Margaret Read MacDonald

When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.

Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all.

Retells the folktale of the gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected.

A greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat.

A cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.

A rooster with a magic stomach retrieves the diamond button which was stolen from him by a greedy king.

A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot, but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just like any child.