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Title Once there was a story : tales from around the world, perfect for sharing / Jane Yolen ; illustrated by Jane Dyer.
Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Description xiii, 141 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 SM-Children's Room  J 398.2 YOLE Nearby on shelf  30660912938417 03-01-22  AVAILABLE
Note "A Paula Wiseman book."
Includes bibliographical references (page 141).
Contents How to Love a Story: An Introduction -- The Gingerbread Man (America) -- The Turnip (Russia) -- Lazy Jack England) -- The Little Red Hen England) -- The Little Old Lady Who Lost Her Dumplings (Japan) -- The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany/Brothers Grimm) -- Tops and Bottoms (Africa/America) -- The Old Woman and Her Pig (England) -- Stone Soup (France/Portugal) -- Rosechild (Jane Yolen) -- The Lion and the Mouse (Greece/Aesop) -- The Mean Tiger and the Hare (Korea) -- The Grasshopper and the Ant Greece/Aesop) -- The Ugly Duckling Denmark/Hans Christian Andersen) -- The Tortoise and the Hare (Greece/Aesop) -- The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (Greece/Aesop) -- Plip, Plop (Tibet) -- The Hen and the Big, Bad Fox (Ireland) -- Noah's Ark (Israel/Old Testament) -- The Sow, the Mare, and the Cow Jane Yolen) -- The Determined Tortoise and the World's Wisdom West Africa) -- Silly Wishes (Sweden) -- The Shoemaker and the Elves (Germany) -- Stonecutter (Japan) -- Ali's Wretched Sack (Iran/A Sufi Story) -- The Two Neighbors (France) -- The Golden Goose (Germany/Brothers Grimm) -- The Merman's Sock (Denmark) -- How Anansi Spider Got All His Stories (Africa) -- The Sweet Porridge Pot (Germany/Brothers Grimm -- Brave Marietta (Italy) -- Frog Prince Germany/Brothers Grimm).
Summary A collection of thirty shareable fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from around the world that includes magic tales, homey tales, animal tales, and two tales by Jane Yolen.
Genre Fiction.
Fairy tales.
Folk tales.
Add'l Names Dyer, Jane, illustrator.
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, creator.
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, creator.
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, creator.
Aesop, creator.
Other title Tales from around the world, perfect for sharing
ISBN 9781416971726
9781416971726
1416971726