Beastly Boys & Ghastly Girls

Czernecki, Stefan

Children's Books

Harpercollins Childrens Books

In this retelling of an Australian folktale, Old Man challenges the animals to enter a singing contest. Snake, knowing that his voice will never win, swallows Lark and tricks her into singing through his mouth. Snake's ruse is discovered when Lark scratches his throat and escapes. Full color. School Library Journal Best Books of the Year 1993.

The Singing Snake

Geography & Cultures

Demco Media

A Moroccan woman's magic carpet takes her to far away places, which provide inspiration for her to create other beautiful carpets

Zorah's Magic Carpet

Hyperion

Retells a Chinese folktale in which a clever and kindly cricket is responsible for designing the tower buildings for Beijing's "Forbidden City."

The Cricket's Cage

Pancho's Pinata

On Christmas Eve Pancho rescues a star from a cactus and receives the gift of happiness

Rhodes, Timothy

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

A retelling of the Australian aboriginal tale about a snake that swallows a lark in an effort to win a singing contest

Longing to travel to the wonderful places she has only heard about, Zorah finds her chance when she saves a lamb and weaves a magic carpet from its wool, a series of events that results in her exposure to strange and marvelous cultures.

The emperor of China orders the design of his towers to be perfect or the architect will be put to death, but when Kuai Xiang is forced to take on this very difficult task, he finds a friend in his newly adopted cricket, Pipa, who helps him along the way.

The Cricket's Cage: A Chinese Folktale

Sometimes the most unintentional mistakes yield some magical results!
Carlos is working in the kitchen of the Mexican monastery when the cook enters the room in a panic. The Spanish Viceroy is on his way for a surprise visit and will arrive by noon, expecting dinner. What will the brothers feed this important ambassador to the king? Carlos tries to stay out of the way as lunch is hastily prepared, but his curiosity gets the best of him. 
His eagerness results in a moment of crisis, followed by what the brothers can only assume is a miracle. This story, inspired by the Mexican folk tradition, explains the origins of molé, the popular national dish that combines chocolate with turkey, spices, and nuts. Stefan Czernecki's amusing, angular illustrations capture the chaos in the kitchen as well as the folk tradition behind the tale.

Holy Mole!: A Folktale from Mexico

McAlister, Caroline

Literature & Fiction

August House

When Katerina runs out of food at the end of winter, her beloved hen Nina saves them both by laying marvelous multicolored eggs

Nina's Treasures

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

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Books by Czernecki, Stefan

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Beastly Boys & Ghastly Girls

The Singing Snake

Zorah's Magic Carpet

The Cricket's Cage

Pancho's Pinata

The Singing Snake

Zorah's Magic Carpet

The Cricket's Cage: A Chinese Folktale

Holy Mole!: A Folktale from Mexico

Nina's Treasures