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A Bedtime Full of Stories : 50 Folktales and Legends from Around the World.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McAllister, Angela.
- Series:
- World Full Of...
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2021.
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group UK, 2021.
- Summary:
- A Bedtime Full of Stories is a richly illustrated compendium that collects magical tales from around the world, from well-known classics to lesser-known treasures.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Europe
- The Three Gifts (Poland)
- The Pedlar of Swaffham (England)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (Denmark)
- The Elves and the Shoemaker (Germany)
- The Sword in the Stone (England)
- The Ash Lad and the Good Helpers (Norway)
- Tsar Trajan's Ears (Serbia)
- Three Golden Oranges (Spain)
- The Bag of Winds (Greece)
- Sadko (Russia)
- Scratch Tom (Scotland)
- Yvon and Finette (France)
- The Lucky Friends (Ireland)
- Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed (Wales)
- Africa
- How the Cheetah Became the Fastest (South Africa)
- Ladipo (West Africa)
- Paka the Cat and Pania the Rat (Zanzibar)
- How Wisdom Spread Throughout the World (West Africa)
- The Tricky Tortoise (Nigeria)
- The Magical Fruit (East Africa)
- Asia
- The Wild Goose Lake (China)
- Suppāraka the Mariner (India)
- The Ungrateful Tiger (Korea)
- Tetan Buri and Boka Buri (Bangladesh)
- The Magic Paintbrush (China)
- The Moon Maiden (Japan)
- Aran Aung (Myanmar)
- The Stone Lion (East Asia)
- Australia and Oceania
- The Legend of the Frogs (Australia)
- The Woman Who Stole the Sea (Fiji)
- The Star Hunt (New Zealand)
- How the Yams Came to Vanuatu (Vanuatu)
- North America
- How the Rabbit Lost his Tail (Canada)
- Strong Wind, the Invisible (Algonguin)
- The Star Maiden (North America)
- The Girl who Married the Moon (Alutiiq)
- The Lake of Many Colors (Okanagan)
- The Battle of Summer and Winter (Acoma)
- Gluscabi and the Wind Eagle (Abenaki)
- Snowbird and the Water-Tiger (North America)
- The Crow and the Daylight (Inuit)
- Middle East
- The Magic Lamp (Arabic)
- The Iron Casket (Iraq)
- The Quick-Thinking Goat (Arabic)
- The False Prince (Arabic)
- Latin America
- Hogs in the Mud (Mexico)
- How Night Came (Brazil)
- Littlebit (Chile)
- The Giant's Secret (Mexico)
- The Mouse King (Bolivia)
- Appendix
- Sources.
- About the Author
- About the Illustrator
- Dedication
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780711266643
- 0711266646
- OCLC:
- 1292355240
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