Age
8-12
Grade
3-6
Professor of Latin David West
Ten of the Best Animal Myths
Paperback
(Crabtree Publishing Company Sept. 26, 2014)
, Reprint edition
Ten beautifully illustrated stories tell fables and folktales from different cultures featuring animal characters that often speak and act like humans in order to teach a lesson. Tales include: Anansi the Spider, and Mainu the Frog, from African folktales; Brer Rabbit, an African American folktale; Wenebojo and the Buffalo, a Native American legend; the Hare and the Tortoise, a Greek fable; and Androcles and the Lion, a Roman fable. Feature boxes add additional details to help readers better understand concepts in the story as well as the time period in which the story was written.
- Series
- Ten of the Best: Myths, Legends & Folk Stories
- ISBN
- 0778708071 / 9780778708070
- Pages
- 24
- Weight
- 4.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.3 x 0.2
in.