Resource: Tales from Timbuktu

Tales from Timbuktu

Author: Constance Smedley
Illustrator: Maxwell Armfield
Year: 1923
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Despite the reference to Mali's Timbuktu in the title, only a few of the stories are African:

The Bird Who Gave Milk (Kaffir)
Where There's a Wit, There's a Way (Congo)
The King's Drum (Calabar)
The Faithful Friends (Korea)
The Foolish Young Emperor (Manchuria)
The Stone Lion (Tibet)
Why the Fish Laughed (Kashmir)
The Eloquent Peasant (Egypt)
The Gifted Lad (China)
Jewels, Silver, Pearls, and Gold (Chile)
The Man who South Wealth from God (Malgascay)
The Feasts of Shiraz (Persia)

Resource: Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans

Folklore from Contemporary Jamaicans

Author: Daryl C. Dance
Year: 1985
Location: personal library

I have listed the titles of the stories only for Part I and Part II.

I. Etiological Tales
1 Jet Black
2 How We Get Black
3 Dat's Pe-e-r-fick
4 Why the Black Man is Black
5 The Creation of the Negro
6 Why the Black Man Has to Work Hard
7 Mango and Orange
8 Congo and Nago
9 Sorrel
10 Why Satan Did Not Learn to Blow Breath

II Anansesem
11 Cork di Pot, Man
12 Bird Cherry Island
13 Why Dawg Hate Puss
14 The Bone Sweet
15 Bredda Anandy and Bredda John Crow
16 Anancy and Monkey
17 The Tar Banana Tree
18 Mi Waan' Bulla
19 Anancy is Riding-Horse
20 Tacuma Wins the Girl
21 Gashany Bull
22 Escaping Soldiers
23 Dis Yah One Ya Bal'
24 Town Mouse and Country Mouse
25 Dem Caan' Call Me Rat
26 The Ugliest Man Mus' Wash Up

III Duppy Tales

IV Big Boy Tales

V Tales about Religion

VI Tales about Rastafarians

VII Miscellaneous Tales

VIII Riddles

IX Rhymes

X Songs

XI Children's Games

Resource: The Drum and the Hoe

The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People

Author: Harold Courlander
Year: 1960
Location: personal library

I have listed here the titles of the stories in Chapter 16: Folk Tales: Bouki, Malice, and Jean Saute

The President Wants No More of Anansi
Bouki and Ti Malice Go Fishing
Baptizing the Babies
Uncle Bouki Gets Whee-Ai
Bouki and Ti Bef (Calf)
Jean Saute Makes the King's Daughter Laugh
The Singing Tortoise
Frog, Chief of the Well
Un, Deux, Trois, Cinq, Six
The Four Hunchbacks

Resource: Honey, Hush! African American Women's Humor

Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor

Author: Daryl Cumber Dance
Year: 1998
Location: personal library

I have just listed here the items marked as "folk" and "former slave" in the table of contents.

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
How'd You Make Out?
Queen Bee
An Hour of Pleasure
Norfolk
Ball It Up and THrow It to Me
Just a Cream Color
We Must, We Must, We Must
Do You Remember
Old Age is Hell
I Can't Remember
Plenty Fire in the Furnace
You Got an "F" in Sex
A Dentist's Jokes
The Minister's Fresh Air
Open That Door
He Remember
Under Suspicion
Helping a lady Out
Shall We Gather at the River
Gone to Meddlin'
Prayers
May I Have This Dance
The Next Time You Come
I Can't Remember
Over the Hill
The Fifteen-Inch Pianist
Up
Shortening
A Man Won't Make a Fool of Me Twice
I Figured He Could Fly
Sexual Awareness
Well. . . .
She Didn't Ask about You
I Ain't Dead
Where Are You From?
The Proper Word
Fido
The Lee Sisters
Does It Come in White?
I Raised hell While I Was There
I Been Sick
We Ain't Dumb
It Hasn't Been Used
Jesus Wept
Tongue and Teeth
Why I Talk like Dis?
Am I Jewish? or Am I Black?
You Is What You Is
Testimonials
I'll Take Him
You Know
Ho-de-do
OJ's Going to Cancun
Country Guy and City Guy
The New Rectum
Stayman
Hurry Up
Playing in a Big Auditorium
No Overseer Ever Downed Her
It's a Good Time to Dress You Out
Childhood
Old Satan is Mad
Done wid Driver's Dribin'
The Tar Baby
You Gon' Make Bread Today
I'll Go as Far as Memphis
Gaining Respect
'Sippi
Some People Just Can't Tell Jokes
At Least I Know Where I Am
How You Doing?
OJ is Chilly
Approach the Bench
Wait on de Lord
Is the Coast Clear?
Teachers on the Third Floor
My Sympathy

