An illustrated tour of the dreams of children from other cultures offers insight into the roles of legends and myths and includes the stories of Maiqui, who floats through the constellations over the Andes, and Aljuu, who paddles along the shores of Haida Gwaii with animal companions.

A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

A retelling of the Japanese folk tale "The Fox, the Monk, and the Mikado of All Night's Dreaming."

"A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"-- Provided by publisher.

Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through generations and believed to be based in truth.

A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.

Retells the Miwok Indian legend in which a little measuring worm saves two bear cubs stranded at the top of the rock known as El Capitan.