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Cajun Fairy Tales
J. J. Reneaux
Audio Cassette (August House, Jan. 30, 2006)Nationally acclaimed storyteller J.J. Reneaux grew up Cajun for true, surrounded by stories, music, food, and culture of rural communities in southeast Texas and southeast Louisiana. A traditional storyteller who collects by word-of-mouth, Reneaux has developed her repertoire over years of collecting, from front porches to neighborhood gatherings.
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Cajun Folktales
J. J. Reneaux
Audio Cassette (August House, Jan. 1, 1955)Nationally acclaimed storyteller J.J. Reneaux grew up Cajun for true, surrounded by the stories, music, food, and culture of rural communities in southeastern Texas and southern Louisisana. Here she shares eight stories from her native culture, including animal stories, fairy tales, and humorous tales.
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Big-Screen Drive-In Theater
Donald Davis
Audio Cassette (August House, Jan. 27, 2006)The home theater will never replace the drive-in theater in America's imaginary landscape. Donald Davis recalls a summer working under the lax supervision of Daff-Knee Garlic, owner and operator of the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater in rural North Carolina in the early 1960s. Davis recalls his duties at the concession stand, catching slip-ins, and patrolling the back rows. But the story culminates on Labor Day when the last movie, The Guns of Navarrone, is almost over. Davis ....
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Multicultural Tales to Tell
Pleasant DeSpain
Audio Cassette (August House, Jan. 27, 2006)People just can't live together without telling stories. We tell stories that are funny, ironic, insightful, or just simply pleasing to the tongue and ear. Stories just seem to happen. When a story happens with the force of universality, it finds its way into that pantheon of tales that is the common denominator of cultural exchange. Here are 20 such tales, collected from Mexico, China, Korea, Fiji, Tibet, Africa, from America's native peoples, and other lands, and chosen for the universality of ....
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The Adventures of High John the Conqueror
Steve Sanfield, John Ward
Paperback (August House Pub Inc, March 1, 1996)A collection of sixteen tales about High John the Conqueror, the traditional trickster hero of Blacks during and immediately after the time of slavery
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The Accidental Angel
Jackie Torrence
Audio Cassette (August House Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 1993)The author relates four stories about her family's and her own personal experiences with angels.
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Itsy-Bitsy Spider's Heroic Climb & Other Stories
David Novak
Audio Cassette (August House Pub Inc, May 1, 1994)Storyteller Novak spins an epic tale of young Itsy as he prepares to attempt what no other spider has done before: scale the water spout.
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Christmas at Grandma's
Donald Davis
Audio Cassette (August House Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 1994)The author draws on his southern roots and the storytelling tradition to present a humorous collection of tales about celebrating the Christmas season as a child.
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The Adventures of High John the Conqueror
Steve Sanfield, John Ward
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Tales to Tell from Around the World
Pleasant Despain
Audio Cassette (August House Pub Inc, May 1, 1995)These tales originate in Russia, Peru, Africa, Poland, native American traditions and many other cultures. They celebrate the concepts of respect, integrity and fair play.
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The Cookie Girl
David Novak
Audio Cassette (August House Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 1994)Presents a collection of American short stories drawn from Native American tradition, true stories, and folk classics.
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Stories from the Days of Christopher Columbus: A Multicultural Collection for Young Readers Collected and Retold
Alan Young, Judy Dockrey Young
Paperback (August House Pub Inc, June 1, 1992)A collection of traditional tales, fables, and legends from the cultures brought together by the voyages of Columbus, including those of Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the Indian tribes he encountered