The adventuresome young man, Robin of Locksley, doesn't have a worry in the world until one day when a drunken man working for the King shoots an arrow at him. Robin's aim is better, to his lasting regret, and he becomes an outlaw subject to capture and hanging. Before long, however, Robin attracts a hearty band of other outcasts to Sherwood Forest. Their only wish is to lead a free, merry existence while doing any kindness they can for the downtrodden....

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry little girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

Only one of the three pig brothers survives the hazardous experience of building a house.

Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things.

Join Jack and Annie as they research leprechauns and Irish folklore and find out the facts behind the fiction.

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

Unaided by her three lazy animal companions, an industrious hen tends to all the chores on their New England farm.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.