"This book presents current discussions on the concept of genre. It introduces innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to contemporary and historical genres, their roles in cultural discourse, how they change, and their relations to each other. The reader is guided into the discussion surrounding this key concept and its history through a general introduction, followed by eighteen chapters that represent a variety of discursive practices as well...

Folkloric American Witchcraft and the Multicultural Experience is an exploration of the folklore, magic and witchcraft that was forged in the New World.

A little girl walking in the woods finds the cotttage of the three bears and helps herself to their food and belongings.

Selection of short stories, as told by earliest black authors, adapted and illustrated for children.

"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--

An illustrated collection of stories from the "Arabian Nights," including those of Sinbad, Ali Baba, and Aladdin.

Twelve-year-old Princess Sofia of Drachenheim enjoys freedom from her sister's manipulations during a diplomatic mission to far-off Villenne, until she and her dragon friend, Jasper, are forced to face ice giants.

"Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town?s long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research project and presentation by a local folklore expert. All seems well at first?but spring takes on a sudden chill when a university student inexplicably vanishes during a bonfire."--Amazon.com.