Mirra Ginsburg

When he tries to imitate a rooster, a newly-hatched chick falls in a puddle.

Everything everywhere is asleep except for the wind and one wakeful child.

A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

Records the adventures of three playful kittens.

Wanting a son after their children have grown and left home, an old man fashions a child of clay for himself and his wife, only to see him feed a ravenous appetite with all the residents of their Russian village.

A lamb asks the ice, sun, cloud, rain, earth, and grass who is the strongest one of all and reaches a surprising conclusion.

A collection of brief tales, riddles, and fables from various parts of Russia.

A Russian Eskimo tale explaining why the sun shines on the tundra for part of the year.

How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when originally there was room only for the ant?

The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.