Rachel Isadora

A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.

"A simplified version of the tale, set in Africa, in which a girl proves that she is a real princess by feeling a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds." -- Provided by publisher.

Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.

"A retelling, set in Africa, of the story of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered." -- Provided by publisher.

Kofi can't sleep in his new home in the United States, so his older sister Abena soothes his fears about life in a different country by telling him two folktales from their native Ghana about the nature of wisdom and perseverance.