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A collection of stories from around the world, with background information and tips on how to tell each tale. Full description
Table of Contents:
- Bell that knew the truth (China)
- Boy who battled the troublesome troll (Norway)
- Tail trade (Canada)
- Woodcutter and the river demon (Russia)
- Taking the bad with the good (Congo)
- Baker's daughter (England)
- One good trick deserves another (Tibet)
- Sweet or sour? (Greece)
- Fearsome monster in Hare's house (Kenya/Tanzania)
- Argument between the sea and the sky (Philippines)
- Scrambled eggs (Denmark)
- Thief who aimed to please (Eastern Europe)
- Big, wide-mouthed frog (United States)
- Watermelons and walnuts (Turkey)
- It's about to fall! (Mexico)
- King of the birds (Wales)
- Hero of Holland (Holland)
- Knee-high man grows up (United States)
- Rabbit's riding horse (Puerto Rico)
- King and the wrestler (India)
- Blazing rice fields (Japan)
- Ah-Choo! (Malaysia)
- Silent witness (Iran)
- Turtle returns a favor (Ghana)
- Just a drop of honey (Burma/Thailand)
- Monkey gets the last laugh (Brazil)
- Why sun and moon live in the sky (Nigeria)
- Gorilla that escaped (United States)
- Jester's last trick (Poland)
- Seal woman (Iceland)
- Emperor's secret (Serbia).