Fourteen folktales from around the world, illustrated in folk-art style, include a Zulu tale of a devoted mother and an Inca story about a beautiful and proud magician, along with tales representing the Jewish, Arabic, Amerindian, and other traditions.
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From Publishers Weekly
This thorough and entertaining volume offers an armchair trip around the globe. Fourteen folktales from as many cultures provide an impressively comprehensive catalogue of magic-makers, from Russia's Baba Yaga to the Native American personification of the Morning Star. Mayo's retellings are often amalgams of established versions of stories. Her lively vocabulary, fine sense of theater and carefully chosen background details make the collection a winner, either tackled in individual slices or as a whole. Ray's ( The Story of Christmas ) folk-inspired borders and flecks of shimmering gold paint highlight the full-size paintings, framed panels and smaller spot art found on nearly every page. Her wondrous, sumptuous pictures set the mystical, enchanting mood these stories require. An afterword furnishes succinct notes about the tales' origins. All ages.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 3-6. In this handsome anthology, Mayo presents 14 traditional tales from around the world. Each represents a different culture, from the Arabic fairy tale of "The Lemon Princess," the Caribbean story of "The King Who Wanted to Touch the Moon," the Australian pourquoi tale called "Koalo," and the Zulu story of "Unanana and the Enormous One-Tusked Elephant" to more familiar folklore such as the Scottish "Kate Crackernuts" and the Russian "Baba Yaga Bony-Legs." As retold by Mayo, the stories read aloud well, and that makes them a pleasure to read silently as well. Ray's striking, full-color artwork appears on every page, illustrating the tales with richly patterned, well-composed illustrations that will draw readers to the book. Often using motifs from the art of the culture represented, she creates images that are variously decorative, imaginative, and dramatic, unifying the book while reflecting the individual stories. Brief source notes appear at the end of the volume. A sourcebook for storytellers and a storybook for children who love fairy tales. Carolyn Phelan
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Wonderful stories for children 3-4 and up,
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This review is from: Magical Tales from Many Lands (Hardcover)
We first checked this book out from the library and now we're finally buying it after renewing it time after time. Our three year old loves the tale "Baba Yaga Bony Legs" and the wonderful illustrations of the witch with her iron teeth. Our now-six-year-old has heard all the stories more than once since she was four and I suspect will read therse to herself when she's a bit older.
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