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The woman in the moon and other tales of forgotten heroines / James Riordan ; illustrated by Angela Barrett.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ8.1.R4495 Wo 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riordan, James, 1936-2012.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales.
- Women--Folklore.
- Women.
- Folklore.
- Fairy tales.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 86 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1985]
- Summary:
- A collection of traditional tales from around the world each of whose main character is female.
- Contents:
- The woman in the moon: an Indian tale from North America. The "big water" in the story of Lake Superior
- A mother's yarn: a Saami story from Lappland in the Arctic Circle
- The nagging husband: this amusing tale has many versions; this one comes from Tallin in Estonia
- Gulnara the Tartar warrior: a Tartar story from the border region of West Siberia and Mongolia
- Caterina the Wise: a story from Sicily in the south of Italy
- Oona and the giant Cuchulain: a tall tale from Ireland
- Aina-kizz and the Black-Bearded Bai: a story of how a young girl outwits a rich man-or bai-from Soviet Central Asia
- A Pottle o' Brains: an old tale from Lincolnshire in England
- The Maid who chose a Husband: a tale from Ghana in West Africa
- Three strong women: a story from Japan
- The wonderful pearl: a story from Vietnam
- The squire's bride: an old Norwegian story
- The Aztec sun goddess: an Aztec tale.
- Notes:
- "First published in the United States in 1985 ... Published in Great Britain in 1984 by Hutchinson Publishing Group ..."
- Designed by Atha Tehon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy is "2" printing.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Riordan, James, 1936- Woman in the moon and other tales of forgotten heroines.
- ISBN:
- 0803701942
- 9780803701946
- 0803701969
- 9780803701960
- OCLC:
- 11186079
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