| Description |
xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
The Oryx multicultural folktale series |
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Oryx multicultural folktale series.
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| Note |
Cover title: Beauties & beasts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) 1nd index. |
| Summary |
Presents several versions of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cupid and Psyche," and provides several tales that reverse traditional gender roles. Includes commentary on each tale, activities, bibliographies, and a list of sources. |
| Contents |
Rescued Beasts. Beauty and the Beast (French). The Enchanted Tsarevitch (Russian). The Princess and the Pig (Turkish). A Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present (Appalachian). The Small-Tooth Dog (English). The Fairy Serpent (Chinese). Monkey Son-in-Law (Japanese). The Lizard Husband (Indonesian) -- Questing Beauties. Cupid and Psyche (Greco-Roman). The Serpent and the Grape-Grower's Daughter (French). The Singing, Soaring Lark (German). East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norwegian). Whitebear Whittington (Appalachian). The Three Daughters of King O'Hara (Irish). The Black Bull of Norroway (Scottish). Bull-of-all-the-Land (Jamaican). Prince White Hog (Missouri French). The Enchanted Prince (Spanish American). The Story of Five Heads (African). The Ten Serpents (Israeli). Egle, Queen of Serpents (Lithuanian) -- Homely Women and Homemade Men. Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (English). The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs (Scottish). Kemp Owyne (Scottish). Pinto Smalto (Italian). The Dough Prince (West Virginian). Old Man Coyote, the Young Man and Two Otter Sisters (Native American) -- Essays, Activities, and Resources. In the Dark with Disney. Activities. Some Picture Book Versions of Beauty and the Beast. |
| Subject |
Cupid and Psyche (Tale) -- Juvenile literature.
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Beauty and the beast (Tale) -- Juvenile literature.
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Fairy tales.
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Folklore.
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Mythology.
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Beauty and the beast (Tale)
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Cupid and Psyche (Tale)
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| Added Author |
Hearne, Betsy Gould.
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Caroselli, Joanne, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Beauties & beasts.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Beauties and beasts. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1993 (OCoLC)609436243 |
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Online version: Beauties and beasts. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1993 (OCoLC)623872158 |
| ISBN |
0897747291 alkaline paper |
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9780897747295 alkaline paper |
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