-covered rock.
New York: Scholastic. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
VHS and DVD
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Langley, J. (1990). Rain, rain go away! A book of nursery rhymes New York: Dial
Books.
Lester, J., & Pinkney, J. [1994]. (1999). John Henry. New York: Puffin Books.
Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Lewis, B., & Chung, C. (1998). Cows in the house. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany
House.
Lewis, S., Campana, M., & Pidgeon, J. (1994). You can do it, Lamb Chop!
Featuring Aesop's the tortoise and the hare. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life.
Littledale, F., & Howell, T. (1988). Peter and the north wind. New York:
Scholastic. Also available as an audio recording.
López de Mariscal, B., & Flores, E. (1995). The harvest birds. San Francisco:
Children’s Book Press. Bilingual text.
Lowell, S., & Curry, T. [1997]. (1999). The bootmaker and the elves. New York:
Orchard.
Lowell, S., & Manning, J. [2000]. (2001). Cindy Ellen: A wild western Cinderella.
New York: Scholastic.
Lowell, S., & Cecil, R. [1997]. (2000). Little red cowboy hat. New York: Henry
Holt.
Lurie, A., & Souhami, J. (1999). The black geese: A Baba Yaga story from Russia.
New York: Dorling Kindersley.
Martin, R., & Gaber, S. (2000). The language of birds. New York: Penguin
Putnam.
Mathews, J., Robinson, F., & Natchev, A. [1994]. (1999). Nathaniel Willy, scared
silly. New York: Aladdin.
Mayer, M., & Craft, K. Y. (1994). Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the brave. New York:
Morrow Junior Books.
McGovern, A., & Pels, W. P. [1968]. (1998). Stone soup. New York: Scholastic.
Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
McKissack, P., McKissack, F., & Sikorski, A. (1985). Country mouse and city
mouse. Chicago: Childrens Press. Also available in Spanish.
Midge, T., Warren, V. & Magnuson, D. (1995). Buffalo: American Indian legends.
New York: Scholastic.
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Milord, S., & Wingerter, L. S. (1998). Tales alives! Bird tales from near & far.
Charlotte, VT: Williamson.
Moser, B. (2001). The three little pigs. Boston: Little, Brown. Also available as an
audio recording.
Mountain, L., Fry, E. B., & Crawley, S. (1992). Mother Goose tea party.
Columbus, OH: Jamestown.
Muldrow, D., & Marvin, F. (1995). The twelve dancing princesses. New York:
Bantam Doubleday.
National Gallery of Art. [1991]. (1994). An illustrated treasury of songs:
Traditional American songs, ballads, folk songs, nursery rhymes. New
York: Rizzoli International.
Ogburn, J. K., & Long, L. [2000]. (2003). The magic nesting doll. New York:
Puffin Books. Also available in Braille.
Oram, H., & Brown, R. (1998). Baba Yaga and the wise doll. New York: Dutton.
Also available as an audio recording.
Ormerod, J., & Lloyd, D. [1989]. (2002). Frog prince. London: Walker.
Parkinson, K. (1986). The enormous turnip. Niles, IL: Albert Whitman.
Percy, G. (1993). The tortoise and the hare and other favorite fables. New York:
Henry Holt. Also available in Spanish.
Pevear, R., & Rayevskey, R. (1987). Our king has horns! New York: Macmillan.
Pitre, F., & Hale, C. (1993). Juan Bobo and the pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale. New
York: Lodestar Books.
Pitre, F., & Hale, C. (1995). Paco and the witch: A Puerto Rican folktale. New
York: Dutton.
Polacco, P. [1993]. (1999). Babushka Baba Yaga. New York: Penguin Putnam.
Also available in Braille and Chinese.
Prokofiev, S. (2000). Peter and the wolf. New York: Scholastic. Also available in
Arabic, Braille, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Spanish, and as an audio
recording. VHS, DVD, Computer software
Ransome, A., & Shulevitz, U. [1969]. (1991). The fool of the world and the flying
ship: A Russian tale. New York: Sunburst.
Rey, H. A. [1943]. (1971). Humpty dumpty and other mother goose songs. New
York: Harper Festival.
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Sanderson, R. (1999). The crystal mountain. New York: ipicturebooks, LLC.
Sandford, J. (1990). Slappy Hooper, world’s greatest sign painter. New York:
Warner. (Out of print).
San Souci, R. [2000]. (2001). Peter and the blue witch baby. New York: Bantam
Doubleday Dell Books.
Seeger, P., & Hays, M. [1986]. (2001). Abiyoyo. New York: Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers. Also available in Braille and as an audio
recording.
Shulevitz, U. [1978]. (1997). The treasure. New York: Scholastic. Also available
in Hebrew, Spanish, and as an audio recording.
Small, D. [1987]. (1998). Paper John. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Also
available as an audio recording. VHS
Steptoe, J. [1987]. (2001). Mufaro’s beautiful daughters: An African tale. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin. Also available in Braille and Spanish and as an audio
recording. VHS
Stevens, J. [1994]. (1996). Tops and bottoms. New York: Scholastic. Also
available in Braille, Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese, and as an audio
recording. VHS
Stewig, J., & Tomes, M. [1991]. (1993). Stone soup. New York: Trumpet Club.
Tompert, A., & Rayevsky, R. (1990). The Tzar’s bird. London: Collier Macmilan.
Tolstoy, A., & Sharkey, N. [1998]. (2000). The gigantic turnip. New York:
Barefoot Books. Also available in Japanese and Spanish.
Trapani, I. (2001). Baa baa black sheep. Watertown, MA: Whispering Coyote.
Westcott, N. [1988]. (2003). The lady with the alligator purse. New York: Little,
Brown & Co. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Wheeler, J. (1985). The city mouse & the country mouse. CA: Dawn Sign Press.
Williams, G. [1946]. (1992). The chicken book. New York: Dell.
Wise, W., & Egielski, R. (1997). Perfect pancakes, if you please. New York: Dial.
Wood, A., & Florczak, R. [1995]. (2000). The rainbow bridge: Inspired by a
Chumash tale. New York: Voyager Books.
Yolen, J. [1992]. (2000). Street rhymes from around the world. Honesdale, PA:
Wordsong.
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Young, E. [1989]. (1996). Lon Po Po: A red riding hood story from China. New
York: PaperStar. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Young, E. [1992]. (2002). Seven blind mice. New York: Puffin. Also available in
Braille, French, Korean, and Spanish, and as an audio recording.
Zemach, M. [1976]. (1997). It could always be worse: A Yiddish Folktale.
Madison, WI: Turtleback Books. Also available in Braille, Chinese, French,
Korean, and as and audio recording. VHS and computer software
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