A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonecutter, Dick Whittington, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Pear Tree and Genie in the Bottle. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by artists from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. Chapters in this book include: - The Baobab Tree (a story from Africa) - Baba Yaga the Flying Witch (a story from Russia) - The Stonecutter (a story from Japan) - Dick Whittington (a story from England) - The Three Wishes (a story from Scandinavia) - The Fish that Talked (a story from India) - King Midas and the Golden Touch (a story from Ancient Greece) - Brer Rabbit Down the Well (a story from America) - The Magic Pear Tree (a story from China) - The Genie in the Bottle (a story from the Middle East)