Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Frog Princess
Frog has always imagined how wonderful life would be -- if only she were a princess. Now her wish is about to come true. The Prince has lost his golf ball in the palace pond and has promised anything to the one who can find it! But being a princess is not at all what Frog expects. Frog must make public appearances on the royal balcony, at a ship la …
The Girl of the Wish Garden
This beautifully written story, loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “Thumbelina,” was created in response to the gorgeous award-winning art of Nasrin Khosravi.
Author Uma Krishnaswami’s sensitive and poetic tale opens when Lina, a tiny girl no bigger than a thumb, is found in a flower by her mother. Because she is so tin …
The Matatu
Kioko had been watching the matatus come and go for as long as he could remember. But today, for his fifth birthday, he climbs aboard one with his grandfather. As the matatu pulls away from the market, the village dogs chase after them. When Kioko asks his grandfather why the dogs always bark and chase after matatus, his grandfather tells him an en …
The conductor picked his way down the aisle, collecting fares, making change and giving tickets. "All the way to Machakos?" he asked Kioko's grandfather."Yes, to the end.""Eighteen shillings for two." "Eighteen?" his grandfather asked. "He is so small, you should only charge half the fare for him.""He is small. If you want a cheaper fare, we can tie his feet together like the chickens and put him on the roof."For a moment, Kioko thought they were serious, but then the men laughed.
The Miss Meow Pageant
The Miss Meow Pageant is vintage Keens-Douglas: bursting with his unique brand of energy and mischievous humor.
Sparrow is a stray until Henrietta adopts him. He has a face only a mother could love, but Henrietta's friend Len coaxes her to enter her furry housemate in a feline beauty contest. Sparrow needs to train, of course. They are sure that …
