Washoe County Library System

The tale of a sly cat who wins for his master the lordship of a manor and the hand of a princess.

A retelling of a Native American legend about Coyote's love for a beautiful blue star, which resulted in the creation of Crater Lake, Oregon.

Crane helps Rabbit fulfill his dream of riding across the sky to the moon.

Retells the Mohawk legend of Raweno the Everything-Maker and the exasperating Owl.

Retells the Native American folktale which explains how rabbits came to look as they do today.

Hare is very fast and is convinced Tortoise could never beat him in a race; Tortoise knows she is slow, but is willing to try racing anyway.

Rabbit loves the winter. He knows a dance, using a traditional Iroquois drum and song, to make it snow--even in springtime! The other animals of the forest don't want early snow, but Rabbit doesn't listen to them. Instead, he sings and dances until more and more snow falls. But how much snow is too much, and will Rabbit know when to stop? A modern take on a traditional Native American fable.

A collection of folktales and legends about princesses includes the stories of a Persian princess who seeks solitude in the mountains, a princess from Central Asia who marries a bird and must undergo great difficulties to get him back again, the Danish account of the princess and the pea, and other tales.