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Family Folktales: The Finest Liar in the World Mar 27, 2020

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It’s a battle of wits for the Liar’s Crown in this Serbian tale! Who will tell the tallest tale?

Family Folktales: The Glass Mountain Mar 11, 2020

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For almost seven years, people have tried to reach the golden castle on top of the Glass Mountain; will anyone ever reach the princess who lives there?

Family Folktales: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Feb 26, 2020

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You likely think you know this tale, but I’ll wager you don’t know it all!

Family Folktales: Peter Bull Feb 12, 2020

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A childless couple decides to pay a deceitful clerk to teach their bull calf to speak.

Family Folktales: How the Hermit Helped to Win the King’s Daughter Jan 29, 2020

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The king has set odd conditions for anyone wanting to marry his daughter. When a young man who has spent his entire fortune trying to meet the conditions, the king changes them! How can a hermit help the young man win the hand of the princess?

Family Folktales: The White Wolf Jan 15, 2020

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A king is forced to give his daughter as wife to a white wolf – but all may not be as it seems!

Family Folktales: The Six Sillies Jan 01, 2020

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The suitor of a very silly young woman sets off to find three people sillier than the young woman and her parents.

Family Folktales: The Man Without a Heart Dec 18, 2019

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Brothers in search of wives are turned to stone by an old man whose heart is hidden in a distant bird. Their brother heads off to find the heart, but he may need the help of some unusual friends if he is to succeed.

Family Folktales: The Dragon of the North Dec 04, 2019

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A witch-maiden, a magician, a broken heart, and magic – all may play a part in helping a young man defeat a dragon with “a body like an ox, and legs like a frog, two short fore-legs, and two long ones behind, and a tail like a serpent, ten fathoms in length.” Yikes!

Family Folktales: The True History of Little Golden Hood Nov 20, 2019

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You know one version (or maybe more!) of Little Red Riding-Hood. Here’s a whole new take!