| Description |
160 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
About this book -- About the tale notes -- Why three-minute tales? -- Suggestions for the beginning teller -- ch. 1. Tales to tell on a walk -- The sun sisters China -- The butterfly robe China -- Planting forget-me-nots Iran -- ch. 2. Tales to tell on a museum tour -- Siddhartha encounters suffering India -- Siddhartha under the bo tree India -- The Naga Mucalinda shelters the Buddha India -- A lover of dragons China -- Hanesha around the world India -- ch. 3. Tales for the youngest listeners -- Coyote's rain song Navajo -- Pancake party Siberia -- Hiring the fox as shepherd Norway -- The frog from Osaka and the frog from Kyoto Japan -- ch. 4. Participation tales -- The teeny tiny man Canada -- Two goats on a bridge Russian and Eastern Europe -- Thats good! No, that's bad! U.S. -- Did you feed my cow? U.S. -- The tailor's jacket Jewish -- Herman the worm (song and chant) American camplore -- Under the spreading chestnut tree American camplore -- Lazy John U.S. Appalachian folksong -- Roll over American folksong -- The courting song American folksong -- Story finger plays for the very young U.S. and Canada -- |
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ch. 6. Short folktales for any-me-nots -- The young reader India -- The maiden in green China -- The yu player from the south China -- How two water snakes moved house China -- The story not told, the song not sung India -- ch. 7. Riddle tales -- Thief and master-thief India -- The hare and the lion king Burma -- Pig and bear in big business Czechoslovakia -- The parrot and the parson Europe -- The clever old woman of Carcassonne France -- The fool at the country store Southern Indiana -- ch. 8. Humorous tales -- Teaching the horse to speak Turkey -- Talking turkeys Syria -- The dripping nose Southern Indiana -- The learned scholar Jewish -- Moving the stone Turkey -- The man and the lion travel together Aesop -- The best part of all U.S. -- The tumblebug and the eagle Aesop -- The well-read frog U.S. -- |
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ch. 9. Scary tales -- "Look at my teeth? Cuba -- Squeak my leg Russia -- The ghostly sneeze France -- Painting ghosts China -- Potato in my hand U.S. -- ch. 10. Stories to think about -- Tossing starfish U.S. -- A storytelling parable contemporary, based on Jewish folklore -- Rock vs. plant contemporary fable -- Quarreling leads to losses China -- The argument sticks Iroquois -- In a time made out of twilight original, Lenore Jackson -- Plan of attack China -- The old man who moved mountains China -- On word for happiness China -- Medicine to revive the dead Thai -- Keeping a promise China -- Bad luck or good luck? China -- Opening your ears U.S. -- The miser Aesop -- The wisdom of the ants China -- ch. 11. Very tiny tales! Under 30 seconds! -- The man who ate fish Iroquois -- The red brick temple Thailand -- The Thai man in the shade Thailand -- Holding up the sky China -- The bilingual mouse Canada -- The bilingual cat Mexican-American -- ch. 12. Endless tales and tales to end the telling -- Mother Morey U.S. -- Rats of Nagasaki Japan -- The tinkling bell Japan -- The shepherd and his sheep Czechoslovakia -- The golden key German, Grimm -- Bibliography : More short tales for telling. |
| Summary |
Offers over eighty short stories from around the globe, including Asia, Mexico, and eastern Europe. |
| Subject |
Tales.
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Short stories.
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Short story.
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| ISBN |
0874837286 alkaline paper |
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9780874837285 alkaline paper |
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0874837294 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780874837292 paperback alkaline paper |
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