Ready-to-tell tales : surefire stories from America's favorite storytellers / edited by David Holt & Bill Mooney.
A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.
Record details
- ISBN: 0874833817
- ISBN: 9780874833812
- ISBN: 0874833809
- ISBN: 9780874833805
- Physical Description: 224 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 28 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: Little Rock, Arkansas : August House Publishers, Inc., 1994.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Three dolls (India) / David Novak -- Those three wishes (based on an American short story) / Carol Birch -- Fox's sack (England) / Bill Harley -- Lion's whisker (East Africa) / Len Cabral -- King's child (Jewish) / Judith Black -- Story of the half blanket (Northern Ireland) / Maggi Kerr Peirce -- Lazy Jack (England) / Gay Ducey -- Magic pot (China) / Pleasant DeSpain -- Trouble! (African-American) / David Holt and Bill Mooney -- Strength (West Africa/Limba) / Margaret Read MacDonald -- Urashima Taro (Japan) / Rafe Martin -- Magic gifts (Cajun) / J.J. Reneaux -- La muerta: godmother death (Mexico) / Doug Lipman -- Jack and the haunted house (Appalachia) / Elizabeth Ellis -- Storekeeper (American South) / Doc McConnell -- Rabbit and possum hunt for a wife (Native American/Cherokee) / Gayle Ross -- Black prince (Egypt) / Laura Simms -- Horned animals' party (Antigua/British West Indies) / Diane Ferlatte -- Mischievous girl and the hideous creature (American) / Beth Horner -- What he could have been (Jewish) / Steve Sanfield -- Is it deep enough? (African-American) / David Holt and Bill Mooney -- Old giant (England) / Jon Spelman -- Little Hare and the pine tree (Native American/Winnebago) / Joseph Bruchac -- Dead mule (American Midwest) / Jim May -- Golden arm (England) / Jackie Torrence -- Twelve labors of Hercules (ancient Greece) / Barbara McBride-Smith -- How the turtle cracked his shell (Native American/Cherokee) / Robin Moore -- Magic mortar (Japan) / Jay O'Callahan -- Electricity elixir (American South) / Chuck Larkin -- Panther and rabbit (French Cameroon) / Michael Parent -- Time Jack got the silver sword (Appalachia) / Donald Davis -- Little burnt face (Native American/Micmac) / Milbre Burch -- Magic pomegranate (Jewish) / Peninnah Schram -- Santa visits the Moes (Appalachia) / The folktellers -- Talking skull (West Africa) / Heather Forest -- Honey bunny (African-American) / Ed Stivender -- Wise judge (Japan) / Susan Klein -- Wreck of the sea rover (Eastern Seaboard) / Bill Mooney -- Jack and the magic beans (England) / Bobby Norfolk -- Sweet Harmony Chapel (based on a Appalachian short story) / Gwenda LedBetter -- Freedom bird (Thailand) / David Holt.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Tales.
Storytelling.
Youth library services.
Children's library services. - Genre:
- Folklore.
Folk tales.
Fiction.
Additional Physical Form Titles
| Ready-to-tell tales. |
Available copies
- 39 of 40 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 40 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 398.2097 REA (Text) | 36015000643185 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30664100266425 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 398.2 HOL (Text) | 31111002801262 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 07/15/2026 |
| Belhaven Public Library | 398.2 (Text) | 38344101582292 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30005100154056 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30005100173114 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30672000021303 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30672100336189 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | J 398.2 H (Text) | 25908001328348 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dobson Community Library | 398.2 REA (Text) | 30666100290081 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
