Why the crocodile has a wide mouth and other nature myths
By: Florence Holbrook ; with the original illustrations by E. Boyd Smith.
Contributors: Holbrook, Florence, 1860-1932.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Mineola, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Animals -- Folklore.; Tales.; Animals -- Folklore.; Nature -- Folklore.; Folklore.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: A collection of stories from around the world, including many from Native Americans, that are meant to explain such things as "Why the cat always falls upon her feet," and "How fire was brought to the Indians."
Notes: Originally published: Book of nature myths. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., 1902.