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Keven McQueen has written: 'Forgotten tales of Kentucky' -- subject(s): Tales, Legends, Folklore 'Offbeat Kentuckians' -- subject(s): Biography, Eccentrics and eccentricities, History 'Murder in Old Kentucky' 'Forgotten tales of Indiana' -- subject(s): Tales, Legends, Folklore 'Strange tales of crime and murder in southern Indiana' -- subject(s): Murder, History, Case studies
Claus Stamm has written: 'The very special badgers' -- subject(s): Folklore 'Three strong women' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Folklore, Tales, Fairy tales
A changling is often referred to as an elf, fairy, or troll that was left in place of a human child. These were often depicted in old folk tales for children that had come down with horrible diseases.
Evangelina Vargas del Carpio has written: 'Cuentos de hadas bolivianos' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Tales
Ruth Ainsworth has written: 'Beside the sea' 'Five \\' 'The mysterious Baba' 'The Phantom Cyclist' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Beside the sea' 'The talkingrock' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Look, do and listen' -- subject(s): Children's literature, Collections, Literature 'Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Tales' 'In your garden' -- subject(s): Natural history, Juvenile literature 'The little yellow taxiand his friends' 'Roly the Railway Mouse Ainsworth' 'More tales of Shellover' -- subject(s): Fantasy, Short stories 'Beauty and the Beast' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Fairy tales, Folklore 'Daisy the cow' 'Rufty Tufty the golliwog' 'Up the airy mountain' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Rufty Tufty at the seaside' 'More tales of Shellover' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Down the lane' 'The three little pigs' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Anotherlucky dip' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'The talking rock' 'Rufty Tufty runs away' 'The bicycle wheel' 'Up the Airy Mountain Ainsworth' 'Jack Frost' 'Lucky Dip' 'Far-away children' -- subject(s): English fiction, Folklore 'The bear who liked hugging people, and other stories' -- subject(s): Children's stories 'Pirate Ship Ainsworth' 'The snow bear' 'The bicycle wheel' -- subject(s): Readers, Reading (Elementary) 'Rufty Tufty Goes Camping Ainsworth' 'In the park' -- subject(s): Natural history, Juvenile literature
Pleasant DeSpain has written: 'The mystery artist' -- subject(s): Artists, Fiction, Individuality, Mice 'Tales of insects' -- subject(s): Folklore, Insects, Tales 'Twenty two splendid tales to tell, from around the world' -- subject(s): Tales, Folklore 'Tales to frighten and delight' -- subject(s): Folklore, Supernatural, Tales 'Eleven Turtle Tales (World Storytelling)' 'The dancing turtle' -- subject(s): Folklore 'Tales of cats' -- subject(s): Cats, Folklore, Tales 'Tales of Wisdom and Justice (Books of Nine Lives)' 'Thirty-three multicultural tales to tell' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales 'Pleasant journeys' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales 'Tales of Tricksters (The Books of Nine Lives, 1)' 'The emerald lizard' -- subject(s): Bilingual, Folklore, Spanish language materials, Tales, Translations into Spanish 'Tales of holidays' -- subject(s): Folklore, Holidays, Tales 'Sweet Land of Story' 'Eleven nature tales' -- subject(s): Collections, Folklore, Storytelling, Tales
Phyllis Savory has written: 'Zulu fireside tales' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales, Zulu (African people), Zulu Tales 'Congo fireside tales' -- subject(s): Tales 'Matabele fireside tales' 'Fireside tales from the North' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales 'Gerard Bhengu, Zulu artist' 'The song of the golden birds' -- subject(s): Bantu Tales, Bantu-speaking peoples, Folklore, Tales 'Bantu folk tales from Southern Africa' -- subject(s): Bantu-speaking peoples, Folklore, Tales 'Swazi fireside tales' -- subject(s): Folklore, Swazi (African people), Tales
