Best Selling Books by Mirra Ginsburg

"An ingenious barnyard story, brief but well-paced, simple but colorful."--Booklist. "The bright pictures and the wealth of animal sounds and actions make it a natural for the very youngest."--School Library Journal.

An insatiable boy made of clay devours everything in sight until a fiesty goat ruins his appetite. Vibrant paintings invigorate this retelling of a Russian folktale.

Two young bears are out to see the world and are determined to outdo each other. "I''m hungry", says one. "I''m hungrier", says the other. So who gets the biggest portion of the big, round cheese they discover? A sly fox, that''s who! "The pictures are lively and colorful and so is Ginsburg''s text". -- Publishers Weekly

Everything everywhere is asleep except for the wind and one wakeful child.

Four mice are brave sailors who fear nothing except the cat.

Part of the "Welcome" set of seven 1st-grade readers.

A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

Fourteen traditional folktales from the different peoples of Russia featuring both clever and silly fools.

A fisherman''s son saves the lives of four animals who in turn help him accomplish the impossible tasks set him by the woman he wants to marry.

A poor and foolish king marries off his three daughters to the Sun, the Moon, and the Raven and then tries to copy their special talents.

After the sun fails to shine for the third day, three chicks go in search of it with the help of their animal friends.

The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Three playful kittens change colors as they chase a mouse, a toad, and a fish.

An ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom which, at first, only had room for the ant.

An envious goose trades his various features for those he admires on other animals until he becomes a strange, unrecognizable bird.

Because he wants to keep the pot of gold he found, Ivan must outwit the lord of the manor who wants the gold for himself.

A collection of four fables featuring animal characters.

A Russian Eskimo tale explaining why the sun shines on the tundra for part of the year.

Magical striding slippers are stolen from the shepherd who made them, but they cannot be controlled by anyone else.