Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell (Book)

Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell By Pleasant DeSpain Paperback Grades PreK - 6 126 pages;These 33 tales have been selected for "tellability", universality, and cultural integrity. Includes tales from each major continent, with intelligent and strong, boy/ girl, woman/ man, and animal/ human tales intended for both beginning and professional educators, parents, and storytellers. Areas and cultures represented: USA, Africa, Japan, Mexico, Denmark, Native American, Korea, Ancient Greece, Fiji, Germany, China, Guatemala, Holland, India, France, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Brazil, Sweden, and Tibet (also includes 1 original tale)., Contents: Old Joe & the Carpenter (USA) The Tug of War (Africa) The Listening Cap (Japan); Rabbit's Last Race (Mexico); Alexander, the Dwarf, & the Troll (Denmark); Medicine Wolf (Native American); Senor Rattlesnake Learns to Fly (Mexico); Grandfather Spider's Feast (Africa) The Mirror (Korea); Damon & Pythias (Ancient Greece); The Princess Who Could Not Cry (original); The Lion's Whisker (Africa); How the Mosquitos Left Kambara (Fiji); Clever Gretel (Germany); Ah Shung Catches a Ghost (China); Coyote Steals Spring (Native American); The Chirimia (Guatemala); Natural Habits (Africa); The Magic Pot (China); Ada & the Rascals (Holland); The Miser (United States); The Bosung Pohoo (India); Little Jack & Lazy John (France); The Colossal Pumpkin (Africa); Granddaughter's Sled (Russia); Juan's Maguey Plant (Mexico); The Devil's Luck (Hungary); The Officer of Heaven (China); The King Who Believed Everything (Austria); Hungry Spider (Africa); The First Lesson (Brazil); Peder & the Water Sprite (Sweden); The Goat & the Rock (Tibet);