Resource: World Folktales: North and South America

Greenwood Library of World Folktales: North and South America

Author: Thomas Green
Year: 2008
Location: personal library

I have only transcribed titles from the relevant sections for this project.

African American

Grandfather's Escape to Free Haven

How Come Brer Bear Sleep In The Winter

How Come Mr. Buzzard To Have A Bald Head

Playing Godfather

When Brer Rabbit Was Presidin' Elder

How Brer Rabbit Practice Medicine

Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing

Why The People Tote Brer Rabbit Foot In Their Pocket

Mr. Deer's My Riding Horse

When Brer Rabbit Saw Brer Dog's Mouth So Brer Dog Can Whistle

How Brer Fox Dreams He Eat Brer Possum

Trouble (Rabbit Loses His Tail)

When Brer Rabbit Help Brer Terrapin

The Watcher Tricked

Coon In The Box

Your Horse Stays Outside

How Come Pigs Can See The Wind

How Brer Rabbit Bring Dust Out Of The Rock

Jack And The Bean-Pole

Tablecloth, Donkey, And Club

The Bride Of The Evil One

Trapping A Hag

Sol Lockheart's Call

Possessed Of Two Spirits

Jack-O-My-Lantern

Cajun

The Wine, the Farm, the Princess and the Tarbaby

The Sack of Peas and the Mule

On Horseback

jean Sot and the Cowhide

Jean Sot Feeds Cows Needles

Jean Sot Kills the Duck

Ti Jean Cannot Tell a Lie

Boudreaux and the Cottonmouth

Cajun Cockfight

South American: Suriname Maroon

How Man Made Woman Respect Him

Anansi Eats Mutton

Jauw's Dream

Snake and Hunter

Caribbean

Antigua

Nancy and the Honey Tree

Nancy Fools His Wife

Playing Mourner

Why Rabbit has a Short Tail

Mr. Hard Time

Under the Green Old Oak Tree

Bahamas

Brother Rabbit an' Brother Tar-Baby

Brother Elephant and Brother Whale

Brother Rabbit, Brother Booky, and Brother Cow

The Girl and the Fish

The Big Worm

Jamaica 

The Origin of Woman

Annancy and the Yam Hills

Cunnie-more-than-Father

Anansi and the Lady in the Well

Cock's Breakfast

Tiger Softens His Voice

The Witch at Bosen Corner

Jack and the Devil Errant

De Story of de Man and Six Poached Eggs

Arawak

Hariwali and the Wonderful Tree

The Tiger Changed into a Woman

The Babracote and the Camudi

How We Beat the Caribs

Carib

How Pain, Misery, and Death Came into the World

How the Man Fooled the Tiger

The Sun, the Frog, and the Firesticks

Resource: Story

Story

Author: Harold Scheub
Year: 1998
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Tradition and an Old Woman
The Selfish Husband
The Dancing Crocodile
Strange Encounters
The Dogs
The runny Eyes of an Old Woman
Strange Cargo
The Floating Room
The Troubled Girl
A Mother and her Child
Swallowed by a Monster
She-Whose-Feet-Are-White
Nomathuse's Daughter, the Girl with One Hand
Thakane and her Father
Kabetana at the Ochre Pit
Sathana's Daughter
The Cas-Off
The Death of a Child
The Young Man of the Ancient Race
Mantis and the All-Devourer
The Pregnant Boy
Children of the Anthill
The Girl Who Was Sold to a Monster
The Sisters
Ngqopho's Field

