The First Strawberries:A Cherokee Story by Joseph Bruchac
The first woman on earth leaves her husband.
Grade level:Ps-3
The Mud Pony:A Traditional Skidi Pawnee Tale by Caron L. Cohen
The story of young poor boy who grow up to be chief of his people.
Grade level:K-3
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky:The Iroquois Story of Creation by John Bierhorst
Sky woman and her two sons create earth.
Grade level:K-4
The Ghost and Lone Warrior:An Arapaho Legend by C.J. Taylor
A warrior is left behind after being injured.
Grade level:2-5
Love Flute by Paul Goble
From the legends of the plains Indians a love story.
Grade level:3-8
Rainbow Crow:A Lenape Tale by Nanct Van Laein
How Crow brought fire to earth.
Grade level:4-7
The Boy who made Dragonfly:A Zuni Myth by Tony Hillerman
A Zuni boy and his sister are left behind by thier tribe.
Grade level:5-7
Anpao:An American Indian Odyssey by Jamake Highwater
A young hero encounters danger on the way to meet his father the sun.
Grade level:5-8
The Crystal Apple by Beverly Brodsky McDermott
A young girl learns about the power of imagination after her sisters break her crystal
apple.
Russian
Mouse Woman and the Mischief Makers by Christie Harris and illus.by Doglas Tait
Mouse woman will stop at nothing to keep everything in perfect order.
Indian-Pacific Northwest
Strega Nona By Tomie De Paola
A magic word produces a magic pasta pot.
Italian
The Stonecutter by Gerald McDermott
A stonecutters wish to become more and more powerful.
Japanese
Turnabout by William Wiesner
See what happens when a man changes jobs with his wife.
Norwegian
Leprechauns Never Lie by Lorna Balian
Ninny Nanny is outsmarted by a leprechaun.
Grade level:K-3
Hungry Leprechaun by Mary Calhoun
A hungry leprechaun turns rocks into potatoes.
Grade level:K-3
Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade
A young girl is visited by a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day.
Grade level:1-3
The Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid by Hazel Hutchins.
An 11 year old boys third wish is for three more wishes.
Grade level:2-4
Paddy's Pot of Gold by Dick King-Smith
A young girl gets to speak to a leprechaun on her birthday.
Grade level:3-5
The Gift by Joan Lowery Nixon
An Irish grandfather tells stories of little people.
Grade level:4-6
All the Money in the World by Bill Brittain
A leprechaun grants Quintin Stowe his wish for all the money in the world.
Grade level:4-6