Examples of Stories
| Title | Origin | The tale | Illustrator in large format edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tales of a Parrot | India | From Parrot Tales (the Persian Tutinama by Nakhshabi), split into three linked tales. Shah's version is taken from an oral narrative collected by the great Italian folklorist Giuseppe Pitrè, though the telling seems to link to a Sanskrit source, the Śukasaptati. | Sue Porter |
| Dick Whittington | England | The familiar pantomime story of Richard Whittington | Ken Laidlaw |
| Don’t Count Your Chickens | Spain | The fable behind the proverb | James Marsh |
| The Hawk and the Nightingale | Greece | Recorded by Hesiod in his Works and Days. Regarded by many as the earliest fable attributable to a literary work; number 4 in the Perry Index. | Ray Winder |
| Cecino the Tiny | Tuscany | A variant of Tom Thumb | Chris McEwen |
| Her Lover's Heart | India | The ancient story of Raja Rasulu. | David O'Connor |
| The New Hand | USA | Similar to the Brothers Grimm's The Old Man Made Young Again and to unofficial legends of Jesus current in Palestine, this one takes place in Alabama. | Mai Watts |
| The Mastermaid | Norway | From Norwegian Folktales collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, translated by George Webbe Dasent. | Peter Richardson |
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