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Tales from the forest / Lylah Persad, Penelope Spencer ; illustrated by Christopher Quammie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Persad, Lylah, author.
- Spencer, Penelope, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Trinidad and Tobago.
- Tales.
- Legends--Trinidad and Tobago.
- Legends.
- Folklore--Trinidad and Tobago.
- Folklore.
- Children--Trinidad and Tobago--21st century--Juvenile fiction.
- Children.
- Children--Trinidad and Tobago--Conduct of life--21st century--Juvenile fiction.
- Technological innovations--Juvenile literature.
- Technological innovations.
- West Indian fiction (English).
- Conduct of life.
- Trinidad and Tobago--Juvenile fiction.
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- Caribbean Area--Juvenile fiction.
- Caribbean Area.
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction (English).
- Caribbean literature (English).
- West Indian fiction (English)--21st century.
- Authors.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 153 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (232 min. : digital, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Marabella, Trinidad : Queen Bishop Publishing Limited, [2016].
- Summary:
- Beautifully produced collection of folktales from Trinidad and Tobago. Includes CD-ROM of authors narrating these folktales.
- "The children in these stories are children of the twenty-first century. They live online and they're never without their phones or computers. But while they're up to speed with modern life, many of them have never heard of the characters their parents and grandparents talk about - and if they have, they don't believe them. But the La Diablesse and the soucouyant, Papa Bois and the douens: these are the creatures of local myth and legend, though they're real enough. They've retreated into the shadowy woodlands, and some of them emerge when they're needed, to save the natural world from the assaults of humankind. Others, though, are what they have always been - more sinister forces that still have to be battled in the age-old ways. -- Page [4] of cover."
- Contents:
- Douens / Lylah Persad
- Papa Bois / Penelope Spencer
- La Diablesse / Lylah Persad
- Mama D'lo / Penelope Spencer
- The Soucouyant / Lylah Persad
- A great adventure in the magical forest / Penelope Spencer
- Notes:
- Includes glossary.
- ISBN:
- 9789769595491
- 9769595497
- OCLC:
- 1028738404
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