| Tales of Tricksters Contributor(s): DeSpain, Pleasant (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874836441 ISBN-13: 9780874836448 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Nine stories from France, Persia, the United States, Sweden, India, Switzerland, Poland, and the Cherokee and Creek Peoples. Folktales are among the most resilient types of lore one generation passes to another. Tales we tell today whether they are cautionary, humorous, or embedded with moral instruction date back to ancient civilizations. Storyteller, writer, and folktale enthusiast Pleasant DeSpain has an uncanny ear for those tales that transcend particular eras or cultures and have passed into ....; |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| LCCN: 2001022117 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Series: Books of Nine Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.25" W x 7.49" (0.18 lbs) 80 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 66435 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featuring selections from around the world. Trickster is a marvelous, mischievous, and energetic character found in various disguises in folktales from all around the world. Tricksters do things that are both foolish and wise, often at the same time. Best of all, a trickster's adventures can inspire us to use our own cleverness to outsmart the bullies of the world while creating some fun along the way.The nine tricksters in this volume come from all points of the globe, including: Persia ("The Smuggler"), India ("The Alligator and the Jackal"), Poland ("The Court Jester"), and France ("Reynard and the Fisherman"). |