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Five-minute tales more stories to read and tell when time is short

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Main Author: MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Atlanta, GA : August House Publishers, 2007.
Subjects:
Tales.
Short stories > Juvenile.
Parent teacher books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • About the tale notes
  • [pt. 1]. Participation tales
  • Monkeys in the rain Brazil
  • Take a little walk, Bear U.S. / teacher-lore, retold from Mary Branbury
  • Going on a bear hunt U.S. / as told by Nat Whitman
  • In a dark, dark house American folktale / as told by Jeffrey Brewster
  • Two frogs in a cream jar Russia
  • Phya Khankhaak, the Toad Prince Thailand / retold from Wajuppa Tossa
  • [pt. 2]. Animal tales
  • Coyote steals a bag Maidu, Native American / retold from Glenda Williams
  • Cricket and jaguar fight Mayan
  • One night's sleep Salish
  • Christmas of the animals New Mexico / retold from Joe Hayes
  • Christmas of the animals, version two Mexico
  • Christmas of the animals, version three Texas
  • Human's age Lao / retold by Wajuppa Tossa
  • [pt. 3]. Origin stories
  • How Georgians received their homeland Republic of Georgia / retold from Nikoloz Baratashivili
  • Wine is born in Georgia Republic of Georgia / retold from Irakli Topruia and Irakli Garibashvili, translated by Ketevan Gviniashvili
  • The douglas fir cone U.S./Canada Park Rangers
  • The blacksmith on the moon Issan, Thailand / retold from Prasong Saihong
  • Hanuman fathers mushrooms Lao / retold from Wajuppa Tossa
  • [pt. 4]. Tiny tales
  • Swimming to Kotzebue Eskimo / retold from Lela Kiana Oman
  • Toothache? Ancient Sumeria
  • Unity is strength Republic of Georgia
  • St. Peter and the Lord Basque
  • The slovenly wife Basque
  • How to quarrel Lao
  • [pt. 5]. Riddle tales
  • The little red house U.S.
  • The serving giant Lao / retold from Wajuppa Tossa
  • How many geese? Latvia / retold from Inta Carpenter
  • The stolen boat Thailand / retold from Uraiwan Prabipu
  • [pt. 6]. Romances
  • The origin of Ñandutí lace Guaraní, Paraguay
  • The flute player of the rice fields Bali, Indonesia
  • Princess Pinang Masak Indonesia / retold from Murti Bunanta
  • [pt. 7]. Strange and stranger
  • The reader and his strange visitors Korea
  • The girl who crunched bones Zambia
  • The marvelous canning factory Thailand / retold from Supaporn Vathanaprida
  • The rabbit flood Otomi, Mexico
  • The magic canoe Kamaiurá, Brazil
  • The creature of the night Brazil / retold from Livia de Almeida
  • [pt. 8]. Trickery
  • Fiddler's gold Hungary
  • That's the way the world goes U.S., African-American / retold from Marilyn Ribe
  • The dog market at Buda Hungary
  • What Herschel's father did Jewish / as told by Naomi Baltuck
  • The mouse sutra Japan / retold from Masako Sueyoshi
  • [pt. 9]. Lessons to be learned
  • Little Fox's village original
  • The Queen and the peasant wife India
  • The household snake Egypt
  • Toad-frog U.S., Missouri
  • The papercut woman China / retold from JonLee Joseph
  • Singing together Ukraine.

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