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Ready-to-tell tales : surefire stories from America's favorite storytellers / edited by David Holt & Bill Mooney.

Holt, David, 1946- (editor.). Mooney, William, (editor.).

Summary:

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.

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Subject:
Tales.
Storytelling.
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Children's library services.
Genre:
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Folk tales.
Fiction.

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Ready-to-tell tales.

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