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A collection of cat stories drawn from folklore, some realistic and some fanciful.

A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

When Chac, the great lord who makes rain, takes a disobedient boy as his servant, they are both in for trouble.

"On her way to Grandma's house, Little Red meets a wolf. Which might scare some little girls. But not this little girl. She knows just what the wolf is up to, and she's not going to let him get away with it"--

A collection of eight traditional tales associated with a variety of winter celebrations from Scottish, Russian, Slavey, Austrian, Czech, and Jewish lore.

A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Little, who has an acorn fall on his head and runs in a panic to his friends Henny Penny, Lucky Ducky, and Loosey Goosey, to tell them the sky is falling.

After losing his eyes thanks to the crab, the jaguar agrees to help feed the vulture in exchange for new ones.

"Two young Lakota warriors set out on an adventure. When they run into Mato the giant bear, something unexpected happens. Find out how this Lakota legend explains the creation of Devil's Tower"--P. [4] of cover.

Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters do not recognize her.

A legend of the Wašiw tribe about Pewet'sali, a weasel, and Damalili, a squirrel, and their encounter with a black widow spider.