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Ready-to-tell tales : surefire stories from America's favorite storytellers /

A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Holt, D. (David), Mooney, William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Little Rock : August House Publishers, 1994.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Tales.
Folklore.
Storytelling.
Table of Contents:
  • The three dolls (India) / David Novak
  • Those three wishes (based on an American short story) / Carol Birch
  • Fox's sack (England) / Bill Harley
  • The lion's whisker (East Africa) / Len Cabral
  • The king's child (Jewish) / Judith Black
  • The story of the half blanket (Northern Ireland) / Maggi Kerr Peirce
  • Lazy Jack (England) / Gay Ducey
  • The magic pot (China) / Pleasant DeSpain
  • Trouble! (African-American) / David Holt and Bill Mooney
  • Strength (West Africa/Limba) / Margaret Read MacDonald
  • Urashima Taro (Japan) / Rafe Martin
  • The magic gifts (Cajun) / J.J. Reneaux.
  • La muerta: godmother death (Mexico) / Doug Lipman
  • Jack and the haunted house (Appalachia) / Elizabeth Ellis
  • The storekeeper (American South) / Doc McConnell
  • Rabbit and possum hunt for a wife (Native American/Cherokee) / Gayle Ross
  • The black prince (Egypt) / Laura Simms
  • The horned animals' party (Antigua/British West Indies) / Diane Ferlatte
  • The mischievous girl and the hideous creature (American) / Beth Horner
  • What he could have been (Jewish) / Steve Sanfield
  • Is it deep enough? (African-American) / David Holt and Bill Mooney.
  • The old giant (England) / Jon Spelman
  • Little Hare and the pine tree (Native American/Winnebago) / Joseph Bruchac
  • The dead mule (American Midwest) Jim May
  • The golden arm (England) / Jackie Torrence
  • The twelve labors of Hercules (ancient Greece) / Barbara McBride-Smith
  • How the turtle cracked his shell (Native American/Cherokee) / Robin Moore
  • The magic mortar (Japan) / Jay O'Callahan
  • The electricity elixir (American South) / Chuck Larkin
  • Panther and rabbit (French Cameroon) / Michael Parent
  • The time Jack got the silver sword (Appalachia) / Donald Davis.
  • Little burnt face (Native American/Micmac) / Milbre Burch
  • The magic pomegranate (Jewish) / Peninnah Schram
  • Santa visits the Moes (Appalachia) / The folktellers
  • The talking skull (West Africa) / Heather Forest
  • Honey bunny (African-American) / Ed Stivender
  • The wise judge (Japan) / Susan Klein
  • The wreck of the sea rover (Eastern Seaboard) / Bill Mooney
  • Jack and the magic beans (England) / Bobby Norfolk
  • Sweet Harmony Chapel (based on a Appalacian short story) / Gwenda LedBetter
  • The freedom bird (Thailand) / David Holt.