Htin Aung has written: 'Burmese law tales' 'Burmese history before 1287' -- subject(s): Historiography 'Burmese folk-tales' -- subject(s): Tales 'A kingdom lost for a drop of honey' -- subject(s): Burma, Tales, Folklore 'Folk tales of Burma' -- subject(s): Tales 'Folk tales of Burma' 'The Stricken peacock' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Burma, Great Britain, History 'Burmese folk-tales' 'Folk Tales of Burma' 'Burmese monk's tales' -- subject(s): Tales 'The stricken peacock' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, History 'Folk elements in Burmese Buddhism' 'Burmese law tales' -- subject(s): Tales, Law, Folklore
C.W Webber has written: 'Romance of natural history' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Natural history, Hunting, Outdoor books 'Tales of the southern border' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Eleanor Brockett has written: 'Persian fairy tales' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Tales, Folklore 'Turkish fairy tales' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Folklore, Tales
Maurice Albert Michael has written: 'Haakon, King of Norway' -- subject(s): History 'Portuguese fairy tales' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Tales 'German folk and fairy tales' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Tales
Meiling Deng has written: 'Wan xia' -- subject(s): Tales 'Pian pian' -- subject(s): Tales 'Wang Liulang' -- subject(s): Tales 'Lao shan dao shi' -- subject(s): Tales
Duncan Williamson has written: 'Tales of the seal people' -- subject(s): Tales, Folklore 'The Horsieman' -- subject(s): Biography, Romanies, Tinkers 'Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children (Silkies)' 'Fireside' 'Jack and the devil's purse' -- subject(s): Romanies, Tales, Folklore 'Cost and Management Accounting Student Workbook' 'A thorn in the king's foot' -- subject(s): Tales 'Fireside tales of the traveller children' -- subject(s): Folklore, Scottish Travellers (Nomadic people), Tales 'The genie and the fisherman, and other tales from the Travelling People' -- subject(s): Tales, Folklore
C. A. Kincaid has written: 'The outlaws of Kathiawar and other studies' -- subject(s): Indic literature, History and criticism 'Teachers of India' -- subject(s): Biography, Gurus 'The Hindu gods and how to recognize them' -- subject(s): Religion, Brahmanism, Gods 'The land of 'Ranji' and 'Duleep', by Charles A. Kincaid' -- subject(s): History 'Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat' -- subject(s): Folklore, Gujarati Tales, Gujaratis (Indic people), Sindhi (South Asian people), Sindhi Tales, Tales, Tales, Gujarati, Tales, Sindhi 'The tale of the tulsi plants and other studies' -- subject(s): Folk tales, Folktales, Tales 'The Indian heroes' -- subject(s): Folklore 'Deccan nursery tales' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales 'Tales of the Indian cavaliers' -- subject(s): Indic Tales, Tales, Indic 'The anchorite and other stories' 'Indian Christmas stories' 'Our Hindu friends' -- subject(s): Hinduism, Rituals
Peg Hall has written: 'Tales of fright' -- subject(s): Horror stories, Horror tales 'Tales of the American Revolution' -- subject(s): Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction 'Tales of Brothers Grimm' -- subject(s): Children's stories, Fairy tales, Folklore 'Tales of Northern Europe' 'Tales of Southeast Asia (Cover-to-Cover Timeless Classics: Cultural & Hist)' 'Whose Feet Are These?' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction 'Kirsten 1854' 'Tales of heroes' -- subject(s): Fiction, Heroes, Short stories 'Whose Eyes Are These?' -- subject(s): OverDrive, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction 'Tales of Africa II' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales
Giovanni Francesco Straparola has written: 'Le piacevoli notti' -- subject(s): Fairy tales, Italian Tales 'Le piacevoli notti' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'The facetious nights of Straparola' -- subject(s): Tales, Fairy tales, Fiction 'Les facecievses nvictz' 'The Nights of Straparola' -- subject(s): Tales, Fairy tales
Benson Olayide Salami has written: 'Opitan Agba' -- subject(s): Folklore, Yoruba (African people), Tales '\\' -- subject(s): Tales, Folklore 'Ancient African tales' -- subject(s): Tales, Folklore