Asian Fairy Tales

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother's legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn't know that pelesits have a dark side - and when Pink's shadows threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to survive...before they are both lost to the darkness.

Jiho comes from a long line of forest rangers who protect the Kidahara - an ancient and mysterious wood that is home to powerful supernatural creatures. But Jiho wants nothing to do with the dangerous forest. Five years ago, his father walked into the Kidahara and disappeared. Just like the young Princess Koko, the only daughter of the kingdom’s royal family. Jiho knows better than anyone else the horrors that live deep in the magical forest and how those who go in never come back.

This tender Japanese tale recalls the legend about Suho, a poor shepherd lad, and the newborn foal he finds on the Mongolian steppes.

Jolina can't take Claudine's bullying any longer! Though Jolina knows she's still in training to use her grandfather's arbularyo magic, she sneaks into his potions lab. Jolina brews a batch of gayuma, a powerful love potion. And it works. The love potion conquers Claudine's hateful nature. In fact, Claudine doesn't just stop bullying Jolina - now she wants to be Jolina's BFF, and does everything and anything Jolina asks. But magic comes with a cost, and bad intentions beget bad returns. Controlling another person's ability to love - or hate - will certainly have consequences.

"Give me six months, and I will teach your sons how to live wisely. They will make you proud," said the Pandit. And thus was born the great book of animal stories—the Panchatantra. Cunning jackals, stupid crocodiles, lumbering elephants and clever mice. Foolish fish and clever crows, quick-witted monkeys and dim-witted lions. Pit your wits against them in this feast of animal stories! The Panchatantra stories are ancient, yet so contemporary that they have been retold again and again through the ages. They remain as modern as any new story today.

A collection of endearing and vibrant retellings of Manipuri myths told for the first time ever to the outside world!

"Cion Cion Blu" è un contadino cinese che veste solo di blu e arancione; ha un gatto tutto blu e un cane tutto arancione. E un pesciolino, che si chiama Bluino. Una notte, la neve copre di fiocchi bianchi tutti i suoi alberi d'aranci: quanto buon gelato d'aranciata! Per venderlo al mercato Cion Cion Blu s'incammina...

"Ihr Ameisen, kommt! Kommt alle, fresst! Im Palast ist ein Wagen voll Reisbrei umgestürzt, da könnt ihr euch gütlich tun! Kommt!" Wir erfahren in den Indischen Märchen: Auch für die kleinsten Ameisen ist gesorgt, genau wie für die Elefanten, für Groß und Klein, für Menschen und für Götter: das ­Leben ist ein verschlungener Reigen, Oben und Unten spiegeln und vertauschen sich tausendfältig. Alexander Gruber hat alle Märchen neu erzählt, bleibt dabei den alten Geschichten treu und holt sie doch herüber in die heutige Zeit.

La Siberia è un luogo magico in cui tradizioni diverse si sovrappongono. Le leggende dei gruppi etnici locali si mescolano a quelle dei colonizzatori russi, là immigrati o deportati nel corso di due secoli. Ancor oggi, le pratiche magiche degli sciamani sono rispettate nel vasto territorio. Nessun luogo è più sacro del lago Bajikal, il più grande del pianeta per volume d’acqua, che si trova al centro del territorio siberiano, a ridosso della Mongolia. La principessa con la coda è una fiaba per bambini e adulti. Parla di come si cresce e si superano paure e delusioni.

Liway woont in de Filippijnen op het eiland Mindanao. Haar oma is een van de belangrijkste leiders van de Lumad, een inheemse bevolkingsgroep. Zij strijdt voor het behoud van het grondgebied van haar stam. Liway is dol op haar oma, maar ziet ook dat ze zich veel zorgen maakt.

Pubblicato nel 1893, questo libro per ragazzi dell'orientalista Judith Gautier descrive usi e costumi orientali (il romanzo è ambientato in Siam e in India) attraverso una storia semplice e delicata. L'attenzione ai dettagli del luogo e dell'epoca contraddistinguono questo come gli altri romanzi della scrittrice.

