Favorite Folktales from Around the World Revised Edition Contributor(s): Yolen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394751884 ISBN-13: 9780394751887 Publisher: Pantheon Books OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1988 Annotation: A one volume collection of 160 tales from over 40 cultures and traditions, containing both classics and lesser known tales. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies |
Dewey: 398.2 |
LCCN: 86042644 |
Lexile Measure: 980 |
Series: Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library |
Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.02" W x 9.21" (1.54 lbs) 512 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library |