- Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water, a Mpongwe tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Victoria Chess
- Who's in Rabbit's house?, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. --
- What's so funny, Ketu?, a Nuer tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown. --
- Jackal's flying lesson : a kholkhoi tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Dale Gottlieb
- Misoso, once upon a time tales from Africa, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Reynold Ruffins
- The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks, a Masai tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Yumi Heo
- Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki, an Ashanti tale retold, by Verna Aardema ; and with pictures by Diane Stanley Zuromskis. --
- This for that, a Tonga tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Victoria Chess
- Rabbit makes a monkey of lion, a Swahili tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Borreguita and the coyote, a tale from Ayutla, Mexico, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Petra Mathers
- Anansi finds a fool, an Ashanti tale, Verna Aardema ; pictures by Bryna Waldman
- Anansi does the impossible!, an Ashanti tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Lisa Desimini
- Por qué zumban los mosquitos en los oídos de la gente, un cuento de Africa Occidental, adaptado por Verna Aardema ; ilustraciones de Leo y Diane Dillon ; traducción de Osvaldo Blanco
- Traveling to Tondo, by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
- A bookworm who hatched, by Verna Aardema ; photographs by Dede Smith
- Oh, Kojo! How could you!, an Ashanti tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown. --
- Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain, a Nandi tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Beatriz Vidal
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears, a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon