Bibliograph

Ready-to-tell tales, sure-fire stories from America's favorite storytellers, edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney

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Ready-to-tell tales, sure-fire stories from America's favorite storytellers, edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ready-to-tell tales

Responsibility statement

edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney

Sub title

sure-fire stories from America's favorite storytellers

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Three dolls (India), David Novak, Those three wishes (based on an American short story), Carol Birch, Fox's sack (England), Bill Harley, Lion's whisker (East Africa), Len Cabral, King's child (Jewish), Judith Black, Story of the half blanket (Northern Ireland), Maggi Kerr Peirce, Lazy Jack (England), Gay Ducey, 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, Magic gifts (Cajun), J.J. ReneauxLa muerta: godmother death (Mexico), Doug Lipman, Jack and the haunted house (Appalachia), Elizabeth Ellis, Storekeeper (American South), Doc McConnell, Rabbit and possum hunt for a wife (Native American/Cherokee), Gayle Ross, Black prince (Egypt), Laura Simms, Horned animals' party (Antigua/British West Indies), Diane Ferlatte, 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 MooneyOld giant (England), Jon Spelman, Little Hare and the pine tree (Native American/Winnebago), Joseph Bruchac, Dead mule (American Midwest), Jim May, Golden arm (England), Jackie Torrence, Twelve labors of Hercules (ancient Greece), Barbara McBride-Smith, How the turtle cracked his shell (Native American/Cherokee), Robin Moore, Magic mortar (Japan), Jay O'Callahan, Electricity elixir (American South), Chuck Larkin, Panther and rabbit (French Cameroon), Michael Parent, Time Jack got the silver sword (Appalachia), Donald DavisLittle burnt face (Native American/Micmac), Milbre Burch, Magic pomegranate (Jewish), Peninnah Schram, Santa visits the Moes (Appalachia), Folktellers, Talking skull (West Africa), Heather Forest, Honey bunny (African-American), Ed Stivender, Wise judge (Japan), Susan Klein, 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, Freedom bird (Thailand) / David Holt

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