The storyteller's sourcebook
Subtitle: a subject, title, and motif index to folklore collections for children
By: by Margaret Read MacDonald.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers in association with Gale Research
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 818
Subjects: Folk literature -- Themes, motives; Folklore and children; Tales -- Indexes; Tales -- Bibliography
Genres: Indexes.; Bibliography.
Description: The Storyteller's Sourcebook is the first reference tool to bring together from children's collections variants of each folktale, and to supply descriptions of them. It is specifically designed for quick and easy access by the teacher or librarian who wants to locate (1) tales about a given subject, (2) the location of a specific tale title in collections, (3) tales from an ethnic or geographical area, (4) variants of a specific tale. - p. ix.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 787-818.
A portion of this work is based on part of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, 1979.