Resource: American Folktales: The South and the Caribbean

The Greenwood Library of American Folktales: The South and the Caribbean

Author: Thomas Green
Year: 2006
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

The South

Origins
Kanati And Selu: The Origin Of Corn And Game
The Origin Of Corn
The Man Who Invented Fire
Origin Of The Alabama Indians
When Mr. Pine Tree And Mr. Oak Tree Fall Out
Why The People Tote Brer Rabbit Foot In Their Pocket
Origin Of The Bear: The Bear Songs
How Come Brer Bear Sleep In The Winter
How Come Mr. Buzzard To Have A Bald Head
The Rattlesnake's Vengeance
How Come Pigs Can See The Wind
Why Mr. Owl Can't Sing
When Brer Rabbit Saw Brer Dog's Mouth So Brer Dog Can Whistle
Ol' Rabbit An' De Dawg He Stole
Allen Chesser's Initiation: The Bear Fight

Heroes, Heroines, Tricksters, and Fools
The Wine, The Farm, The Princess, And The Tarbaby
The Tarbaby
The Rabbit And The Frenchman
Mr. Deer's My Riding Horse
Rabbit Rides Wolf
On Horseback
Incriminating The Other Fellow
Playing Godfather
How Brer Rabbit Practice Medicine
When Brer Wolf Have His Corn Shucking
The Sack Of Peas And The Mule
The Irishman And The Pumpkin
The Sea Tick And The Irishman
Shooting Grasshoppers
The Fox And The Wolf
When Brer Rabbit Was Presidin' Elder
Jack The Giant Killer
How Brer Fox Dream He Eat Brer 'possum
Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing
The Lion And The Unicorn
When Brer 'possum Attend Miss Fox's House-Party
The Tasks Of Rabbit
When Brer Rabbit Help Brer Terrapin
Rabbit Kills Big Man-Eater
Rabbit And The Big Man-Eater
How The Deer Obtained His Horns
Rabbit Fools Alligator
Rabbit Gets A Turkey For Wildcat
When Brer Frog Give A Big Dining
Bouqui And Lapin: The Smokehouse
Jean Sot Feeds Cows Needles
Nea Sot Kills Th Educk
Jean Sot And The Cowhide
Lazy Jack And His Calf Skin
Ti Jean Cannot Tell A Lie
Boudreaux And The Cottonouth
Cajun Cockfight
'coon In The Box
The Fuck Fight
A Sight Of Alligators
Lies Too Far Apart
The Arkansas Shakes
Voices In The Frying Pan
The Bent Gun
The Marvelous Potato
The King And Old George Buchanan
Jack And The Beanstalk
Old Bluebeard
Hardy Hardback
How Brer Rabbit Bring Dust Out Of Th Erock
Rabbit Steals Fire
Whiteberry Whittington

Old Foster

The Powers that Be: Sacred Tales
Why The Spider Never Got In The Ark
The Spanish Moss
Hellhound Comes For A Drunkard
Sol Lockheart's Call
Where Did Adam Hide?
Possessed Of Two Spirits
Miller's Witch Wife
Phoebe Ward, Witch
A Bewitched Churning
The Raven Mocker
The Witch And The Boiler
A Bewitched Gun
The Bell Witch
Avenging Ghosts
The Rich Ghost
Return Of The Ghost Wife
Riders Pursued By Ghosts
The Mysterious Deer
The Bride Of The Evil One
The Chosen Suitor: The Forbidden Room
The Ahunted House
Race With A Ghost
The Ghost Of Alex
The Spirit Defenders Of Nikwasi

