Nursery Tales Around the World


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Presents eighteen simple stories from international folklore, grouped around six themes, such as Runaway Cookies, Slowpokes and Speedsters, and Chain Tales. Includes background information and storytelling hints.




Can You Guess My Name?


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B&N Fairy Tales from Around the World


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Fairy Tales from Around the World is a treasure trove of the world's best-loved fairy and folk tales. It features more than 100 fairy tales representing more than fifty nations, all selected from The Blue Fairy Book and eleven other collections compiled by Andrew Lang. The book also includes more than 100 illustrations by H.J. Ford that bring their magic and marvels vividly to life. Fairy Tales from Around the World is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensible cornerstone for any home library.




70 Tiny Nighttime Tales


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With rich illustrations paired with each condensed, easy-to-read-aloud fairy tale, this book is perfect for parents looking for a great bedtime read. This collection features 70 fairy tales paired with delightful illustrations. It Includes classics like "Cinderella," "Jack and the Beanstalk," and "The Ugly Duckling," along with lesser-known fairy tales such as "Bohra the Kangaroo," "The Fox and the Brahman," and "The Vain Giraffe." Each fairy tale is retold in a condensed, easy-to-read-aloud format, making them perfect for bedtime.




Silly & Sillier


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This big, beautiful book offers 20 favorite tales from around the world that will tickle the funnybone of young listeners. While most of the tales are totally new to Americans and come from countries as far flung as Iran and Italy, the Bahamas and Borneo, children will be delighted to discover some tales with themes similar to their favorites, such as “Rumpelstiltskin” and “The Three Little Pigs.” The brief, lickety-split retellings beg to be read aloud and the nearly 90 lively, colorful illustrations invite children to look at the book again and again.







Fairy Tales


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Do you read bedtime stories for your child? Don't modern heroes seems too boring to you? Try to plunge into the fairy tale world filled with ancient, magical creatures: elves, fairies, mermaids, dragons... This fairy tale storybook is dedicated to ancient folktales from around the world. Many of them are lost, but some have still managed to reach our era. We travel, together, all around the world. We sink into the old tales that speak of magic we still don't fully understand. We look for answers, but - perhaps more importantly - we look for questions: for that spirit that makes us stare in reverent wonder at the world around us. Our ancestors told of these magical creatures from generation to generation. And it is surprising how similar their habits are. Perhaps by reading some of the tales from another continent, you will find that her characters are exactly the same as in your grandmother's tales. Who knows? And then, perhaps, you tell this story to your child. And you will pass it on to the next generation. And now... Pretend you're sitting by a fire, listening to a wise, wizened storyteller begin to talk... This retelling fairy tales book includes three volumes (about Elves, Mermaids, Dragons) from the series, "Fairy Tales From Around the World". Stоrу Liѕt: The Loneliest Place The Queen of the Huldufolk An Onion and a Lindworm Menana of the Waterfall Aminata and the Tokoloshe The Great Master and the Rainbow The Paddlers The Gifts of the Little People Short-Tailed Old Li For the Cause of a Bridge The Birch Lady Two Horses and one Zmej Mami Wata The Poor Boy and Kijimuna Y Ddraig Goch Kapsirko and the Vodianoi The Multitude of Bow-Legged Ones The Naga Dowry Marina of the Wave The Tale of Curupira For a Bag of Rice The Fiddle Player Fayiz and The Peri Wife The Cuelebre of Pena Uruel The Spirit Queen Aziza and the Hunter The Seven-Headed Manitou The Goodman O'Wastness The Tale of Rowli Pugh The Dragon Princess




Rapunzel Stories Around the World


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Retells the classic German tale of Rapunzel in the tower, along with the similar tales of Clotilde from the Philippines, and Petrosinella from Italy.




Meow


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A collection of folktales about cats.




Multicultural Children's Literature


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With the growing number of ethnic minority students in public schools, it is very important for teachers, librarians, and all those who work with children to have an understanding of appropriate multicultural literature. This book and the literature selections are designed to develop heightened sensitivity and understanding of people from various cultures and traditions through the selection of carefully chosen literature. It includes a balance of research about the culture and the literature, a discussion of authentic literature for students from early childhood through young adults, and teaching activities designed to develop higher cognitive abilities. The book uses a unique five-phase approach for the study of multicultural literature that has been field tested.