Series:

On My Own Folklore

10 total works

Cover of Bokuden and the Bully

Bokuden and the Bully

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 January 2008
Relates how Bokuden Tsukahara, the greatest swordsman of sixteenth-century Japan, deals with a boastful, bullying warrior during a ferry ride across a great river.

Cover of How Coyote Stole the Summer

Cover of Mike Fink

Mike Fink

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 August 2006
Relates the deeds of the frontiersman who became the King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River

Cover of John Henry

John Henry

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 October 2006
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

Cover of Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 August 2007
Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named Babe.

Cover of Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 September 2006
Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, and used a rattle snake as a rope.

Cover of Casey Jones

Casey Jones

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 September 2006

Cover of Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 January 2007

Cover of Lion and the Hare, The: An East African Folktale

Cover of The Lion and the Hare

The Lion and the Hare

by Dr Stephen Krensky

Published 1 August 2008
A retelling of a traditional East African tale in which a clever rabbit finds a way to outwit the lion that is terrifying all the other grassland animals.