Henry Carter Hull

Presents retellings of stories featuring the heroic Norse god Thor, who protects the Viking people with his magic belt and hammer.

Despite being neglected by the emperor for a jewel-studded bird, the little nightingale revives the dying ruler with its beautiful song.

In this variation on the Cinderella story set in Greece, a girl is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but manages to captivate the prince, with help from Mother Nature and gifts from the Sun, the Moon, the Dawn, and the Sea.

In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."

A traveler stopping at a lonely cottage pulls a rusty nail from his pocket and starts to make nail soup for a grumpy old woman--proving that a merry heart and generous soul produce far better results than whines and demands.

On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.

An illustrated collection of games, songs, traditions, and stories from Puerto Rico, presented in English and Spanish, spanning a day in the life of a young schoolgirl.