Age 8-11
Grade 3-6

Pleasant DeSpain

Tales of Tricksters

Paperback (August House Publishers, Incorporated March 2, 2006)

Nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters, featuring selections from around the world.


Trickster is a marvelous, mischievous, and energetic character found in various disguises in folktales from all around the world. Tricksters do things that are both foolish and wise, often at the same time. Best of all, a trickster's adventures can inspire us to use our own cleverness to outsmart the bullies of the world while creating some fun along the way.

The nine tricksters in this volume come from all points of the globe, including: Persia ("The Smuggler"), India ("The Alligator and the Jackal"), Poland ("The Court Jester"), and France ("Reynard and the Fisherman").

Series
Books of Nine Lives (Book 1)
ISBN
0874836441 / 9780874836448
Pages
80
Weight
3.2 oz.
Dimensions
5.2 x 0.2 in.

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