New York: Harper & Brothers, (1956.) dj. Hardcover - Collection of 9 French Canadian folk stories, told to told to children at the LeBlanc summer picnic in Vermont to remind them of their ancestors in French Canada; in the beginning they lived near Quebec city and wore long red sashes and later some moved to Montreal where the color was blue. Included Luc Boulanger's Spotted Pig; Claude leBlanc and the Fi-Follet; Sashes Red and Blue; Liitle Nichet's baby Sister; The Dance of the Marionettes, The Hard Master, How Little Nichet Became Jean-Baptiste; The Lutin in the Barn; The Sheep with the Wooden Collar. Illustrated in black and white by Rita Fava 107pp.

Toronto & Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1985. Hardcover first edition - Charming Inuit folktale illustrated with scenes from shadow puppets. Includes a page on how to create your own shadow puppet theater and 2 pages of templates. Oblong format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5404920.

New York: North-South Books, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of this classic Grimm Brothers folk tale about Hans who starts home with a lump of gold, but he keeps making worse and worse trades until he is finally "lucky" enough to return home empty-handed! What an optimist. Illustrated in full color by the Czechoslovakian artist Eugen Sopko. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-805000097.

New York: SeaStar, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of a traditional Irish tale set in the mid-1800s, illustrated by Hague in appropriately somber tones. After a young girl "steps on a newly filled grave, the dead man forces her to care for him by preparing oatmeal mixed with freshly drawn human blood. By pretending to eat her share while secreting it away in her scarf, she provides the means of reviving the young men whose blood she has drawn." Unpaginated. ISBN: 1-587170590.

New York: Dial Books, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth volume in this award winning series, retelling the final adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Jerry Pinkney. Includes an introduction by Lester, xvi, 156 pp. ISBN: 0-803713037.

n.p. [Auburn, CA] Catalpa Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-961994304.

n.p. [Auburn, CA] Catalpa Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of humorous folk tales centered on a general store in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, but also equally at home in the bayous of Louisiana, and the front porches of New England. Among the classic themes are the hen-pecked husband, the stubborn mule, the restless ghost and more. SIGNED on the title page by both the author and the illustrator. 135 pp. ISBN: 0-961994304.

New York: Atheneum, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A funny - and not-too-scary - story by Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack and storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss, with lively illustrations by Kyrsten Brooker. "When Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama - 'Don't let nothing or nobody into this house' ... 'nothing or nobody' could turn out to be something awful: the Boo Hag! The Boo Hag's got a voice that rumbles like thunder and hair that shoots out like lightning. And she can disguise herself to look like anything. So when the Boo Hag comes calling, will Precious be clever enough to outwit even the trickiest trickster?" Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-689851944.

New York: Tambourine Books, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First printing The story of Petrushka, a Russian railway workman who lives along a desolate stretch of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and who is plagued by a michievious demon named Rashka who insists that Petrushka perform all sorts of outlandish deeds before the demon will untie the rails he has knotted up. Translated from the Italian by Olivia Holmes. The first book by award winning Moscow artist Mikhail Fedorov to be produced for an American publisher. Oblong format Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-688-111661.

Wellington & Sydney, Australia: A.H.& A W Reed Ltd., , (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Six Maori folk tales retold in simple language, easy enough for children to read themselves. Illustrated on every page with black, white and blue drawings by Raymond Labone. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-589-002031.