Ocean State Libraries

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

"The Golden Bough" describes our ancestors' primitive methods of worship, sex practices, strange rituals and festivals. Disproving the popular thought that primitive life was simple, this monumental survey shows that savage man was enmeshed in a tangle of magic, taboos, and superstitions. Revealed here is the evolution of man from savagery to civilization, from the modification of his weird and often bloodthirsty customs to the entry of lasting moral,...

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.

"By outwitting an evil giant and gaining a fortune for a poor young man, the resourceful Puss in Boots proves himself the Master Cat of them all." --

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scotland, England, and Scandinavia from such collections as those of Perrault,the Grimm brothers, or Asbjornsen and M_oe.

Overview: Marshall breathes fresh new life into this familiar favorite with funny new dialogue and exuberant cartoonlike illustrations.

Retells the legend of Mayan king Kukulkan, who goes against his brother's wishes and gives his people an amazing chocolate tree.

The tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was as black as ebony.

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