Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!

Bear has lots of money and lots of land -- and he's lazy. Hare has nothing but a hungry family -- and he's smart. Hare is sure there's a way to share Bear's wealth, so he and Mrs. Hare cook up a plan. Then Hare hops on down the road to Bear's place and proposes that Bear donate land. Hare handles labor, and they split the crop in half. All Bear has to do is choose the half he wants -- tops or bottoms. Sleepy Bear takes tops but finds once the harvest...

A retelling of the African American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and their animal friends populate a series of stories collected on a Georgia plantation during the Civil War.

With the help of his friends Bush-rat and Turtle, smart and nimble Rabbit makes a fool of the mighty but slow-witted king of the forest.

A fearless little boy ignores Grandma's warning about nighttime monsters until he runs away and meets the two-headed giant's three-headed brother.

Mable goes on an impossible quest to the moon hoping that will cure her beloved Grana, and is aided by constellations associated with African and African American history along the way. Includes brief descriptions of the constellations mentioned, and a note on the myth or history associated with each.

Jack trades the family cow for some magic beans which produce a beanstalk that the young boy climbs to the sky and to the land of a hungry giant, in this African-American version of the tale.

A young man searches for three people more foolish than his fiancee and her parents.