| Cover title |
Bedtime full of stories : 50 folk tales and legends from around the world |
| Variant title |
Bedtime full of stories : 50 folktales and legends from around the world |
| Variant title |
Bedtime full of stories : fifty folktales and legends from around the world |
| Contents |
Europe / The three gifts (Poland) -- The pedlar of Swaffam (England) -- The emperors new clothes (Denmark) -- The elves and the shoemaker (Germany) -- The sword in the stone (England) -- The Ash Lad and the good helpers (Norway) -- Tsar Trajan's ears (Serbia) -- Three golden oranges (Spain) -- The bag of winds (Greece) -- Sadko (Russia) -- Scratch Tom (Scotland) -- Yvon and Finette (France) -- The lucky friends (Ireland) -- Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed (Wales) -- Africa / How the cheetah became the fastest (South Africa) -- Ladipo (West Africa) -- Paka the cat and Pania the rat (Zanzibar) -- How wisdom spread throughout the world (West Africa) -- The tricky tortoise (Nigeria) -- The magical fruit (East Africa) -- Asia / The wild goose lake (China) -- Suppāraka the mariner (India) -- The ungrateful tiger (Korea) -- Tetan Buri and Boka Buri (Bangladesh) -- The magic paintbrush (China) -- The moon maiden (Japan) -- Aran Aung (Myanmar) -- The stone lion (East Asia) -- Australia and Oceania / The legend of the frogs (Australia) -- The woman who stole the sea (Fiji) -- The star hunt (New Zealand) -- How the yams came to Vanuatu (Vanuatu) -- North America / How the rabbit lost his tail (Canada) -- Strong Wind, the invisible (Algonquin) -- The Star Maiden (North America) -- The girl who married the moon (Alutiiq) -- The lake of many colors (Okanagan) -- The battle of summer and winter (Acoma) -- Gluscabi and the wind eagle (Abenaki) -- Snowbird and the water-tiger (North America) -- The crow and the daylight (Inuit) -- Middle East / The magic lamp (Arabic) -- The iron casket (Iraq) -- The quick-thinking goat (Arabic) -- The false prince (Arabic) -- Latin America / Hogs in the mud (Mexico) -- How night came (Brazil) -- Littlebit (Chile) -- The giant's secret (Mexico) -- The mouse king (Bolivia). |
| Abstract |
"There's always time for a bedtime story, so snuggle up and get ready to drift off to the land of nod with this collection of magical tales that includes both well-known classics and lesser-known treasures from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, North America, the Middle East and Latin America. Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister and beautifully illustrated by Anna Shepeta, this anthology will be treasured by story lovers both young and old"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127). |
| Genre/form | fairy tales. |
| Genre/form | illustrated books. |
| Genre/form | short stories. |
| Genre/form | Fairy tales. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Fairy tales. |
| Genre/form | Illustrated works. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| ISBN | 9780711249547 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0711249547 (hardcover) |
