A collection of thirty shareable fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from around the world that includes magic tales, homey tales, animal tales, and two tales by Jane Yolen.

"A Paula Wiseman book."

How to love a story: an introduction -- The gingerbread man -- The turnip -- Lazy Jack -- The little red hen -- The little old lady who lost her dumpling -- The Bremen Town musicians -- Tops and bottoms -- The old woman and her pig -- Stone soup -- Rosechild -- The lion and the mouse -- The mean tiger and the hare -- The grasshopper and the ant -- The ugly duckling -- The tortoise and the hare -- The city mouse and the country mouse -- Plip, plop -- The hen and the big, bad fox -- Noah's ark -- The sow, the mare, and the cow -- The determined tortoise and the world's wisdom -- Silly wishes -- The shoemaker and the elves -- Stonecutter -- Ali's wretched sack -- The two neighbors -- The golden goose -- The merman's sock -- How Anansi Spider got all his stories -- The sweet porridge pot -- Brave Marietta -- Frog prince.