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The Resource Earth care : world folktales to talk about, [compiled] by Margaret Read MacDonald

Earth care : world folktales to talk about, [compiled] by Margaret Read MacDonald

Label
Earth care : world folktales to talk about
Title
Earth care
Title remainder
world folktales to talk about
Statement of responsibility
[compiled] by Margaret Read MacDonald
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A collection of traditional tales and proverbs from over twenty countries or ethnic groups, touching upon both human and ecological themes such as environmental protection, the care of other creatures, and the connection of all things in nature
Cataloging source
BKX
Dewey number
398.2
Index
index present
Intended audience
690L
Intended audience source
Lexile
Interest level
MG
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
4.4
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1940-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
MacDonald, Margaret Read
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Tales
  • Folklore
  • Tales
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Earth care : world folktales to talk about, [compiled] by Margaret Read MacDonald
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally published by Linnet Books in 1999
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Three green ladies / Derbyshire, England -- Treasure in the vineyard / Aesop -- The Farmer and his crops / Hmong -- Beast and tree / inspired by a fable by James Dillet Freeman -- Who is king of the world? / James Dillet Freeman -- Mikku and the trees / Estonia -- Hold tight and stick tight / Japan -- Spider and the palm-nut tree / Dan folktale from Liberia -- The Tiddy mun / England -- The New lake / China -- Fox rules the streams / Thailand -- Papa God's well / Haiti -- Two women hunt for ground squirrels / Tanaina Athabaskan tale -- Gluskabe traps the animals / Penobscot -- The Mountain goats of Temlahan / Tsimshian -- The Alligator and the hunter / Choctaw -- The Curupira / Brazil -- The Mosquito extermination project / India -- Gecko cannot sleep/ Bali -- The Golden plow / Rumania -- Botany in the rain forest / Liza Hobbs -- Finding the center / Ojibway -- Avvaiyar's rest / Tamil Nadu, South India -- Hidden divinity / India -- The Tailor's jacket / Jewish -- Love the weeds / Iran -- The Useless tree / China -- Too much sky / Bini folktale from Nigeria -- Just a little more / Portugal -- The Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range / Quinault -- Chehalis -- Cowlitz tale -- Sharing the wine / China -- Don't throw stones from "Not Yours" to "Yours" / Jewish -- The Tamarind tree / Thailand -- Emptying the granary / European -- Planting for the next generation / Turkey -- The Past and the future / Mbaka folktale from Angola -- Plowing up the road / Rumania -- In your hands / India -- Frog and Locust / Pueblo -- The Magic garden of the poor / Kazakh -- The End of the owls / Hans Magnus Enzensberger -- Tale collections with ecological themes -- More ecological tales to tell or read aloud -- Proverb sources -- Tale notes
Control code
1449507
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First August House edition.
Extent
xi, 161 pages
Isbn
9780874837841
Lccn
99029785
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780874837841
  • (OCoLC)61452289
Label
Earth care : world folktales to talk about, [compiled] by Margaret Read MacDonald
Publication
Note
Originally published by Linnet Books in 1999
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Three green ladies / Derbyshire, England -- Treasure in the vineyard / Aesop -- The Farmer and his crops / Hmong -- Beast and tree / inspired by a fable by James Dillet Freeman -- Who is king of the world? / James Dillet Freeman -- Mikku and the trees / Estonia -- Hold tight and stick tight / Japan -- Spider and the palm-nut tree / Dan folktale from Liberia -- The Tiddy mun / England -- The New lake / China -- Fox rules the streams / Thailand -- Papa God's well / Haiti -- Two women hunt for ground squirrels / Tanaina Athabaskan tale -- Gluskabe traps the animals / Penobscot -- The Mountain goats of Temlahan / Tsimshian -- The Alligator and the hunter / Choctaw -- The Curupira / Brazil -- The Mosquito extermination project / India -- Gecko cannot sleep/ Bali -- The Golden plow / Rumania -- Botany in the rain forest / Liza Hobbs -- Finding the center / Ojibway -- Avvaiyar's rest / Tamil Nadu, South India -- Hidden divinity / India -- The Tailor's jacket / Jewish -- Love the weeds / Iran -- The Useless tree / China -- Too much sky / Bini folktale from Nigeria -- Just a little more / Portugal -- The Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range / Quinault -- Chehalis -- Cowlitz tale -- Sharing the wine / China -- Don't throw stones from "Not Yours" to "Yours" / Jewish -- The Tamarind tree / Thailand -- Emptying the granary / European -- Planting for the next generation / Turkey -- The Past and the future / Mbaka folktale from Angola -- Plowing up the road / Rumania -- In your hands / India -- Frog and Locust / Pueblo -- The Magic garden of the poor / Kazakh -- The End of the owls / Hans Magnus Enzensberger -- Tale collections with ecological themes -- More ecological tales to tell or read aloud -- Proverb sources -- Tale notes
Control code
1449507
Dimensions
23 cm
Edition
First August House edition.
Extent
xi, 161 pages
Isbn
9780874837841
Lccn
99029785
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780874837841
  • (OCoLC)61452289

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