| Volume Two: Tales of Nonsense & Tomfoolery Contributor(s): DeSpain, Pleasant (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874836700 ISBN-13: 9780874836707 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Ten stories from Russia, Ethiopia, Switzerland, China, Norway, India, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. 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 the universal ....; |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Series: Books of Nine Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.36" W x 7.96" (0.43 lbs) 80 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 66434 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the Books of Nine Lives series by award-winning author, Pleasant DeSpain. Every culture known to humankind has its fools, those well-meaning (yet bungling) folks who always manage to do the wrong thing, even though their hearts are in the right place. From stories of the fool, we learn how to avoid becoming one ourselves--as well as how to laugh at ourselves when the inevitable happens and we do something silly. The ten stories collected here deal with fools from around the world, including: "The Silly Farmer" from Ethiopia, "The Extraordinary Cat" from China, "The Bear Who Said North" from Finland, and "The Proud Fox" from the United States.Pleasant DeSpain is the author of numerous collections of multicultural stories, including the highly regarded Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell, Sweet Land of Story, and The Emerald Lizard. He has traveled all over the United States and the world, collecting stories to share with children and adults. |