The Powers that Be: Secular Tales
Jim Johns and th eTiger
When Mr. Terrapin Went Riding on the Clouds
Are you Man?
The Grease Girl
All Dressed up and No Place to Go
The Talking Eggs
Your Horse Stays Outside

The Caribbean

Origins
Adam And Eve
Brother Rabbit An' Brother Tar Baby
Nancy And The Honey Tree
Brother Elephant And Brother Whale
Why Rabbit Has A Short Tail
Playing Mourner
Cock's Breakfast
The Origins Of Woman

Heroes, Heroines, Tricksters, And Fools
The Brave Tailor
Nancy Fools His Wife
Annancy And The Yam Hills
Seeking Trouble
Brother Rabbit, Brother Booky, And Brother Cow
The Sperrit House
Bale Of Cotton Or Bag Of Salt
Mr. Hard Time
John The Fool And John The Smart
Anansi And The Lady In The Well
Magic Flight
The Three Sons

The Powers That Be: Sacred Tales
The Chosen Suitor
The Big Worm
The Nighty Beauty
Under The Green Old Oak Tree
The Old Woman And Her Child
Rescued From The Loups Garous By Loa Saint James
A Zange Disguises As A Snake
A Loup Garou Disguises As A Beggar

The Power That Be: Secular Tales
The Solomon Cycle
Destory Of De Man And Six Poached Eggs
Education For A Carpenter's Son
Dayday Agastin

The Girl And The Fish

Resource: Talk That Talk

Talk That Talk: An Anthology of African-American Storytelling

Author: Linda Goss and Marian E. Barnes
Year: 1989
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

1. Animal Tales and Fables
Brer Tiger and Big Wind
No Tracks Coming Back
Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch
Kind of De World
Why Anansi Hides in Corners
Anancy an Him Story
Anansi's Riding Horse
Rooster and Roach
The Ant Story
Why the Rabbit is Alert
Brer Rabbit and Buh King
The Frog who Wanted to be a Singer
The Butterfly
Don't Play with Your Supper
Bush Got Ears
How Trouble Made the Monkey Eat Pepper
Uglier than a Grinning Buzzard
The Story fo Skun and Why He Has Such a Bad Smell
How the Snake Got its Rattles
A tunnel to Our Ancestors
The Story of the Eagle
Animal Tales and Lore
Trickster, The Revolutionary Hero

2. History Remembered

3. Sermons

4. Traditional and Contemporary Stories of Family and Home

5. Tales of Ghosts and Witches

6. Humorous Tales and Anecdotes

7. Raps, Rhythms, and Rhymes

Resource: West Indian Folk Tales

West Indian Folk Tales

Author: Philip Sherlock
Illustrator: Joan Kiddell Monroe
Year: 1966
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

The Coomacka-Tree
The Crested Curassow
Irraweka, Mischief-Maker
The Jaguar And The Crested Curassow
The Dog's Nose Is Cold
The Warau People Discover The Earth
Tiger Story, Anansi Story
Tiger In The Forest, Anansi In The Web
Mancrow, Bird Of Darkness
Anansi And Snake The Postman
Dry-Bone And Anansi
How Crab Got A Hard Back
Cat And Dog
Anansi And Candlefly
Anansi's Old Riding-Horse
Why Women Won't Listen
Anansi Hunts With Tiger
Work-Let-Me-See
The Sea-Mammy
Born A Monkey, Live A Monkey
Mr. Wheeler

Resource: The Hat-Shaking Dance

The Hat-Shaking Dance and Other Tales from the Gold Coast

Author: Harold Courlander and Albert Kofi Prempeh
Illustrator: Enrico Arno
Year: 1962
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

