Noodlehead Stories
World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell
Little Rock, AR : August House, 2000.
Format: Book
Description: 95 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
A collection of folktales from around the world, all featuring the character of the fool, with tips for telling the stories aloud, related activities, and source notes.
Contents:
Boy who sold the butter (Denmark) -- Dead or alive? (Uruguay) -- Wise fools of Gotham (England) -- Farmer who was easily fooled (Lebanon) -- Juan Bobo and the pot that would not walk (Puerto Rico) -- Scissors (Norway) -- What a bargain! (Arabia) -- Whose horse is whose? (United States) -- Donkey egg (Algeria) -- Such a silly, senseless servant (China) -- No doubt about it (Iran) -- When Giufa guarded the goldsmith's door (Italy) -- Men with mixed-up feet (Russia) -- Next time I'll know what to do (England) -- Hunter of Java (Indonesia/Java) -- Seven foolish fishermen (France) -- King brought down by one blow (Philippines) -- Clever Elsie (Germany) -- Man who didn't know what Minu meant (Ghana) -- Fool's feather pillow (Ireland) -- Ninny who didn't know himself (Moldova) -- Mayor's golden shoes (Poland [Jewish]) -- I'd laugh, too, if I weren't dead (Iceland).
Target Audience: 830L
ISBN:
0874835844 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C FOLKLORE Noo | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96).