WHEN 12-YEAR-OLD ANGELA Kato arrives in L.A., the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma...
Takes viewers to a faraway time and place to see how a genie helps young Aladdin win the love of the Sultan's daughter. Music by Mickey Hart; illustrated by Greg Couch; narrated by John Hurt.
Features two amusing Jamaican stories about Anansi the spider and his adventures. Music by UB40; illustrated by Steven Guarnaccia; narrated by Denzel Washington.
The sky god Nyame owns all the stories in the world. He keeps them to himself in a box in his kingdom in the clouds. But Anansi thinks the stories should be shared by all creatures. So one day he...
Ashley Bryan travels from coast to coast speaking and performing and is an award-winning author and illustrator. He turned 80 years old in 2003 and lives on an island off the coast of Maine. ...
A tale of endurance and spiritual transformation through suffering. After making a pact with the devil, a former Civil War soldier is given unlimited riches, but he will lose his soul unless he wears a...
Meets a small Japanese boy whose peculiar talent helps bring prosperity to his land. Music by Mark Isham; illustrated by David Johnson; narrated by William Hurt.
Features a Southern folktale about Brer Rabbit; who outsmarts a troublemaker and teaches him a lesson. Music by Dr. John; illustrated by Bill Mayer; narrated by Danny Glover.
Coasting Trade follows the voyage of a Yankee trading schooner, circumnavigating the island of Newfoundland sometime after 1865. As the vessel puts in at various ports, the lyrical narratives weave...
