Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General

Jan travelled to Russia and readers will be in awe of the Ice Palace aglow under a deep blue moonlit sky, exquisite ball gowns on the comely pullets, uniforms with gold braids and buttons on the cockerels, striking Russian architecture transformed into ice in the borders, and a very funny flock of chickens who...

When wily animals, everyday people and magical beings come together in a collection of Japanese fairytales, wonderful things are bound to happen

Each story is brilliantly illustrated by a different talented Japanese artist. The tales recounted here are among Japan's oldest and most beloved stories. Entertaining and filled with subtle folk wisdom, these retold stories have been shared countless times in Japanese homes and...

"Exciting storytelling and Chinese culinary traditions create a delicious book for young readers."--San Francisco Chronicle

This hilarious tale is redesigned, featuring revised illustrations and a new bilingual simplified Chinese translation.

Long ago in old Beijing, a hungry ghost finds a boy, who doesn't want to become a midnight snack What wackiness ensues when the child tempts the ghost to make the tricky "Boy Dumplings" recipe?

Ying Chang Compestine, an award-winning author of cookbooks, novels, and picture books, lives in the San Francisco Bay...

"Traditional papercuts are perfectly suited to the kite images . . . With its folkloric tone, this stands on its own as a story about creativity."--Kirkus Reviews

The Kang brothers imagine making wings to fly and drive the birds from their rice fields With paper, straw, and feathers, what else can they create?

"With bold black outlines and vivid coloration... the artwork captures the action as the boys exercise their ingenuity."--School Library Journal

The Kang boys don't want their teacher to write embarrassing notes on their hands anymore. Can they concoct a formula for what just may become a very useful school supply?

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents an entertaining story from the Philippines in both English and Tagalog.

A heart-warming story of a young Filipino girl who builds self-confidence after spending a day with her classmates, Pan de Sal Saves the Day: A Filipino Children's Story is an award-winning, inspiring tale for young children everywhere. It's the story of a young girl named Pan de Sal who lives in the Philippines and thinks she's the unluckiest girl in the whole world....

Svit krasy is the Ukrainian language edition of Tales from Pavlysh: A World of Beauty. It contains 19 little tales from Sukhomlinsky's Ethics Anthology, a collection of over 500 stories designed to promote thought about values. The stories have been beautifully illustrated by students from Ukraine and Belarus. All the stories in this short selection are about beauty, and how people perceive it and relate to it. The colourful illustrations are a feature of this book. Over 2000 pictures were entered in a competition to illustrate the 19 stories, and the pictures...

What does the Taniwha look like?
He pēhea te āhua nei o te Taniwha rā?
The Taniwha is New Zealand's best known and most loved mythological creature... But what do they look like? Poet Mike Johnson and artist Jenn Rackham come together to explore this great mystery. To be read aloud for pleasure, or used as an early reader, Taniwha will delight both young and old.