Anansi’s Party Time
Anansi is throwing a party. He invites Turtle, but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle can’t have any fun. So turtle decides to get even and throws a part of his own.
View ArticleThe Three Billy Goats Gruff
This book retells the folktale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under a bridge.
View ArticleBernal & Florinda: A Spanish Tale
A clever but poor cavalier wins the hand of his true love by outwitting her father, the wealthy mayor of Seville.
View ArticlePlease, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti
Without a penny to his name, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors using his tricky ways, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.
View ArticleAnno’s Hat Tricks
Three children, Tom, Hannah, and Shadowchild, who represents the reader, are made to guess, using the concept of binary logic, the color of the hats on their heads.
View ArticleAnansi
Two Jamaican folk tales in which Anansi the spider practices his trickery on others. Includes an audio cassette featuring narration and music.
View ArticleHungry Hyena
Fish Eagle uses Hyena’s overriding greed to teach him a lesson he won’t soon forget when she tells him the biggest, sweetest meat is in the sky and he just has to climb up to get it.
View ArticleThis for That
Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats.
View ArticleShadow Dance
When the crocodile she has rescued tricks her, little Salome must use some cunning of her own to escape becoming his next meal.
View ArticleSister Rabbit’s Tricks
Sister Rabbit enjoys visiting her friends and relatives in the forest. She also enjoys playing tricks on the other animals, and sometimes Rabbit’s tricks get her into trouble. Inspired by the many...
View ArticleThe Dancing Granny
Spider Ananse gets Granny started dancing so he can raid her garden, but his own trick does him in. The post The Dancing Granny appeared first on ICCAL.
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Anansi’s Party Time
Anansi is throwing a party. He invites Turtle, but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle can’t have any fun. So turtle decides to get even and throws a part of his own. The post Anansi’s Party Time...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Cried Wolf
“Nothing ever happens here,” the shepherd thinks. But the bored boy knows what would be exciting: He cries that a wolf is after his sheep, and the town’s people come running. How often can that trick...
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The Rabbit’s Judgment
Tricked into freeing a hungry tiger from a trap, a man refuses to let the tiger eat him until they get another opinion on the situation from a disinterested party. The post The Rabbit’s Judgment...
View ArticleThe Emperor’s New Clothes
In this version of Andersen’s tale by John A. Rowe, the emperor loves shopping and new clothes, but he is still tricked by two rascals. The post The Emperor’s New Clothes appeared first on ICCAL.
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Nabulela: A South African Folk Tale
When the village girls cruelly trick the daughter of their king, he will forgive them only if they kill Nabulela, a treacherous white-skinned monster. A tale of the Nguni people The post Nabulela: A...
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