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Author McCarthy, Tara, 1933-

Title Multicultural fables and fairy tales : stories and activities to promote literacy and cultural awareness / by Tara McCarthy.

Publication Info. New York : Scholastic Professional Books, [1993]
©1993

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Curriculum Materials Center  CMC ELEMENT E.2 SCHL 1993    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-112).
Summary Recounts 24 fairy tales with accompanying teaching suggestions and activity sheets.
Contents Using folk literature in your classroom -- Section 1. Trickster tales -- Tortoise tricks leopard (Liberian) -- Hare tricks lion (Indian) -- Bre'r Rabbit and Bre'r Fox (African-American) -- Coyote places the stars (Native American) -- The teapot badger (Japanese) -- Section 2. Fables -- The mice and the cat (Aesop) -- The lion and the mouse (Aesop) -- The milkmaid and her pail (Aesop) -- The shepherd boy (Aesop) -- The fox and the drum (Indian) -- The tortoise and the geese (Indian) -- Section 3. "Why" stories and legends -- Why rabbit has long ears and a short tail (African-American) -- Why chickens and hawks are enemies (Ghanaian) -- How the beetle got her colors (Brazilian) -- How the finch got her colors (Belgian) -- How butterflies came to be (Native American, Southwestern) -- How flying fish came to be (New Guinean) -- The five water-spirits (Native American, Canadian) -- Section 4. Fairy tales -- The three feathers (German) -- Rhodopis and her golden sandals (Egyptian) -- Mei-Ling and the dragon (Chinese) -- The tongue-cut sparrow (Japanese) -- The frog prince (German) -- The singing monster (Kenyan).
Audience "Grades 1-4" -- Cover.
Subject Fairy tales -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Fables -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Multicultural education.
Cultural awareness -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
ISBN 0590492314 paperback
9780590492317 paperback
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