Mother and daughter tales
By: retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker ; illustrated by Helen Cann.
Contributors: Cann, Helen, 1969- ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: An Abbeville anthology
Publisher: Abbeville Kids
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Tales.; Folklore.; Mothers and daughters -- Folklore.
Description: A collection of folktales from various cultures illuminate the mother-daughter relationship.
Table of contents: title: Demeter and Persephone (Greek); title: The waterfall of white hair (Chinese); title: Mother Holle (German); title: Vasilisa the beautiful (Russian); title: Old Mother Swan and Great Mother Earthquake (Iroquois); title: Snowflake (Slavic); title: The mother's mirror (Japanese); title: Katanya (Turkish); title: The girl and her godmother (Norwegian); title: Naomi and Ruth (Jewish).