Books with title Favorite Folktales From Around the World

From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages.With black-and-white drawings throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages.With black-and-white drawings throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Do you read bedtime stories for your child? Don't modern heroes seems too boring to you? Try to plunge into the fairy tale world filled with ancient, magical creatures: elves, fairies, mermaids, dragons... This fairy tale storybook is dedicated to ancient folktales from around the world. Many of them are lost, but some have still managed to reach our era.We travel, together, all around the world. We sink into the old tales that speak of magic we still don’t fully understand. We look for answers, but — perhaps more importantly — we look for questions: for that spirit that makes us stare in reverent wonder at the world around us.Our ancestors told of these magical creatures from generation to generation. And it is surprising how similar their habits are. Perhaps by reading some of the tales from another continent, you will find that her characters are exactly the same as in your grandmother’s tales. Who knows?And then, perhaps, you tell this story to your child. And you will pass it on to the next generation. And now... Pretend you’re sitting by a fire, listening to a wise, wizened storyteller begin to talk... This retelling fairy tales book includes three volumes (about Elves, Mermaids, Dragons) from the series, "Fairy Tales From Around the World". Stоrу Liѕt: The Loneliest PlaceThe Queen of the HuldufolkAn Onion and a LindwormMenana of the WaterfallAminata and the TokolosheThe Great Master and the RainbowThe PaddlersThe Gifts of the Little PeopleShort-Tailed Old LiFor the Cause of a BridgeThe Birch LadyTwo Horses and one ZmejMami WataThe Poor Boy and KijimunaY Ddraig GochKapsirko and the VodianoiThe Multitude of Bow-Legged OnesThe Naga DowryMarina of the WaveThe Tale of CurupiraFor a Bag of RiceThe Fiddle PlayerFayiz and The Peri WifeThe Cuelebre of Pena UruelThe Spirit QueenAziza and the HunterThe Seven-Headed ManitouThe Goodman O’WastnessThe Tale of Rowli PughThe Dragon Princess

Do you read bedtime stories for your child? Don't modern heroes seems too boring to you? Try to plunge into the fairy tale world filled with ancient, magical creatures: elves, fairies, mermaids, dragons... This fairy tale storybook is dedicated to ancient folktales from around the world. Many of them are lost, but some have still managed to reach our era.We travel, together, all around the world. We sink into the old tales that speak of magic we still don’t fully understand. We look for answers, but — perhaps more importantly — we look for questions: for that spirit that makes us stare in reverent wonder at the world around us.Our ancestors told of these magical creatures from generation to generation. And it is surprising how similar their habits are. Perhaps by reading some of the tales from another continent, you will find that her characters are exactly the same as in your grandmother’s tales. Who knows?And then, perhaps, you tell this story to your child. And you will pass it on to the next generation. And now... Pretend you’re sitting by a fire, listening to a wise, wizened storyteller begin to talk... This retelling fairy tales book includes three volumes (about Elves, Mermaids, Dragons) from the series, "Fairy Tales From Around the World". Stоrу Liѕt: The Loneliest PlaceThe Queen of the HuldufolkAn Onion and a LindwormMenana of the WaterfallAminata and the TokolosheThe Great Master and the RainbowThe PaddlersThe Gifts of the Little PeopleShort-Tailed Old LiFor the Cause of a BridgeThe Birch LadyTwo Horses and one ZmejMami WataThe Poor Boy and KijimunaY Ddraig GochKapsirko and the VodianoiThe Multitude of Bow-Legged OnesThe Naga DowryMarina of the WaveThe Tale of CurupiraFor a Bag of RiceThe Fiddle PlayerFayiz and The Peri WifeThe Cuelebre of Pena UruelThe Spirit QueenAziza and the HunterThe Seven-Headed ManitouThe Goodman O’WastnessThe Tale of Rowli PughThe Dragon Princess

Some folk stories endure generation after generation because, although they are not literal, they resound in truths on a human scale. Folktales remind us of wisdom so elemental it is often lost in the rush of everyday life, so that "sometimes common sense makes no sense at all." The six wonder tales on this audiobook are gems of the genre. They have a "long ago and far away" quality. The listener is invited to suspend the logic of ordinary reality and leap into an imaginative world where impossible events can occur. A two-time Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, Heather Forest is known nationally for her minstrel-style storytelling which interweaves prose, poetry, and original vocal and instrumental music. The stories she performs in this audio collection are selected from her book Wonder Tales from Around the World. For Ages Eight to Adult.

Winner of PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers and the Storytelling World AwardThis collection of fifty folktales and parables was selected from diverse story traditions such as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American. Comprised of ancient plots both poignant and comical, this anthology contains simple truths, common sense, and the promise that we can benefit from past generations' wisdom and experience.By metaphorically suggesting constructive strategies for living, these ancient tales resonate with a universal appeal. "The characters in these stories may gain wisdom by observing a good example or by bumbling through their own folly," Heather Forest observes. "I hope these stories will provide discussion and offer insight into joys, sorrows, fears and farce of human experience." Wisdom tales offer useful insights into life's joys and sorrows that all of us experience.

The traditional retold fairy tales in this volume speak of the awesome and the marvellous, of the perilous and the exhilarating. We shall explore the traditional, age-old stories for children our ancestors have told us about Dragons.These fairy tales of awe have grown and flourished all over the globe, although as you travel futher East it’s likely that you’ll find more dragons — and also kindlier ones. For not all dragons are the same: they’re not really siblings to each other, they’re more like removed cousins.Some are imbued with fire, others with light, and others with rain and river water. Some have horns and wings while others have lion heads, four limbs, and fur. You can find the oddest combinations! This wild variety isn’t limited to appearance, though— you’ll find dragons who are friendly and hostile, selfish and most generous.But, whatever else they are, they are always majestic. There is no-one more stunning and formidable than them.Pretend you’re sitting by a fire, listening to a wise, wizened storyteller begin to talk...

The third volume in this beautifully illustrated anthology features traditional tales of heroic women from China to Canada and beyond.Long before Suzanne Collins created Katniss Everdeen and Octavia Butler wrote Parable of the Sower, there were many traditional folktales full of adventure, intrigue, and intrepid female characters. Feminist Folktales from Around the World collects these forgotten classics and presents them with original artwork by designer and illustrator Suki Boynton.Volume three in the series, Sea Girl features an introduction by Daniel Jose Older, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Saints. In legends from China, Finland, India, Canada, and more, brave heroines encounter monstrous rivers and ogres' nests while outsmarting desperate sharks and hungry tigers. They courageously save families and villages—and, most importantly, they always choose their own fate.