Can you guess my name? : traditional tales around the world / [selected and retold] by Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Stefano Vitale.

Author/creator Sierra, Judy
Other author Vitale, Stefano illustrator.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Clarion Books, ©2002.
Descriptionix, 110 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
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Subjects

Contents I'll blow your house in! : tales like The three pigs. The three little piggies and Old Mister Fox (United States, Scottish American) -- Big Pig, Little Pig, Speckled Pig, and Runt (United States, African American) -- The three geese (Italy).
Contents Just the right friends : tales like The Bremen town musicians. How Jack went to seek his fortune (United States: Anglo-American) -- Medio Pollito (Argentina) -- Master Thumb (Burma/Myanmar).
Contents Can you guess my name? : tales like Rumpelstiltskin. Titeliture (Sweden) --How Ijapa the tortoise tricked the hippopotamus (Nigeria, Yoruba) -- Oniroku (Japan).
Contents I married a frog : tales like The frog prince. Princess Tombi-ende and the frog (Swaziland) -- How a warty toad became an emperor (China, Hmong) -- Little singing frog (Serbia).
Contents The scary house in the big woods : tales like Hansel and Gretel. Jean and Jeannette (France) -- The cake tree (Sri Lanka) -- The runaway children (South Africa, Xhosa).
Abstract A collection of fifteen folktales from all over the world, including stories that resemble "The Three Pigs," "The Bremen Town Musicians," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2002003509
ISBN0618133283 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780618133284 (alk. paper)

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