Aaron Shepard

5 Tales of India: Folktales, Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends of India and Pakistan (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Traditional tales are retold by a master storyteller in this collection of folktales, myths, and legends from India and Pakistan. The stories are: THE GIFTS OF THE GRASSCUTTER Wali Dad, a humble grasscutter, never asked for wealth -- so why can't he give it away? THE PRINCESS AND THE GOD The princess Savitri must use all her wit and will to save her husband from the god of death. THE MILLIONAIRE MISER Sushil is so stingy, even a god takes notice. HOW VIOLENCE IS ENDED A prince must choose whether to heed his father's last words or take revenge on the king who has killed both parents. KINGS FOR BREAKFAST! King Vikram must rescue a magic goose from King Karan and discover the secret of his wealth. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the author of many books, stories, and scripts for young people, as well as professional books and resources for writers and educators. He has also worked professionally in both storytelling and reader's theater, as a performer, director, and teacher trainer. Aaron's lively and meticulous retellings of folktales and other traditional literature have found homes with more than a dozen children's book publishers, large and small, and with the world's top children's literary magazines, winning him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society. His extensive Web site, visited by thousands of teachers and librarians each week, is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and reader's theater, while his stories and scripts have been featured in textbooks from publishers worldwide, including Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, SRA, The College Board, Pearson Education, National Geographic, Oxford University Press, Barron's, Hodder Education, and McGraw-Hill.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Story Project
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620352601
• Artikelnr.: 63703620