Brought from homelands all over the world and transformed on American soil, these folk tales are full of magic, humor, and wisdom, with introductions and notes by Neil Philip. Aunt Lizbeth Fields's "A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad," for example, is identified as a version of "Snow White." Here too are "Cold Feet and the Lonesome Queen," "Lady Featherflight," "The Gold in the Chimney," and "The Cat That Went a-Traveling." These stories for all ages are ideal to read aloud, and Jacqueline Mair's illustrations have the embroidered texture of an heirloom quilt.