Laura Cowan

You'll never guess how many stars there are in the universe, who the first astronauts were, or why sunsets are blue on Mars! Discover the answers t...

Cinderella is sitting in the kitchen and crying. Everyone else is dancing at the palace. Suddenly the kitchen is full of light and magic. Cinderell...

Princess Miranda is lonely and bored. Her busy mother gives her a precious golden ball to play with, and Miranda drops it into the palace pond. A h...

"Aladdin, I am your Uncle Abanazar. If you do as I say, we will be the richest men in the world." But why does Abanazar want a dusty old lamp? Coul...

Anansi is king of the spiders: he may be small, but he's very clever. One day, offended that Elephant hardly even notices him, he challenges her to...

Long ago, the gods created the Baobab tree... and the Baobab tree was not happy. It didn't like the weather, it resented the birds and animals and ...

Long ago, the phoenix was a plain brown bird, overlooked by the dazzling forest birds. While the forest birds preened and sang, the phoenix quietly...

The Wind lives in the sky with his friend, the Sun. The Wind isn't happy, and the Sun wants to help. Can the Wind learn something important?Include...