All Stories are Anansi's
Anansi, the Oldest of Animals
Anansi's Hat-Shaking Dance
Two Feasts for Anansi
Anansi Plays Dead
The liar's Contest
Why Wisdom is Found Everywhere
Osebo's Drum
Anansi and the Elephant Go Hunting
the Planting Party
Okraman's Medicine
Anansi Borrows Money
Anansi's Rescue from the River
Anansi and the Elephant Exchange Knocks
How the Lizard Lost and Regained His Form
Anansi Steals the Palm Wine
The Elephant's Tail
The Porcupine's Hoe
The Sword that Fought by Itself
Nyame's Well
The Coming of the Yams

Resource: Gullah Animal Tales

Gullah Animal Tales from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina

Author: Albert H. Stoddard
Editor: Will Killhour
Illustrator: Christina Bates
Year: 1995
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Man Gets His Adams Apple
Brother Partridge Outhides Brother Rabbit
How Brother Hound Got His Long Snout
How Brother Hound Got His Long Tongue
How Brother Wasp Got His Small Waist
Brother Alligator Sees Trouble
Brother Rabbit Fools Brother Elephant And Brother Whale
Brother Fox And Brother Rooster
Brother Deer And Brother Rabbit Race
He Might Overrun The Law
Is A Long Bill A Good Thing?
Don't Trust Brother Rattlesnake's Word
Brother Blacksnake Gets Caught
Brother Rabbit Wants More Knowledge
Brother Rabbit Loses His Head

Resource: Regional Folklore in the United States

Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States

Author: Richard Dorson
Year: 1964
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

I have only transcribed the titles relevant to this project.

Maine Down-easters
Pennsylvania Dutchmen
Southern Mountaineers

Louisiana Cajuns
Bouki an dLapin in the Smokehouse
Bouki and the Rabbit and the Well
Foolish John and the errands
Foolish John and Parsley
Roclore
The Frog and the Princess
The Mouse, the Sausage, and the Bird

Illinois Egyptians

Southwest Mexicans

Utah Mormons

Resource: From My People

From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore

Author: Daryl Cumber Dance
Year: 2002
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

I have just listed the contents for Chapter 1: Folktales.

De Ways Of De Wimmens
Why The Black Man's Hair Is Nappy
Why The Whites Have Everything
Upon This Rock
Why The Rabbit Has A Short Tail
How The Black Man Lost His Wings
The False Message: Take My Place
The Goldstone
Mr. Rabbit And Mr. Frog Make Mr. Fox And Mr. Bear Their Riding Horses
Bobtail Beats The Devil
Making Butter
Some Are Going, And Some Are Coming
The Tar Baby
Buh Squirrel An' Buh Fox
How Brer Wolf Caught Brer Rabbit
Straighten Up And Fly Right
De Two Fren An' De Bear
De Eagle An' His Chillun
Buh Lion An' Buh Goat
De Dyin' Bull-Frog
The Elephant And The Whale
Polly Tells On The Slaves
Hot Biscuits Burn Yo' Ass
Lookin' For Three Fools
Uncle Monday
Sweet-The-Monkey
The Coon In The Box
The Mojo
How?
Uncle Jim Speaks His Mind
Pompey
Thirteen Years
Why The Guardian Angel Let The Brazos Bottom Negroes Sleep
You May Fall In Yourself
I'll Go As Far As Memphis
Shall We Gather At The River
Gone To Meddlin'
Can't Get In
The One-Legged Grave Robber
Big Fraid And Lil' Fraid
The Irishman And The Moon
The Irishman And The Watermelon
John And The Twelve Jews
The Irishman At The Dance
How Hoodoo Lost His Hand
Mary Bell
The Clever Companions
The Laziest Man
The Lazy Man

