Robert D San Souci

When the Tsar goes courting the Little Sister of the Sun, a jealous witch threatens to destroy him and his kingdom.

A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

When her father persuades their colony to kill all the birds because they are eating the crops, Almira joins the schoolmaster in trying to prove that the birds are both beautiful and useful.

Recounts the coming of the Pilgrims to America, with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.

A Spanish American retelling of the familiar story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin Mary replaces the traditional fairy godmother.

A retelling of a twelth-century tale in which a young woman falls in love with a merman and determines to marry him despite their separate worlds.

A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.