Traditional Fantasy
Selected Books
These traditional fantasy picture books and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by 
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanos by 
The Grasshopper and the Ants by 
The Truth about Dragons (Caldecott Honor Book) by Traditional Fantasy Books
We often refer to traditional fantasy as folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, myths and legends. These stories have been passed down from generation to generation in the oral tradition and have no known authors. They are often retold in picture book form.
Find these traditional fantasy picture books and many others in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.
| Arrow to the sun: a Pueblo Indian tale / Gerald McDermott | E 99 .P9 M25 1974 | |
| Bony-legs / Joanna Cole | PZ 8.1 .C668 Bo 1983 | |
| The boy of the three-year nap / Dianne Snyder | PZ 7 .S68518 Bo 1988 | |
| The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh / A. A. Milne | PR 6025.I65 W45 2001 | |
| Chanticleer and the fox / Geoffrey Chaucer | PZ 8.2 .C47 Ch 1958 | |
| The dragon's tale and other animal fables of the Chinese zodiac / Demi | PZ 8.2 .D3 Dr 1996 | |
| The elves and the shoemaker / Deborah Eaton | PZ 8 .E137 El 1992 | |
| The girl who loved wild horses / Paul Goble | PZ 8.1 .A213 Wh 1975 | |
| Golem / David Wisniewski | BM 531 .W57 1996 | |
| The grasshopper & the ants / Jerry Pinkney | PZ 8.2 .P456 Gr 2015 | |
| Heckedy Peg / Audrey Wood | PZ 8 .W846 He 1987 | |
| Hiawatha and the Peacemaker / Robbie Robertson | PZ 7.1 .R635 Hi 2015 | |
| How raven got his crooked nose / Barbara J. Atwater | E 99 .T185 A89 2018 | |
| In the heart of the village / Barbara Bash | QK 495 .M73 B27 1996 | |
| Jack and the beanstalk / Teresa Vershoyle | PZ 8 .J15c V47 1990 | |
| Jump!: the adventures of Brer Rabbit / Joel Chandler Harris | PZ 8.1 P2255 Ju 1986 | |
| La princesa and the pea / Susan Middleton Elya | PZ 8.3 .E514 Pr 2017 | |
| Lazy Jack / Tony Ross | PZ 8 .R668 Laz 1991 | |
| Legend of the Indian paintbrush / Tomie dePaola | E 78 .G73 D4 1988 | |
| The lion & the mouse / Jerry Pinkney | PZ 8.2 .P456 Li 2009 | |
| Little Pierre: a Cajun story from Louisiana / Robert D. San Souci | PZ 8 .S248 Lk 2003 | |
| Marushka and the Month Brothers: a folktale / Anna Vojtech | PZ 8.1 .V57 Marj 1996 | |
| Mike Fink: a tall tale / Steven Kellogg | PZ 8.1 .K3 Mi 1993 | |
| Mouse & Lion / Rand Burkert | PZ 8.2 .B79 Mo 2011 | |
| Mufaro's beautiful daughters: an African tale / John Steptoe | PZ 8 .S585 Mu 1987 | |
| Once a mouse--: a fable in wood cut / Marcia Brown | PZ 8.2 .H5 On 1961 | |
| The one-eyed giant and other monsters from the Greek myths / Anne Rockwell | BL 795 .M65 R63 1996 | |
| Pecos Bill: a tall tale / Steven Kellogg | PZ 8.1 .K3 Pe 1986 | |
| The people could fly: American Black folktales / Virginia Hamilton | PZ 8.1 .H154 Pe 1985 | |
| The princess and the warrior: a tale of two volcanos / Duncan Tonatiuh | PZ 8.1 .T6175 Pri 2016 | |
| Princess Furball / Charlotte S. Huck | PZ 8 .H862 Pr 1989 | |
| Puss in boots / Charles Perrault | PZ 8 .P426 Pu 1990 | |
| Rapunzel / Paul O. Zelinsky | PZ 8 .Z38 Rap 1997 | |
| Star maiden: an Ojibway tale / Barbara Juster Esbensen | E 99 .C6 E72 1988 | |
| A story, a story; an African tale / Gail E. Haley | PZ 8.1 .H139 St 1970 | |
| Swamp angel / Anne Isaacs | PZ 7 .I 762 Sw 1994 | |
| Swan Lake / Margot Fonteyn | PZ 8 .F668 Sw 1989 | |
| The tale of the mandarin ducks / Katherine Paterson | PZ 8.1 P2316 Tal 1990 | |
| The talking eggs / Robert San Souci | PZ 8.1 .S227 Tal 1989 | |
| Thirteen moons on turtle's back / Joseph Bruchac | PS 3552 .R794 T47 1997 | |
| Three billy goats Gruff / Jerry Pinkney | PZ 8 .P575 Thr 2017 | |
| Three strong women: a tall tale from Japan / Claus Stamm | PZ 8 .S48 Th 1993 | |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo / Arlene Mosel | PZ 8.1 .M8346 Ti 1968 | |
| The tortoise & the hare / Jerry Pinkney | PZ 8.2 .P456 Tor 2013 | |
| The town mouse and the country mouse: an Aesop fable / Helen Ward | PZ 8.2 .W285 To 2012 | |
| The truth about dragons / Julie Leung; Hanna Cha | PZ 7.1 .L4856 Tr 2023 | |
| The way meat loves salt: a Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition / Nina Jaffe | PZ 8.1 .J156 Way 1998 | |
| The way to start a day / Byrd Baylor | BL 325 .S8 B34 1986 | |
| We could fly / Rhiannon Giddens | PZ 7.1 .G3722 We 2023 | |
| Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West African tale / Verna Aardema | PZ 8.1 .A23 Wh 1975 |
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