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Author:

Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948- author.

Title:

Treasury of magical tales from around the world / Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

208 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm

Subject:

Fairy tales.
Magic--Folklore.
Folk tales.
Fairy tales.

Other Authors:

Balit, Christina, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index.

Contents:

The woman and her bear child (Inuit, Arctic). Dick Whittington's cat (England) -- The poor boy and the golden lamb (Hungary) -- Half-a-rooster (Berber, Morocco) -- The frog who tried too hard (Angola) -- The old woman (Jindwi, Zimbabwe) -- The woodcutter (Palestine) -- The girl with seven brothers (Kurdish, Western Asia) -- Three magic gifts (Turkey) -- The gobbler (Jewish diaspora) -- The gold fish (Russia) -- The girl and the moon spirit (Chukchi, Russian Arctic) -- The gentleman and the tiger (Korea) -- Bunbuku the teakettle (Japan) -- The island of the ogres (China) -- The four fairies (India) -- The frog in the rice paddy (Sri Lanka) -- Princess Golden Flower (Thailand) -- The buffalo boy and the banyan tree (Vietnam) -- The orphan boy who became king (Indonesia) -- The bunyip (Australia) -- Kumaku and the giants (Fiji) -- The Mundopuma (Ecuador) -- The golden jars (Brazil) -- Delgadina and the snake (Chile) -- Red cascades (Mexico) -- Afraid of nothing (Brule Sioux, North America) -- Eyeball tricks (Cheyenne, North America) -- The woman and her bear child (Inuit, Arctic).

Summary:

"A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the captivating characters found in this anthology of beloved stories from 29 places around the world, from the Arctic to Africa to Asia to Australia to Europe to the Americas"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

1426372493
9781426372490
1426372485
9781426372483

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1240576389

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