Collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from Native Americans, and other land...

Prehistoric men and women chipped their tales into cave walls. Native Americans handed down stori...

The American experience in stories that young and old love to tell

DeSpain has spent decades exploring Latin American and collecting its stories. These tales are fu...

A hilarious collection of short folktales from all over the world featuring silly characters, non...

A collection of nine traditional tales about leprechauns, dwarfs, shapeshifters and other enchant...

Nine traditional tales about insects from various parts of the world, including Mexico, Japan, Ja...

A collection of nine traditional scary stories from various parts of the world, including Japan, ...

This book contains nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featu...

In this new millennium, we are faced with a critical question: are we willing to work together to...

Ten stories from Russia, Ethiopia, Switzerland, China, Norway, India, Finland, Sweden, and the Un...

One story always leads to the next, says DeSpain in his preface. And he should know. For nearly a...