Der Meister der Erzählkunst, Rafik Schami, beschenkt seine Leser mit drei Geschichten, die märchenhaft und zugleich mitten aus dem Leben gegriffen scheinen. Sie handeln von einem kleinen Jungen, der sich seinen großen Wunsch – einen eigenen Tretroller – selbst erfüllen will, von einem Paar rebellischer Marionetten im Puppentheater, und von einem alten Großvater, der von einem besonderen Gut und dessen Bedeutung für sein Leben erzählt: dem Salz... Rafik Schami entführt Jung und Alt auf seine einzigartige Weise in eine orientalische Märchenwelt.

Clever Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are back in a vibrant new collection of stories riddled with surprises. When the prince’s great uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the boys to the summer festival in Peetalpur, Prince Veera and Suku are excited to compete in the games. It’s no easy feat to make the peahen sing (when peahens can’t sing) or defeat the country's champion wrestler, but Raja Apoorva’s riddles prove the ultimate test of the boys’ wit and wisdom. Packed with wise-cracking dialogue, these festive tales of two friends will captivate listeners of all ages.

You can’t dig a hole to China! Squirt doesn’t believe Bubba can dig a hole to China. But when the hole swallows them, the kids find themselves in Xi’an, China, surrounded by Terracotta Warriors. It gets worse when the ghost of the first emperor of China appears. He tells them they can’t go home until they find his missing pi.

Das Märchen aus 1001 Nacht erzählt von einem Perser, der mit einem Pferd aus Ebenholz an einen Königshof kommt. Als er dem König zeigt, dass das Pferd fliegen kann, möchte der König das Pferd haben und verspricht ihm seine Tochter. Doch sein Sohn, der Prinz, möchte das nicht. Der Perser lässt ihn das Pferd ausprobieren, sagt ihm aber nicht, wie er landen kann. So fliegt der Prinz mit dem Pferd über viele Länder und landet am Hof des Sultans. Dort verliebt er sich in dessen Tochter, die Prinzessin. Aber der Prinz muss fliehen. Später holt er die Prinzessin nach und möchte sie heiraten.

Bu eserde, Tahran'ın yoksul mahallelerinden birinde yaşayan Latif'in gezindiği sokaklardan birinde, bir oyuncakçının önünde kocaman bir oyuncak deve vardır: Püsküllü deve. Bu püsküllü deve, Latif'in yoksul yaşamındaki tek avuntusu ve tek dayanağı olur. Ona ulaşmak sahip olmak istese de bu neredeyse imkânsızdır. Bu yüzden düşlerinde oyuncak deve ile arkadaş olur, birlikte gerçekte gidemedikleri yerlere yolculuk ederler.

6-12 yoshgacha bo’lgan bolalar uchun mo’ljallangan odamlar haqida sehrli ertak. Ertak bag’dod xalifasining o’g’li shahzoda Shavkat haqida bo’lib, uning Mohistara ismli sohibjamol go’zal bir qizga maftun bo’lishi, bu qiz o’ziga oshiq bo’lgan barcha yigitlarga shart qo’yishi, bu shartni hech kim bajara olmay, kallasidan judo bo’lishi, Shavkat esa Mohistaraning sirini fosh qilib, barchani uning zulmi va yovuzligidan xalos etishi-yu, o’zi esa oxir-oqibat uni chin qalbdan sevuvchi go’zal bir qizga uylanishi haqida hikoya qiladi.

"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor": These are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar…and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled with demons and dervishes, caliphs and genies, men transformed into dogs and monsters with eyes that glow. Like the king, children will find themselves enchanted by every tale.

Aladin ist ein junger Mann, der von einem Zauberer beauftragt wird, eine Öllampe in einer magischen Höhle zu finden. Nachdem der Zauberer ihn zu betrügen versucht, behält Aladin die Lampe für sich. Er entdeckt, dass in der Lampe ein Dschinn steckt, der die Wünsche des Lampenbesitzers erfüllen muss. Mit Unterstützung des hilfreichen Geistes wird Aladin reich und mächtig und heiratet die schöne Tochter des Sultans.

Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China. His ministers take advantage of the boy emperor by stealing rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. He orders his tailors to make him “magical” new clothes that only honest people can see. Can Ming Da outsmart his ministers and save his country?