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Author:

Carter, Dorothy Sharp, comp.

Title:

Greedy Mariani and other folktales of the Antilles. Selected and adapted by Dorothy Sharp Carter. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Publisher:

Atheneum,

Copyright Date:

1974

Description:

131 p. illus. 22 cm.

Subject:

Tales--West Indies.
Folklore--West Indies.

Other Authors:

Hyman, Trina Schart, illus. cn

Notes:

"A Margaret K. McElderry book."

Contents:

How the moonfish came to be.--How the clever doctor tricked death.--Why dog lost his voice.--Why misery remains in the world.--How El Bizarrón fooled the devil.--Brer Rabbit's trickery.--The goat and the tiger.-- Compae rabbit's ride.--The tortoise who flew to heaven.--Rabbit's long ears.-- Brother Annancy fools Brother Fire.--Man-Crow.--Snake the postman.--Wheeler.-- Malice, Bouki and Momplaisir.--Greedy Mariani.--The three fairies.--Juan Bobo.- -The shepherd and the princess.--The miser who received his due.

ISBN:

9780689304255
0689304250

LCCN:

73085318

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)