Resource: The Negro Traditions

The Negro Traditions

Author: Thomas W. Talley
Year: 1996
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Will o' the Wisp
Cotton-eyed Joe or the Origin of the Weeping Willow
Why the Jaybird Goes to See the "Bad Man" on Friday
The Headless Man
Why the Buzzard is Black
The Negro Slave in the Moon
How the Bear Lost His Judgeship
Why the Irishman is a Railroad Section Boss
Why the Preacher Dresses in Black
The Parrot Overseer
The Courting Old Woman
Why the Cat and the Dog are Enemies
The Dog's Habits
The Devil's Daughters or Why the Fish Have Fins
Why White Overseers of Negro Slaves Had Little Sense

Resource: Shuckin' and Jivin'

Shuckin' and Jivin': Folklore from Contemporary Black Americans

Author: Daryl Cumber Dance
Year: 1978
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Etiological Tales
In The Beginning
Why The Nigger Is So Messed Up
Why The Black Man's Hair Is Nappy
Why The Black Man Has Big Feet
Why The Whites Have Everything
Upon This Rock
How Blacks Got To America
Why The Bear Ain't Got No Tail
How The Gopher Got His Name
Why Dogs Smell Each Other
How Black Birds Got Black

Tales Of Heaven And Hell
I Raised Hell While I Was There
Flying Good Time
Don't Wake 'em!
I Don't Want To Staaaay!
Fund Raiser
The Niggers Done Put The Fire Out!
Three Surprises
No Men In Heaven
Teacher Shortage
I Know I'm In Hell Now
Don't Make A Wave
Hard Luck Sam
Sam Goes To Heaven

Ghost Tales

Conjure Tales

Tales About Religion

Self-Degrading Tales

The White Woman And The Black Man

Tales About Women

Tales About Marital Infidelity

Ethnic Jokes

Tales About The Cruelty Of Whites

Outsmarting Whitey

Tales Of The Bad Nigger

Miscellaneous Animal Tales
Wait On De Lord
The Lord Spare Us
Good To Be On Time
Don't Trust A Man When He's In His Liquor
Don't Let Anybody Use You For A Cat's Paw
Let Us Spray
You Better Go 'round
Judgment Up There
Buying Wood
We Belong Together
'tis The Plumber
I Would Fall
Too Much Tongue
Bear 'round
Root, Root, Root!
Mountain And Squirrel Quarrel
Well, That's One On Me
Terrapin And Rabbit Race
Pretty Weather
Plymouth Rock
Scotch!
Hard To Kill
He Swallored His Head
Didn't You See Me When I Swelled?
Bravado
Bad Bantam
Take Off Dem Fancy Pajamas!
Mr. Rabbit Is Back
The Ugliest
Monkey Cuts His Throat
Crap Game In The Barnyard

Miscellaneous Risque Tales

Miscellaneous Black Folklore

Resource: The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales

The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales

Author: Diane Wolkstein
Illustrator: Elsa Henriquez
Year: 1978
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

The Magic Orange Tree
The Two Donkeys
Owl
Put that Man to Bed
Four Hairs from the Beard of the Devil
The Case of the Uncooked Eggs
Tayzanne
Cat and Dog and the Return of the Dead
The One who Would Not Listen to his own dream
Papa God and General Death
Booki Dances the Kokioko
Papa God Sends Turtle Doves
The Singing Bone
The Gizzard
The Monkey who Asked for Misery
The Name
Cat's Baptism
I'm Tipingee, She's Tipingee, We're Tipingee Too
The Master Thief
Horse and Toad
Mother of the Waters
A very Happy Donkey
One, My Darling, Come to Mama
The Forbidden Apple
Papa God First, Man Next, Tiger Last
The Last Tiger in Haiti
Bye-Bye

Resource: Her Stories: African American Folktales

Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales

Author: Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator: Leo and Diane Dillon
Year: 1995
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Little Girl and Buh Rabby
Lena and Big One Tiger
Marie and Redfish
Miz Hattie Gets Some Company

