A princess makes a daring deal with the Queen of the Snakes. A lonely sister weaves stinging plants together in order to save her brothers from their mother. A curious boy suddenly becomes a Wolf cub... Discover a worldwide collection of shape-shifter stories, based on Folktales and lore From the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe, from cursed princes to the First werewolves, things aren't always what they seem! Book jacket.

The snake prince : Punjabi folktale -- The first werewolves : Greek myth -- Catching Loki : Norse myth -- The Ashkelon witches : Jewish folktale -- Turnskin : Breton folktale -- The swallow's search : Egyptian myth -- The frog, the flies and the frying pan : Scottish folktale -- Fooled by foxes : Japanese folktale -- Ceridwen's potion : Welsh legend -- The gold sea : Canadian tribal tale -- The swan brothers : Norwegian folktale -- The wolf arrow : Dutch folktale -- Buzzard boy : Mexican folktale -- The laidly wyrm : Northumbrian legend -- The accidental wolf cub : German folktale.