African stories were traditionally passed by word of mouth from one generation to the other. Every full moon, Njoki narrates captivating stories to her grandchildren. This full moon, her story has an untold twist of events. The Majitu, a group of heinous ogres that dwell in the gloomy mountain caves, have outwitted the villagers. Ogwama, the village warrior, is presented with the challenge to make the long and dangerous journey to the mountain caves and destroy the curse of the Majitu.

Three tales from western Kenya relate strange happenings between humans and ogres.

When a Nymph rides a Night Mare, Ogre beware! Smash knew all about ogres. After all, despite his having a human mother, Smash was an ogre himself. Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most of their time fighting, destroying, and eating young girls. So what was he doing here with seven assorted females looking to him to guide them and save them? Even in Xanth, where magic made anything possible, why should Tandy the Nymph trust him and seem fond of him? And how could all that high-flown conversation be coming out of his mouth? But that, it seemed, was what he got for going to Good Magician Humfrey for an Answer—before he even knew what the Question was!

The poor farmer and his wife find a way to retrieve their youngest daughter from the ogre she married.

A gardener goes on a quest to obtain an ogre feather to cure the ailing king—only to discover that the king’s daughter, who was previously captured by the ogre, has her own tricks up her sleeve. This illustrated chapter book retelling of an Italian folktale is available individually and as part of the Stories from around the World: 4 Tales of Problem-Solving & Wit set.

Describes ogres found in folklore, presents a graphic retelling of an English tale about an encounter with an ogre, and provides summaries of other tales featuring these mythical creatures.

A young peasant rescues a princess from a giant, only to find that her father is the real problem.

The giant appetite of the ogre could only be satisfied by the flesh of children until young Zeralda tamed his taste buds with her culinary art.

These stories are fiendishly frightening to thrill, chill and thoroughly entertain young readers.

Everyone knows the concept of a wolf in sheepskin. The monster, rabid and ugly, disguised as innocent and sweet. In this story, another nature of the beast rears its head; for we all know what's under the sheepskin, but none have seemed to wonder, where is the rest of the sheep? Over-eating is just one of Mother's sudden, strange behaviors before she goes missing. When Lyla, Mother's only daughter, sets out with a rogue elf to find her, a run-in with an ogre brings to light a dangerous, hidden aspect of being human.