Eleven Nature Tales: A Multicultural Journey (World Storytelling)
Grade 3-6?DeSpain's fifth collection of multicultural stories. As he explains in his introduction, reaching back to the old tales reminds us of the interconnectedness of all things, of the need to care for our natural world. These traditional stories come from Native Americans, as well as from peoples of Africa, Fiji, China and Central Asia, Australia, and Portugal. Some feature animal characters, while others have human protagonists. The reteller's notes describe where he first heard or found each tale and list print sources for other versions. In a few cases, he includes hints for storytelling. He also keys each story to the motif-index in Margaret Read MacDonald's The Storyteller's Sourcebook (Gale, 1982; o.p.). The stories themselves are short and easy to read, but the language is not particularly distinctive. Black-and-white scratchboard illustrations accompany each selection.?Ruth S. Vose, San Francisco Public LibraryCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.