Margaret Read MacDonald

Fabulous folktales from around the world come alive! Kids (and kids at heart) enjoy the entertaining stories narrated by seasoned storyteller The Library Fairy® with enchanting characters, animals, music and song. Adapted folklore from Shake It Up Tales! (used by permission) by Margaret Read MacDonald. Tales are El Conejito, Pickin' Peas, Batis! Batis!,The Big Man Drum, The Girl Who Wore Too Much, The Hare Who Married a Princess, The Elephants and...

A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's every wish until the greedy and ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's unpleasant behavior and sends him away.

Tough Tug is a brand-new boat. He likes to swirl and twirl and run and race. He wants everyone to see what he can do. But on his first tow job to Alaska, he finds out what being a tug really means and learns an important lesson in the rough seas. Based on a true incident in which an Alaskan tug cut loose its own barge to rush to the rescue of the foundering tug of another tugboat company.

An African folktale about a mouse who pays close attention to her surroundings and avoids being tricked by the cat.

Retells the folktale of the gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected.

Presents five folktales for young children, including "Snow Bunting's Lullaby" from Siberia, "Chin Chin Kobokama" from Japan, "Kanji-jo, the Nestlings" from Liberia, "The Playground of the Sun and Moon" from Argentina, and "Counting Sheep" from the British Isles.

This eye-popping circle story builds understanding of sequencing and size relationships. There was a big big frog! And a little little mosquito ... So begins a bouyant visual tale in which one animal after another is bested by a larger one--until the smallest of all proves that strength comes in many forms. Inspired by a dynamic cast of characters featuring mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, kids will chant along with the refrain and delight in...

An old man and old woman throw their dinner leftovers unknowingly onto the tiny house of a little man and his wife.