"The Gilgamesh epic is one of the world's oldest and most important legends. Gilgamesh is a terrible tyrant. When he orders his subjects to build a great wall, the exhausted people are in despair. But the evil king meets the 'uncivilized' Enkidu, and learns lessons of friendship and true humanity that will change him forever"--Cover.

New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain. Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.

Fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia.

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.

Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the New York Times bestselling author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution.

Brer Fox makes a tar baby in order to catch Brer Rabbit.

A collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world.

A tale from the Akamba people of Kenya that explains why the ostrich has such a long neck.

A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.