Polish Folklore and Myth

This book of engaging folk stories includes such tales as “The Violin,” “The Headache Cure,” “Midsummer’s Eve,” “The Flower Queen’s Daughter,” “The Legend of the North Wind,” “The Flaming Castle,” “The Village Dance,” and “The Unfinished Tune.”

The stories were collected by Joanne Asala, with wycinanki (paper-cutting) illustrations by Polish-American artist Alice Wadowski-Bak. (She also illustrated Polish Proverbs for Penfield Press.)