Fireside stories
Subtitle: tales for a winter's eve
By: Caitlin Matthews ; [illustrations by] Helen Cann.
Contributors: Cann, Helen, 1969- ill.
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846860652
Subjects: Winter -- Folklore; Tales; Folklore; Winter -- Folklore
Genres: Folklore.
Other titles: Tales for a winter's eve; Winter's eve
Description: A collection of eight traditional tales associated with a variety of winter celebrations from Scottish, Russian, Inuit, Austrian, Czech, and Jewish lore.
Table of contents: title: The lonely boatman (Scotland); title: The winter cabin (Russia); title: The elves and the shoemaker (Germany); title: Schnitzle, Schnootzle and Schnotzle (Austria); title: Cantor of the trees (Jewish); title: Baboushka (Russia); title: The month brothers (Czech Republic); title: The bag of warmth (Canada); title: The Cailleach of the snows (Scotland).