The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner

two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeâchumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving

An absolute truth

A girl searches for fairies in her backyard and the woods beyond

and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old

Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing Poetry for Young Adults The world and everyone inFrom beloved author Jane Yolen and acclaimed illustrator Jane Dyer a collection of thirty stories from around the world, perfect for sharing and for bedtime. This collection of well known and not so well known stories, fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from Russia to Africa to Korea and beyond includes magic tales, homey tales, and animal tales. As Jane Yolen says in her introduction, These are stories that are short, full of remarkable characters,