Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories | 1953 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 2 | Favorite Children’s Stories from China & Tibet: | 1989 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 3 | Chinese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2004 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 4 | Indian Children’s Favorite Stories | 2006 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 5 | Asian Children’s Favorite Stories | 2006 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 6 | Little One-Inch & Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 7 | Urashima Taro and Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 8 | Peach Boy And Other Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 9 | Balinese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 10 | Filipino Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 11 | Malaysian Children’s Favourite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 12 | Singapore Children’s Favorite Stories | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 13 | Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories Book Two | 2012 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 14 | Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2015 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 15 | Asian Children’s Favorite Stories | 2019 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 16 | Thai Children’s Favorite Stories | 2019 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 17 | Korean Children’s Favorite Stories | 2020 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 18 | Indonesian Children’s Favorite Stories | 2020 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
| 19 | Burmese Children’s Favorite Stories | 2022 | Kay Lyons Stockham | Buy |
The Favorite Children’s Stories series is a collection of illustrated folk tale anthologies drawing on traditional stories from across Asia. The series includes volumes dedicated to Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Balinese, Malaysian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Korean, and Burmese folk traditions, among others. The earliest title, Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories, dates to 1953 and predates Kay Lyons Stockham’s romance career by decades.
The series serves a different audience entirely from the adult romance catalogue — these are books for young readers, typically illustrated and structured around short traditional stories adapted for a children’s audience. Multiple volumes focus specifically on Japanese folk tales, reflecting the particular depth of that tradition in the series. For parents and educators looking for culturally grounded picture book collections from Asian storytelling traditions, the series offers broad geographic range across its 19 volumes.