Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
(An Irish Tale) Once upon a time, a farmer lived in the high mountaintops and always worked as hard as he could. Still, no matter how much he tried, the family struggled. Then one chilly November day,...
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
(An American Tale) Long ago, a young woman known as Mary Bloodsworth lived in a tiny cottage in a forest in Massachusetts. Mary sold healing herbs and other remedies to people who came from far and wide...
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
(An Algonquin Indian Tale) Once upon a time long ago, before human beings inhabited the Earth, the animals held a council every year. One year the conversation was all about Turtle’s decision to move to the sky....
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
(A Vietnamese Folktale) Once upon a time, there was a young man named Hien who was all alone in the world. His parents had died; he had no sisters or brothers, no wife and no children. Every...
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
(An English Tale) Dick Whittington was born in Yorkshire, and when he was just a boy, his parents died. He wandered from village to village, begging for food and shelter. When a family took him in for...
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
(A Jewish Tale) Many years ago, in a little village in Russia, there lived a tailor named Isaac who loved his wife, Rachel, and his family with all his heart. Sadly, soon after his granddaughter Sophia was...
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
(An Iroquois Tale) There were once four brothers who were the finest hunters in their tribe. No one was better. One day, when the cold nights were beginning to return, the brothers received a message — a...
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
(A Cajun Folktale) Everyone has heard tales of the feu follet, a ghostly light that appears in the swamps. If you try to follow it, it will retreat and lead you deeper and deeper into the swampy,...
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
(A South American Folktale) Long ago, a fisherman and his wife lived in a tiny mud hut near the river. They had seven children, and the wife was pregnant once again. The fisherman worked day and night,...
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
(An Indian Fable) Once upon a time in India, there was a beautiful pond filled with lotus flowers beside a palace. Whenever the lotus flowers blossomed, the bees came from near and far. Those bees swarmed the...