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Mar 30, 2020

The first of three stories from "More Russian Picture Tales" is very familiar with a small, but important change. This week please visit https://folktaleproject.com and make sure you see all of the pictures!

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Mar 27, 2020

One last tale from "Rootabaga Stories" this week as we discover the origins of The Village of Cream Puffs in 'How the Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village' as told by the young girl from our previous tale, Wing Tip the Spick.

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Mar 25, 2020

Today's silliness from Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories" is about a fantastic village that routinely floats away on the wind.

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Mar 23, 2020

The past few weeks have been a lot, so this week at least I'll be bringing you chapters from one of the silliest, most nonsense filled books of American folklore - Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Country", beginning with 'How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country'.

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Mar 20, 2020

It's been 4 years since we last told this tale and since it's one of my absolute favorites I'm happy to once again share the classic French tale of that most clever cat, 'The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots'.

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