Gathers eight traditional stories from Poland, including "The Trumpeter of Kraków" and "The Warsaw Mermaid" that feature dragons, magic, mythical events from Polish history, and the evil witch Baba Jaga.

Foreword / by David Walser -- My Polish childhood / by Jan Pieńkowski ---The fern flower -- The Kraków dragon -- The frog bride -- The miller's daughters -- The trumpeter of Kraków -- The glass mountain -- Pan Twardowski -- The Warsaw mermaid.