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Folktale

52 books

Browse 52 Accelerated Reader Folktale books across all grade levels. Each entry includes the AR reading level, quiz point value, and word count.

Browse Folktale by Grade:

A Crowded Farmhouse Folktale book cover

A Crowded Farmhouse Folktale

Karen Rostoker-Gruber · Albert Whitman & Company

2nd
AR 2.3 0.5 pts 800 words
A Penny a Look book cover

A Penny a Look

Harve Zemach, Margot Zemach · Sunburst

4th
AR 4.2 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Always room for one more book cover

Always room for one more

Sorche Nic Leodhas · Henry Holt & Company, Inc.

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 900 words
Anansi and the Magic Stick book cover

Anansi and the Magic Stick

Eric A. Kimmel · Holiday House

2nd
AR 2.5 0.5 pts 900 words
Anansi the Spider book cover

Anansi the Spider

Gerald McDermott · Henry Holt

2nd
AR 2.4 0.5 pts 700 words
Beautiful Blackbird book cover

Beautiful Blackbird

Ashley Bryan · Simon and Schuster

2nd
AR 2.7 0.5 pts 620 words
Bit by bit book cover

Bit by bit

Steve Sanfield · Philomel Books

3rd
AR 3.1 0.5 pts 900 words
Bitter dumplings book cover

Bitter dumplings

Jeanne M. Lee · Farrar, Straus and Giroux

3rd
AR 3.8 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Bony-legs book cover

Bony-legs

Joanna Cole, Dirk Zimmer · Tandem Library

2nd
AR 2.8 0.5 pts 800 words
Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat book cover

Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat

Jennifer L. Armstrong · Tandem Library

4th
AR 4.1 0.5 pts 1,000 words
Clay boy book cover

Clay boy

Mirra Ginsburg · Greenwillow Books

3rd
AR 3.1 0.5 pts 800 words
Clever Ali book cover

Clever Ali

Nancy Farmer · Orchard Books

4th
AR 4.8 0.5 pts 1,800 words
Coyote and the laughing butterflies book cover

Coyote and the laughing butterflies

Harriet Peck Taylor · Simon & Schuster, Limited

3rd
AR 3 0.5 pts 750 words
Coyote Steals the Blanket book cover

Coyote Steals the Blanket

Janet Stevens · Holiday House

2nd
AR 2.7 0.5 pts 900 words
Dick Whittington and his cat book cover

Dick Whittington and his cat

Marcia Brown · Atheneum

4th
AR 4.6 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Dream wolf book cover

Dream wolf

Paul Goble · Aladdin Paperbacks

3rd
AR 3.9 0.5 pts 900 words
Epossumondas plays possum book cover

Epossumondas plays possum

Coleen Salley · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

3rd
AR 3.2 0.5 pts 1,100 words
Grandma Chickenlegs book cover

Grandma Chickenlegs

Geraldine McCaughrean · Picture Corgi

4th
AR 4 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins book cover

Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins

Eric A. Kimmel · Scholastic Inc

3rd
AR 3.5 0.5 pts 1,500 words
In the month of Kislev book cover

In the month of Kislev

Nina Jaffe · Puffin

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,100 words
King O' the Cats book cover

King O' the Cats

Aaron Shepard · Atheneum Books for Young Readers

3rd
AR 3.8 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Little Red Hen book cover

Little Red Hen

Lucinda McQueen · Scholastic Audio Books

2nd
AR 2.8 0.5 pts 700 words
Little red hen bakes a cake book cover

Little red hen bakes a cake

Rob Arego · Harcourt

K
AR 0.8 0.5 pts 250 words
Little Rooster's Diamond Button book cover

Little Rooster's Diamond Button

· Albert Whitman & Company

3rd
AR 3.1 0.5 pts 800 words
Luba and the Wren book cover

Luba and the Wren

Patricia Polacco · Tandem Library

4th
AR 4.1 0.5 pts 1,500 words
Lucy Dove book cover

Lucy Dove

Janice Del Negro · DK Pub.

