Here come the cats, big cats, small cats, soft cats, mean cats. Enjoy Tim Lowry telling "Jack and the Cat Girl" and Pam Faro telling "When the Cat came to Mohammad". 

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Some villages have bakers as patron saints. Some cities don't allow people to chew gum. In these stories, the villages have strange laws and strange problems. Hear host Simon Brooks bring you Priscilla Howe telling "The Village with No Cats" and Rachel Ann Harding tell "Hiding the Old Man". 

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Doctors prescribe against monkeys jumping on the bed but I must share this entire episode is about monkey business. Hear Isabelle Hauser host Cindy Rivka Marshall telling "Monkey and Crocodile" and Cathryne Fairlee telling "Monkey Brothers"

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Molly O'Donahue is clever, but terribly shy. How will she ever find the courage to have a story of her own? Hear Norah Dooley spin the classic tale "Molly O'Donahue". 

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If there is one lesson we need to remember, one lesson we need to consider in all our dealings it is - Never Underestimate a Testudine. Join host Simon Brooks as he shares Donna Washington telling "Anansi and Turtle" and Richard Martin telling "Tortoise Wins the Spicy Food Contest" 

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In this episode are stories of courage - outward, and inward. Enjoy Isabelle Hauser hosting Jamie Olivero telling "Fish Skin" and Milbre Burch telling "A Blind Man Catches a Bird."

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Sometimes being stubborn can lead to trouble! Hear Jenni Cargill Strong telling "Two Russian Goats" and Oni Lasana telling "Anansi (Why Spiders Hide in Corners)". 

Stick around for a special song after the credits by Harvey Heilbrun "Quarantine on the Range".

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How you view a situation changes everything in a story of haunted love and a story in discovering joy in what you already have. Join host Simon Brooks as Jennifer Armstrong tells "The Piper of Keil" and John Porccino tells "It Could Always Get Worse". 

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Pets and livestock in fairy tales have an odd way of going above and beyond for their folk heroes. Enjoy Cathryn Fairlee telling "Buryonka" and True Thomas telling "The Bee Keeper and the Hare".

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Wisdoms and Enjoy the tales with Isabelle Hauser featuring Donna Washington telling "The King, the Cook and the Farmer" and Anne Shimojima telling "The Wise Old Woman".

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