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No, but the "Jenny and Alfred" version is also by Alvin Shwartz, who wrote those. The book mentioned in the article above (and likely the one OP remembers) is this one.
The full plot line from the Amazon listing:
Jamie O'Rourke is the laziest man in all of Ireland, far too lazy to help his wife on their farm. Then, after a chance encounter with a leprechaun, Jamie finds himself growing the biggest potato in the world. But what will happen when the potato grows too large for Jamie and the villagers to handle?
Will go a bit left field here:
You can go to the OG source with Afansev's Russian Fairy Tales.
'Master and Margarita' was mentioned. You could find some Gogol short stories online that are fantastical and fun, like 'The Overcoat' and 'The Nose'.
This author also wrote a book about the Edmund Fitzgerald, it's from the 90s, and it has pastel art: https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Sleeping-Bear-Kathy-Jo-Wargin/dp/188694735X/
Tailypo was a favorite/source of pure terror of mine as a kid! It even has a fun little picture book. I've been told it's based off an American folk take.
Here is one from my childhood. Looking at it now, it’s super morbid and twisted. I loved it as a child. Def for children and not babies.
There are also scriptural references to God having hands and wings and eyes and so on. How should we view those? :)
(one of my kids would, at this point, find an excuse to refer to https://www.amazon.com/King-Who-Rained-Fred-Gwynne/dp/0671667440 )
The Five Chinese Brothers what an obscure reference. I didn't realize the book was well known
This reminds me of these old children's books by Fred Gwynne aka Herman Munster. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671667440/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687542&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0671667416&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0ZNSR7YTARDPC06XH7AY
I've searched all over the internet for these books I got, but I can't find anything at all. My guess is that they're from the 80's or even older (they're very worn, but well preserved) and they are simply not made anymore or something along those lines. I bought 3 that day: tanabata-sama, kaze no kamito kodomo, and kaguya-hime. So they're basically Japanese folktales for children, shaped like little booklets.
The text inside is something like this Amazon book listing for Japanese folktales for children, where they have the hiragana with very few kanji (although the books I have don't have the English translation at all, so this listing is actually very tempting to me right now lol):
EDIT: I just found this other website: http://life.ou.edu/stories/ Seems good, I'm gonna save it for myself!
This book is pretty good for Slavic folklore.
Just got my copy in a few weeks ago from amazon, and I've got to say that I really enjoy it. If you haven't read Rydberg's Investigations Into Germanic Mythology then I'd highly recommend it as it would explain a lot of the interpretations. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with a multitude of Rydberg's conclusions, but he does have some incredible insights that really caught me off-guard.
Part of the cover of this book is green...
Can I link to myself? I'm lucky enough to be a genuine Irish person... Emm.. pats down pockets Here's some dice I randomly found too.
and now I've gone and bought the book the reviewer recommended. It looks awesome and I was sold by the reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Room-Other-Scary-Stories/dp/0064440907
this is the one i remember most. i remember being so sad when i heard the story "the green scarf" (at least i think that's what it was called?)
this book is probably what really inspired my brother to become a horror author.
I have a ton. And I have a large collection of children's books now as I'm in school for elementary education. But I'll just leave you with just one. The illustrations of the position of the bear on the chair are the best part: Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens. She came and spoke to my school when I was in elementary school. I'm sure thats why the book had such a profound effect on me. Many life lessons in that book, let me tell ya...
It's interesting that you mentioned that book in particular. There was a version called The Five Chinese Brothers that's generally regarded as racist due to the characterization of Chinese people in the illustrations. If it was this version, with Seven Brothers, I would've pointed out to your friend that the illustrators are a Taiwanese couple and actually have made a career of illustrating Asian folklore for children.