Selected and Retold by Judy Sierra Illustrated by Stefano Vitale Clarion Books, 1996.

"The Bun," a Russian cousin of the Gingerbread Man

​AWARDS

American Library Association Notable Book
​American Folklore Society Aesop Prize
Scholastic, Inc., 200 Best Books of the Twentieth Century
San Francisco Chronicle, ​Best Books of the Twentieth Century

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   Contents:

​Runaway Cookies
   The Gingerbread Man (United States)
   The Pancake (Norway)
   The Bun (Russia)
Incredible Appetites
   I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (United States)
   The Boy Who Tried to Fool His Father (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
   The Cat and the Parrot (India)
The Victory of the Smallest 
   Sody Sallyraytus (United States)
   The Ram in the Chile Patch (Mexico)
   Odon the Giant (Philippines)
Chain Tales
   This Is the House That Jack Built (England)
   Anansi and the Pig (Jamaica)
   The Rooster and the Mouse (Italy)
Slowpokes and Speedsters
   The Hare and the Tortoise (Greece)
   The Coyote and the Rabbit (United States, Pueblo)
   The Fox and the Crab (China)
Fooling the Big Bad Wolf
   The Gunny Wolf (United States)
   Groundhog's Dance (United States, Cherokee)
​   The Three Pigs (England)

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