Wonder Tales from Around the World

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Pub. Date: 2006-01-27
Publisher(s): August House
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Summary

Traditional stories endure generation after generation because although they are not literal they resound in truths on a human scale. Folktales remind us of wisdom so elemental it is often lost in the rush of everyday life, so that sometimes common sense makes no sense at all.

Author Biography

Heather Forest Bio:

Heather Forest's unique minstrel style of telling stories blends her original music, folk guitar, poetry, and prose along with song and the spoken word to give her stories an uncommon warmth and charm. She has toured widely performing her repertoire of world folktales for the past thirty years to theatres, major storytelling festivals, schools and conferences throughout the world. Heather's books have received many prestigious awards including the Children's Choice Award, Parent's Choice Award, CCBC Choices, ABC Best Books for Children, Best Children's Books of the Year, Book Sense Winter Children's Picks, and the National Parenting Publication Awards (NAPPA) among others. Heather is currently working on her tenth book with August House, a collection of ancient and epic tales. Ms. Forest holds a Master's Degree in Storytelling and she is a recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award presented by the National Storytelling Network. Her many performance credits include The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., The National Storytelling Festival, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Tales of Graz Festival in Austria, the Sidmouth International Festival in England and the Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival in New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(2)
The Magic Brocade (China)
11(6)
The Talking Skull (West Africa)
17(4)
The Magic Mill (Norway)
21(4)
The Blizzard Witch of the North (Siberian Arctic)
25(6)
Urashima the Fisherman (Japan)
31(4)
Mother Holle (Germany)
35(6)
The Sealskin (Iceland)
41(4)
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (India)
45(6)
Wiley and the Hairy Man (United States)
51(4)
The Golden Goose (Germany)
55(6)
The Magic Oysters of the Queen of the South Sea (Indonesia)
61(6)
The Sad Story of Stone Frogs (Australia)
67(4)
Talk! Talk! (West Africa)
71(4)
The Man Who Could Transform Himself (Kenya)
75(4)
Duffy and the Devil (England)
79(6)
The Golden Touch (Ancient Greece)
85(4)
The Contrary Fairy (French Canada)
89(8)
Drakestail (France)
97(4)
The Mouse Bride (Finland)
101(8)
The Pedlar of Swaffham (England)
109(4)
The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japan)
113(4)
The Search for the Magic Lake (Ecuador)
117(6)
The Olden Golden Goose (India)
123(2)
The Firebird, the Horse of Power, and Princess Vasilissa (Russia)
125(6)
The Beggar King, a King Solomon Tale (Babylonia)
131(4)
The Carpet, the Mirror, and the Magic Fruit (Middle East)
135(4)
The Contest Between Wisdom and Luck (Eastern Europe)
139(6)
Notes 145

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