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A World Full of Animal Stories : 50 Folk Tales and Legends.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McAllister, Angela.
- Series:
- World Full Of...
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group UK, 2017.
- Summary:
- Travel the world with 50 best-loved tales, featuring creatures big and small. This beautifully-illustrated collection of classic stories brings together favourite animal-themed fables, myths and legends including The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Why the Swallow's Tail is Forked and the story of Ananse and the Python. Lively retellings from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Romanian-born artist, Aitch, in this treasury to treasure.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- AFRICA
- The Ten Little Ostriches (Kenya)
- Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained with Tears (Zulu)
- Why Hippo Lives in Water (East Africa)
- Ananse and the Python (Ghana)
- The Ants and the Treasure (Nigeria)
- The Leopard and the Ram (West Africa)
- Why the Warthog Is Ugly (East Africa)
- ASIA
- The Elephant and the Blind Men (India)
- The White Butterfly (Japan)
- The Country of the Mice (China)
- The Farmer and the Mule (India)
- The Lion and the Clever Jackals (India)
- Urashima and the Turtle (Japan)
- The Nodding Tiger (China)
- The Legend of the Panda (China)
- How the Jellyfish Lost His Bones (Japan)
- NORTH AMERICA
- Buffalo and Eagle Wing (Blackfoot)
- Prairie Wolf (Karuk)
- The Mermaid of the Magdalenes (Canada)
- Why the Swallow's Tail Is Forked (Native American Indian)
- Rabbit and the Moon Man (Canada)
- Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail (Iroquois)
- The Blind Boy and the Loon (Inuit)
- The First Woodpecker (Native American Indian)
- The Badger and the Bear (Lakota)
- How the King of the Birds Was Chosen (Mayan)
- The Bear Prince (Mexico)
- Coyote and the Turtle (Mexico)
- SOUTH AMERICA
- The Little Frog of the Stream (Peru)
- The Song of the Armadillo (Bolivia)
- The Two Viscachas (Argentina)
- The Party in the Sky (Brazil)
- How the Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats (Brazil)
- EUROPE
- The Nightingale (Denmark)
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Norway)
- The Owl of Cowlyd Coomb (Wales)
- King of the Cats (Scotland)
- Dapplegrim (Norway)
- The Eagle and the Wren (Scotland)
- Saint Domnoc and the Bees (Ireland)
- The Three Little Pigs (England)
- Mighty Mikko (Finland)
- The Speckled Hen (France)
- The White Parrot (Spain)
- The Ugly Duckling (Denmark)
- AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
- How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch (Australia).
- Nanaue, the Shark Boy (Hawaii)
- Paikea and Ruatapu (New Zealand)
- Emu and the Brush Turkey (Australia)
- How the Flying Fish Lived in a Tree (Papua New Guinea)
- APPENDIX
- Sources.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780711263710
- 071126371X
- OCLC:
- 1293260323
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