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The Resource Treasury of magical tales from around the world, Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit

Treasury of magical tales from around the world, Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit

Label
Treasury of magical tales from around the world
Title
Treasury of magical tales from around the world
Statement of responsibility
Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit
Creator
Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the captivating characters found in this anthology of beloved stories from 29 places around the world, from the Arctic to Africa to Asia to Australia to Europe to the Americas"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1948-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Napoli, Donna Jo
Dewey number
398.2
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Balit, Christina
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fairy tales
  • Magic
  • Fairy tales
  • Tales
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
Treasury of magical tales from around the world, Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The speaking bird (Italy) -- Dick Whittington's cat (England) -- The poor boy and the golden lamb (Hungary) -- Half-a-rooster (Berber, Morocco) -- The frog who tried too hard (Angola) -- The old woman (Jindwi, Zimbabwe) -- The woodcutter (Palestine) -- The girl with seven brothers (Kurdish, Western Asia) -- Three magic gifts (Turkey) -- The gobbler (Jewish diaspora) -- The gold fish (Russia) -- The girl and the moon spirit (Chukchi, Russian Arctic) -- The gentleman and the tiger (Korea) -- Bunbuku the teakettle (Japan) -- The island of the ogres (China) -- The four fairies (India) -- The frog in the rice paddy (Sri Lanka) -- Princess Golden Flower (Thailand) -- The buffalo boy and the banyan tree (Vietnam) -- The orphan boy who became king (Indonesia) -- The bunyip (Australia) -- Kumaku and the giants (Fiji) -- The Mundopuma (Ecuador) -- The golden jars (Brazil) -- Delgadina and the snake (Chile) -- Red cascades (Mexico) -- Afraid of nothing (Brule Sioux, North America) -- Eyeball tricks (Cheyenne, North America) -- The woman and her bear child (Inuit, Arctic)
Control code
on1240576389
Dimensions
31 cm
Extent
208 pages
Isbn
9781426372483
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
color illustrations, color map
Label
Treasury of magical tales from around the world, Donna Jo Napoli ; illustrations by Christina Balit
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
The speaking bird (Italy) -- Dick Whittington's cat (England) -- The poor boy and the golden lamb (Hungary) -- Half-a-rooster (Berber, Morocco) -- The frog who tried too hard (Angola) -- The old woman (Jindwi, Zimbabwe) -- The woodcutter (Palestine) -- The girl with seven brothers (Kurdish, Western Asia) -- Three magic gifts (Turkey) -- The gobbler (Jewish diaspora) -- The gold fish (Russia) -- The girl and the moon spirit (Chukchi, Russian Arctic) -- The gentleman and the tiger (Korea) -- Bunbuku the teakettle (Japan) -- The island of the ogres (China) -- The four fairies (India) -- The frog in the rice paddy (Sri Lanka) -- Princess Golden Flower (Thailand) -- The buffalo boy and the banyan tree (Vietnam) -- The orphan boy who became king (Indonesia) -- The bunyip (Australia) -- Kumaku and the giants (Fiji) -- The Mundopuma (Ecuador) -- The golden jars (Brazil) -- Delgadina and the snake (Chile) -- Red cascades (Mexico) -- Afraid of nothing (Brule Sioux, North America) -- Eyeball tricks (Cheyenne, North America) -- The woman and her bear child (Inuit, Arctic)
Control code
on1240576389
Dimensions
31 cm
Extent
208 pages
Isbn
9781426372483
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
color illustrations, color map

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