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Author Baltuck, Naomi, 1956-

Title Apples from heaven : multicultural folktales about stories and storytellers / Naomi Baltuck.

Publication Info. North Haven, Conn. : Linnet Books, 1995.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department  J398 BAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J398 BAL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.2 B197A    Check Shelf
Description xv, 143 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Golden lamb (Iraq) -- Dragon King's feast (China) -- Woodcutter's Daughter (Kazakhstan) -- Cutting a story down to size (United States) -- Most noble story (Mexico) -- Ali the Persian (Iraq) -- Four ne'er-do-wells (Afghanistan) -- Story Spirits (Korea) -- Humbled Storyteller (Russia) -- Storyteller at Fault (Ireland) -- Now, that's a story! (Hungary) -- Little Bobtail (Inuit) -- Fair price for a story (Figi Islands) -- Sackful of stories (Norway) -- Truth and Parable (Yiddish) -- Conal Crovi (Scotland) -- Gossiping clams (Suquamish) -- Endless story (Spain) -- Silent Princess (Turkey) -- Backing up a story (China) -- Storytelling stone (Seneca) -- Head of Donn Bo (Ireland) -- Sage's gift (Middle East) -- Princes who were blockheads (India) -- Tongue meat (Swahili) -- Hoichi (Japan) -- Tell it to the walls (Tamil) -- Wisdom (India) -- How all stories came to be known as spider stories (Ashanti) -- Why people tell tales (Romania) -- Lighting the fire (Hasidic).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.
Summary A collection of international folktales about storytelling and the role of stories in transmitting information, history, and values.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 6.0 60999.
Subject Folklore -- Cross-cultural studies -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature.
Storytelling -- Juvenile literature.
Multiculturalism -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore.
Storytelling.
ISBN 0208024344 paper alkaline paper
0208024247 cloth alkaline paper
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