Feathers and tails
Subtitle: animal fables from around the world
By: retold by David Kherdian ; illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Contributors: Hogrogian, Nonny, ill
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780399218767
Subjects: Tales; Fables; Animals; Folklore
Description: A collection of animal fables and folklore from such sources as the Bidpai fables, Aesop, Panchatantra, Grimm, and Wu Cheng'en.
Table of contents: title: The four friends -- (Bidpai); title: The camel and the mouse -- (Rumi); title: Crane woos Heron -- (Russian); title: Anansi rides Tiger -- (West African); title: Pig and Bear -- (Czechoslovakian); title: Doctor Toad -- (Armenian); title: The peacock and the jackdaw -- (Aesop); title: Coyote and the acorns -- (Yurok Indian, southwestern U.S.); title: The ungrateful wolf and the gullible heron -- (Babrius); title: The monkey and the crocodile -- (India); title: The lemming and the owl -- (Eskimo); title: The wolf and seven little kids -- (Brothers Grimm); title: Caucasian riddle -- (Gurdjieff); title: The incautious fox and the foolish wolf -- (La Fontaine); title: Monkey -- (Chinese, from the Journey to the west by -- Wu Cheng-en); title: Armenian proverb --; title: African proverb --; title: The heron and the hummingbird -- (Muskogee Indian, southeastern U.S.); title: The blue jackal; title: (The Panchatantra) --; title: The oh so grand ox and the poor pathetic frog -- (La Fontaine); title: The stolen moon-- (Kutchin Indian, Canada).