When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, ""jump"" stories, and scary songs.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.

After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there's no place like home.

Retells the familiar tale in which one of three brother pigs survives a wolf's attacks by using his head and planning well.

Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

"Who was Vermont's first Ghostbuster? Was a full-blown exorcism performed at a local college? What mystery did a Vermont doctor discover on the Moon? Do unknown populations live hidden in the Green Mountains? What are Vermont's most shameful secrets? These and other questions are the 'favorite haunts' of Joseph A. Citro, Vermont's Ghostmaster General. Get the answers you want--and maybe some you don't--in the latest addition to Mr. Citro's ongoing...

"Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose, ' people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows...

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.