Ellen Wettersten

Turtle tells the other animals in the forest that he is as strong as Hippopotamus and Ele...

A family lives in a very noisy house. After the addition of new roommates it seems much q...

Once there was a husband and wife in India. The husband was a wise man, and he used his p...

Hare is always boasting about being fast. He teases Tortoise for being slow. The other an...

When a greedy baker tries to make his neighbor pay for enjoying the smell of his baking b...

After Matt's father retires from the army, he moves the family to Brookfield. Matt and hi...

Ivan and Marousha have a quiet house. They like to have children visit. When they build a...

This book is about tamarins, which are monkeys that are native to Brazil in South America...

Highlights presents Cinderella retold by Ellen Wettersten. Cinderella's stepmother is mea...

Highlights presents By Land or Sea written by Ellen Wettersten. This audiobook details th...

Highlights presents A Magic Paintbrush retold by Ellen Wettersten. Ma Liang was an orphan...

Sharing your gifts with friends is a wonderful act of kindness.

In this African folktale, Cat and Rat are best friends. One day, Rat suggests starting a ...

This book tells about many of the important people who helped make the Underground Railro...

A duckling hatches, but he doesn't look like the other ducklings. After being mocked by t...

In this African folktale, an orphan boy named Ahaudo lives with his unkind stepbrothers a...

The town mouse visits the country mouse. The country mouse visits the town mouse. Both mi...

A rabbit who is afraid of everything is worried the earth will break up. When a coconut f...

When a lumberman starts to chop down a big, old tree, a tiny elf appears and offers him t...

A shoemaker is helped by elves. The elves find that their helpfulness is rewarded.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Anna planted turnips. One of the turnips becomes huge. It takes man...

Long ago there was an emperor in Mongolia who banished all old people. One day there was ...

A goat is eating all of Manuel's chiles. Good friends work together to solve the problem....

The Iroquois people learned to share from the trees. When the Iroquois first came to the ...

A farmer in Japan rescues a beautiful crane from the snow. That night, a girl appears at ...

A young princess struggles to keeps her promise to befriend an ugly frog who provided her...

A girl goes out to look for nuts and berries for her and her mom to eat. In the woods, th...

Kassim is happy with his old, comfortable shoes, but his neighbors would prefer he throw ...

A hungry man in ragged clothes seeks shelter at a house. A woman invites him in, and the ...

Long ago in Japan, a husband and wife lived by a river. They had no children and were sad...

Lily doesn't want her grandparents to leave their home and move into an assisted living f...

John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, helped America grow by traveling across the...

In this African folktale, a group of animals find themselves cold and wet from the rainy ...

These folktales are from many different cultures but are related by similar ideas and the...

Highlights presents Coyote and the Acorns retold by Ellen Wettersten. Coyote wants to kno...

Highlights presents All in a Day's Work retold by Ellen Wettersten. When a husband comes ...

Highlights presents A Year on the Savannah written by Ellen Wettersten. A variety of anim...