How & why stories World tales kids can read & tell
Book - 1999
A collection of twenty-five traditional pourquoi stories explaining why an animal or plant or natural object looks or acts the way it does. Following each story are storytelling tips and short modern, scientific explanations for the subject of the story.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Folk tales
- Published
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Little Rock, Ark. :
August House Pub
1999.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Physical Description
- 96 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9780874835625
9780874835618
- Introduction
- Where the Stories Come From (Map)
- How and Why Stories
- Thunder and Lightning (Nigeria (Ibibio))
- How Tigers Got Their Stripes (Vietnam)
- Why Bat Flies Alone At Night (U.S. (Modoc Indian))
- The Mill at the Bottom of the Sea (Korea)
- Why Cats Wash Their Paws After Eating (Europe)
- Why Ants Are Found Everywhere (Burma)
- Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together (Cameroon/Nigeria (Ekoi))
- Why the Baby Says "Goo" (U.S. (Penobscot Indian))
- Why the Farmer and the Bear Are Enemies (Russia)
- Why Hens Scratch in the Dirt (Philippines)
- Why the Sun Comes Up When Rooster Crows (China)
- Why Dogs Chase Cats (U.S. (African-American))
- The Dancing Brothers (U.S. (Onondaga Indian))
- The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking (India)
- The Story of Arachne (Greece)
- Rabbit Counts the Crocodiles (Japan)
- The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (Germany)
- How Brazilian Beetles Got Their Gorgeous Coats (Brazil)
- The Quarrel (U.S. (Cherokee Indian))
- Why Parrots Only Repeat What People Say (Thailand)
- The Taxi Ride (Northern Ghana/Mauritania)
- How Owl Got His Feathers (Puerto Rico)
- Two Brothers, Two Rewards (China/Korea/Japan)
- Why Bear Has a Stumpy Tail (Norway)
- Where All Stories Come From (U.S. (Seneca Indian))
- General Tips for Telling Stories
- Activities
- Appendix. Story Sources
Review by School Library Journal Review
Review by Horn Book Review