A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

While out hiking, a family comes upon the site of an old house and finds some clues about the people that once lived there. Deep in the woods there used to be a house where a family once lived. Over there was the chimney. Just imagine little toes warming up beside it. And see those daffodils? Someone took special care to plant and tend to them so that every spring they blossomed as brightly as the year before. Both the house and the family are gone...

As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

In this story based on true events, a treasured wooden chair is passed down from family to family, with each new owner carving the word "welcome" in a new language.

Collections of folktales from various regions of Africa. Grades 3-5. For contents, see Author Catalog.

During the Depression, three young sisters get one baby doll for Christmas and must find a way to share.

Rhyming verses ask the reader to purr like a cat, scratch like a dog, leap like a squirrel, and bark like a seal.

Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born.

A grandfather tells his granddaughter about his experience on the Underground Railroad and his escape from slavery.