Catskinella
Good Blanche, Bad Rose, and the Talking Eggs
Mary Belle and the Mermaid
Mom Bett and the Little Ones A-Glowing

Who You!
Macie and the Boo Hag
Lonna and Cat Woman
Malindy and Little Devil

Woman and Man Started Even
Luella and the Tame Parrot
The Mer-Woman out of the Sea
Annie Christma

Millie Evans:Plantation Times
Lettice Boyer: From Way Back
Mary Lou Thornton: My Family

Resource: Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales

Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales

Author: Kirstin Congdon
Illustrator: Kitty Kitson Petterson
Year: 2001
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Telling Traditional Tales in Florida

How Things Came to Be the Way They Are
Why Men And Women Don't Have Tails Like Cows
How The Gopher Turtle Was Made
How Florida Got That Way
Cape Sable Cats
The Alligator And The Eagle
Buzzard Roost
Why The Rabbit Is Wild Today
Stolen Fire
The Legend Of The Moss

People With Special Powers
Uncle Monday
How To Handle A Rattlesnake
Old Pete
Railroad Bill
Bone Mizell And His Teeth
Bone Mizell And The Circus
Acrefoot Johnson
The Turkey Maiden

Food, Friends, And Family
Kerosene Charley And The Potatoes
The Little Boy And The "ayayay"
Grandpa And The Panther
Sister's Milkcow
Cutting A Pumpkin
Homer And The Bear
The Shoemaker And The King
The Preacher And The Ducks
Aunt Hazel
The Cucarachita Martinez
The Bunny Rabbit
Uncle Luke

Unusual Places, Spaces, And Events
My First Job
The Man And The Beanstalk
Diddy-Wah-Diddy
Old Frostysides
Raising Popcorn
Big John Gives Old Master A Sign
Quevedo On French Soil
Quevedo Chooses To Die Of Old Age
The Tiny Little Chicken
The Fig Tree
Daddy Mention's Escape

Ghosts And The Supernatural
The St. Andrews Bay Legend
The Witch
Hugging Molly
Mystic Music Of The Manatees
Five-Mile Bank
The Armored Ghost
The Woman Who Fed Her Husband A Leg Which She Dug Up From A Cemetery
A Ghost Story About An Aunt
A Christmas Ghost Story

Resource: Black Folk Tales

Black Folktales

Author: Julius Lester
Year: 1969
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

How God Made the Butterflies
Why Apes Look Like People
Why Men Have to Work
How the Snake Got His Rattles
The Girl with the Large Eyes
The Son of Kim-Ana-U-eze and the Daughter of the Sun and the Moon
Jack and the Devil's Daughter
High John the Conqueror
Stagolee
The Old Man who Wouldn't Take Advice
People who Could Fly
Keep on Stepping

Resource: The Days when the Animals Talked

The Days when the Animals Talked

Author: William J. Faulkner
Illustrator: Troy Howell
Year: 1977
Location: personal library

Table of Contents:

Part 1. Black Slave Tales

Part 2. Black Folktales
Brer Rabbit Goes A-Courting
Brer Wolf's Magic Gate
Brer Bear Gets A Taste Of Man
Brer Tiger And The Big Wind
Brer Rabbit Keeps His Word
Brer Possum And Brer Snake
Brer Wolf Plants Pinders
Brer Wolf's Second Pinder Patch
Brer Fox Tries Farming Too
Brer Rabbit's Protest Meeting
The Tar Baby Tricks Brer Rabbit
Run, Brer Gator, Run!
Brer Rabbit And Brer Cooter Race
Brer Fox Meets Mister Trouble
Brer Wolf Wants The Honey
Brer Rabbit Dances For A Wife
Brer Rabbit And His Riding Horse
How The Cow Went Under The Ground
Who Stole Brer Gilhard's Sheep
Brer Wolf And Brer Fox Get A Big Surprise
Brer Rabbit Rescues His Children
Who Got Brer Gilyard's Treasure?