4th
AR 4.1 0.5 pts 1,300 words
Moss Gown book cover

Moss Gown

William H. Hooks · Clarion Books

4th
AR 4.3 0.5 pts 1,600 words
Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile book cover

Mrs. Chicken and the hungry crocodile

Won-Ldy Paye · Square Fish

2nd
AR 2.6 0.5 pts 900 words
One riddle, one answer book cover

One riddle, one answer

Lauren Thompson · Scholastic Press

3rd
AR 3.3 0.5 pts 980 words
Precious and the Boo Hag book cover

Precious and the Boo Hag

Patricia McKissack · Atheneum Books for Young Readers

3rd
AR 3.3 0.5 pts 1,500 words
Pumpkinhead book cover

Pumpkinhead

Eric A. Kimmel · Winslow Press

3rd
AR 3.2 0.5 pts 1,000 words
Punia and the King of Sharks book cover

Punia and the King of Sharks

Lee Wardlaw · Dial Books for Young Readers

3rd
AR 3.3 0.5 pts 1,400 words
Rosa Raposa book cover

Rosa Raposa

F. Isabel Campoy · Harcourt

2nd
AR 2.9 0.5 pts 800 words
Seven Chinese Sisters book cover

Seven Chinese Sisters

Kathy Tucker · Albert Whitman & Company

3rd
AR 3.1 0.5 pts 800 words
Seven Spools of Thread book cover

Seven Spools of Thread

Angela Shelf Medearis · Albert Whitman & Company

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,300 words
Sister Yessa's story book cover

Sister Yessa's story

Karen Greenfield · HarperCollins

3rd
AR 3.4 0.5 pts 1,100 words
Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap! book cover

Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!

Tom Birdseye · Rebound by Sagebrush

2nd
AR 2.8 0.5 pts 1,200 words
The Empty Pot book cover

The Empty Pot

Demi · Macmillan

3rd
AR 3.5 0.5 pts 750 words
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book book cover

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

Virginia Hamilton · Dragonfly Books

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,038 words
The Sign in Mendel's Window book cover

The Sign in Mendel's Window

Mildred Phillips · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,400 words
The Snow Child book cover

The Snow Child

Harriet Ziefert · Puffin Books

2nd
AR 2 0.5 pts 520 words
Three golden oranges book cover

Three golden oranges

Alma Flor Ada · Atheneum Books

4th
AR 4.1 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Tikki Tikki Tembo book cover

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Arlene Mosel · Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

4th
AR 4.3 0.5 pts 1,100 words
Tim O'Toole and the wee folk book cover

Tim O'Toole and the wee folk

Gerald McDermott · Viking

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,200 words
Too Much Noise book cover

Too Much Noise

Ann McGovern · Tandem Library

2nd
AR 2.1 0.5 pts 600 words
Trouble at the bridge book cover

Trouble at the bridge

Marie Birkinshaw · Dorling Kindersley

2nd
AR 2.2 0.5 pts 750 words
Tsunami! book cover

Tsunami!

Kimiko Kajikawa · Scholastic

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 980 words
Two of Everything book cover

Two of Everything

Lily Toy Hong · Albert Whitman & Company

3rd
AR 3.2 0.5 pts 1,000 words
What is a wise bird like you doing in a silly tale like this book cover

What is a wise bird like you doing in a silly tale like this

Uri Shulevitz · Farrar Straus Giroux

3rd
AR 3.2 0.5 pts 800 words
Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve? book cover

Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve?

Jan Brett · G.P. Putnam

3rd
AR 3.6 0.5 pts 1,100 words
Yoshi's feast book cover

Yoshi's feast

Kimiko Kajikawa · DK Ink

3rd
AR 3.3 0.5 pts 980 words
Zomo the Rabbit book cover

Zomo the Rabbit

Gerald McDermott · Perfection Learning

2nd
AR 2.7 0.5 pts 600 words