Patakin
Subtitle: world tales of drums and drummers
By: Nina Jaffe ; with drawings by Ellen Eagle
Contributors: Eagle, Ellen, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780805030051
Subjects: Tales; Drum; Folklore
Description: Recounts ten myths about drums and drummers from India, Africa, Fiji, Korea, Ireland, Venezuela, Mexico, Israel, and Canada.
Notes: Discography: p. [140]-141.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-139).
Table of contents: title: Skeleton woman / Inuit; title: The elephant king's drum / Haiti; title: Anansi and the secret name / Akan, Ghana; title: The silent drum of Ono Island / Fiji; title: Kim Hyuk-san and the tiger / Korea; title: Shiva and the ash-demon / India; title: The legend of the Bodbran / Ireland; title: Neima's rescue / Guajiro, Venezuela; title: The feast for Tepozteco / Aztec, Mexico; title: Mirium at the Red Sea / Jewish, Biblical legend.