Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell (American Storytelling)
by Pleasant DeSpain Author
(From Amazon): Collected from Brazil, China, Korea, Russia, Tibet, Africa, from Native Americans, and other lands, and chosen for the universality of their message, each of these 33 tales is presented in concise "retellable" form, suitable for all ages. Illustrated with 30 pen-and-ink drawings, they are easy to read, remember, and tell again and again.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0874832667
- Print Status
- In Print
- Stories
- 33
- Pages
- 128
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 3rd
- Publisher
- August House
- Copyright
- 2005
Stories
- 1 Old Joe & the Carpenter (US)
- 2 Tug of War (Africa)
- 3 The Listening Cap (Japan)
- 4 Rabbit's Last Race (Mexico)
- 5 Alexander, the Dwarf & the Troll (Denmark)
- 6 Medicine Wolf (Native America)
- 7 Senor Rattlesnake Learns to Fly (Mexico)
- 8 Grandfather Spider's Feast (Africa)
- 9 The Mirror (Korea)
- 10 Damon & Pythias (Ancient Greece)
- 11 The Princess Who Could Not Cry
- 12 The Lion's Whisker (Africa)
- 13 How the Mosquitos Left Kambara (Fiji)
- 14 Clever Gretel (Germany)
- 15 Ah Shung Catches a Ghost (China)
- 16 Coyote Steals Spring (Native American)
- 17 The Chirimia (Guatemala)
- 18 Natural Habits (Africa)
- 19 The Magic Pot (China)
- 20 Ada & the Rascals (Holland)
- 21 The Miser (US)
- 22 The Bosung Pohoo (India)
- 23 Little Jack & Lazy John (France)
- 24 The Colossal Pumpkin (Africa)
- 25 Granddaughter's Sled (Russia)
- 26 Juan's Maguey Plant (Mexico)
- 27 The Devil's Luck (Hungary)
- 28 The Officer of Heaven (China)
- 29 The King Who Believed Everything (Austria)
- 30 Hungry Spider (Africa)
- 31 The First Lesson (Brazil)
- 32 Peder & the Water Sprite (Sweden)
- 33 The Goat & the Rock (Tibet)
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