Favorite Folktales from Around the World - Jane Yolen

Between these two covers, readers will discover an inexhaustible source of delight for children and adults alike: the world's best folktales, chosen by the internationally known storyteller Jane Yolen. A feast of good reading . . . deserves a place in every home where there are children.--John Barkham Reviews. \n \nFrom Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. \n \nWith black-and-white drawings throughout \nPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library\n