Alegria, Ricardo E.
Three Wishes: A Collection of Puerto Rican Folk Tales
. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1969. A wonderful collection of Puerto Rican tales. Illustrates the similarities of themes and characters among tales. The translations are excellent.
Belpre, Paul.
The Tiger and the Rabbit and Other Tales
. Told by Paul Belpre. New York: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1965. A collection of Puerto Rican stories, some of which are trickster tales, retold by Belpre.
Berry, James.
Spiderman Anancy
. New York: H. Holt, 1989. Tales of Anancy from the Caribbean.
Bettelheim, Bruno.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. A standard text on fairy tales and the way children relate to them.
Bosma, Bette.
Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, and Myths
. New York: Teachers' College Press, Columbia University, 1992. 2nd. Ed. An excellent source of workable ideas for using tales in the classroom. Also, a very good annotated bibliography which is a guide in locating information.
Brown, Carolyn S.
The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature
. Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 1987.
Davidson, Levette J.
A Guide to American Folklore
. Denver: The University of Denver Press, 1951. A wonderful book on the history of American folklore and the lessons one can learn from these tales that will apply to life in this modern world. Many suggestions for use of folklore in the classroom.
Dundes, Alan.
Cinderella; A Folklore Casebook
. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982. An excellent collection of Cinderella stories from different parts of the world with a scholarly analysis and comparison of them.
Edmonds, I.G.
Trickster Tales.
Illustrated by Sean Morrison. Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1966. Trickster tales collected from cultures from around the world.
Hamilton, Virginia.
In the Beginning: Creation stories from around the world
. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1988. Short and simple stories from some unusual locations. Several from different African and Native American traditions.
Harris, Joel Chandler.
Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings.
New York: Penguin Books , 1986. A collection of black folktales, proverbs, songs, and character sketches. Harris was a moderate white Southern gentleman who was an avid student of black folklore. This collection was based on his studies and on stories that he heard as a child.
Huston, James, ed. and illus.
Songs of the Dream People
. New York: Atheneum Press, 1972.
Leach, Maria, ed.
Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend.
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1950. Lengthy definitions of terms used in folk tales. Entries are more like those found in encyclopedias than the short, concise ones usually used in dictionaries.
Manna, Anthony and Carolyn Brodie, eds.
Many Faces, Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth. The Virginia Hamilton Conference.
Fort Atkinson, WI: Highsmith Press, 1992. Selections of both keynote addresses and workshop presentations made at the Virginia Hamilton Conferences held in Ohio over a period of years.
McCaslin, Nellie.
Tall Tales and Tall Men.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith and Co., 1956. These are twelve plays based on American legends. The plays in this volume are royalty free, but permission must be granted by the author for any commercial use.
Osborne, Mary Pope.
American Tall Tales.
Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. A collection of tall tales found in America with an introductory explanation on the origin and history of tall tales.
Schwartz, Alvin, ed.
Tall Tales and Other Lies
. Illustrated by Glen Rounds. New York: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1975.
Yolen, Jane
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.Favorite Folk Tales from Around the World
. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. An excellent source of familiar story variants from around the world. The accompanying commentary is most useful.
Young, Richard and Judy Dockery Young, eds.
African-American Folk Tales for Young Readers
. Collected and edited by Richard and Judy Dockery Young. Little Rock: August House Publishers, Inc., 1993