Abu Ali is fooled by his friends, tricks them in turn, and even fools himself in three humorous stories of trickery based on folklore of the Middle East.

Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East

Van Woerkom, Dorothy

Children's Books

Atheneum

Retells three more adventures of muddle-headed Abu Ali including "The Bag of Rice," "Cake for Sale," and "The Donkey's Shadow."

The Friends of Abu Ali: Three More Tales of the Middle East (Ready-To-Read)

Berson, Harold

In the first two tales devils try to get a clever glassblower and wicked landlord to go back with them to hell. In the third, the Old Devil himself is outwitted by a farmer's wife. The three humorous stories, based on folklore from around the world, are tied together by Old Devil and all are illustrated with detailed black and white pictures.

Old Devil Is Waiting: Three Folktales (Let-Me-Read Book)

Harcourt Childrens Books

Alexandra cleverly outwits the dragons as she attempts to find food for her one hundred children.

Alexandra the rock eater: An old Rumanian tale retold

Knopf: distributed by Random House

A tiny peasant woman must outwit an evil dragon and capture his treasure hoard in order to buy food for her large family

Alexandra Rock-Eater

Knopf Books for Young Readers

A young girl in colonial Maine manages to catch a bear in an unusual way.

Becky and the bear

PUTNAM

Becky and the Bear

Tomes, Margot

Putnam Pub. Group

Recounts how the Rat came to be the animal representing the first year of the Chinese zodiac.

The Rat, the Ox, and the Zodiac: A Chinese Legend

Le Cain, Errol

CROWN PUB.

Wake up and Listen

Cummins, Jim

CONCORDIA PUBLISHING* HOUSE

Delicate watercolor drawings accent a sensitive retelling of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem and Jesus' birth

Journeys to Bethlehem: The Story of the First Christmas

Concordia Pub. House

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