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Tales alive! : ten multicultural folktales with activities / as retold by Susan Milord ; paintings by Michael A. Donato.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection GR69 .M55 1995
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Milord, Susan, author.
Contributor:
Donato, Michael, illustrator.
Williamson Publishing, publisher.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Folklore.
Multiculturalism--Juvenile literature.
Multiculturalism.
Creative activities and seat work--Juvenile literature.
Creative activities and seat work.
Amusements.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Folklore.
Tales -- Juvenile literature.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Morningside Elementary School, Suitland Maryland (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
127 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Manufacture:
©1995.
Place of Publication:
Charlotte, Vt. : Williamson Publishing, ©1995.
Summary:
Art, craft, & creative experiences are linked to the stories to inspire children to think and create.
Contents:
The gentle people (Argentina)
The clever maiden (Russia)
A drum (India)
Why hare is always on the run (Ghana)
Tuk the hunter (Canada)
The story of Campriano (Italy)
The blue-eyed hare (Scotland)
Lighting the way (Australia)
Urashima the fisherman (Japan)
The most wonderful gift (Turkey).
Notes:
"Copyright ©1995 by Susan Milord"--verso of title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125) and index.
Benjamin Franklin Award.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
ISBN:
0913589799
9780913589793
OCLC:
30034726

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