World folktales
Title:
World folktales
ISBN:
9781405862523
9781405880237
Personal Author:
Publication Information New:
Harlow, Essex : Pearson Education, 2008.
Physical Description:
ix, 91, [3] pages ; 20 cm. + 3 CD-ROM.
Series:
Penguin Readers ; level 5
General Note:
"Level 5, Upper-intermediate (2300 headwords)"
Contents:
Introduction -- The good peasant's son (a Russian folktale) -- The crocodile and the hunter (an African-Nupe folktale) -- Breaking the chain (a Guatemalan folktale) -- Lukas's luck (a Czechoslovak folktale) -- Wisdom for sale (an Indian-Gujerati folktale) -- The wooden horse (a Middle Eastern folktale) -- The wedding box (a Chinese folktale) -- The golden apples (a Scandinavian folktale) -- Happy new year (a Chinese folktale) -- Activities.
Abstract:
These nine stories will take the reader on an exciting journey to distant cultures and times. The collection includes folktales from South America, Africa, India, China, and Europe.
Language:
English