A Treasury of Western Folklore

A Treasury of Western Folklore
Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1990
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780517052945

"The stories, legends, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the people of the Great Plains and Far West"--Jacket subtitle.

Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales

Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales
Author: Shelley Fu
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1462908411

This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Chinese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales is a wonderful collection of seven classic Chinese stories that make for great reading adventures. From the stories of Pan Gu and Nu Wo, creators of the world, to Bai Su-Tzin, a snake who took on human form and found true love, this mesmerizing book includes myths of creation, mortality and love. More than just a Chinese children's storybook, Treasury of Chinese Folk Tales also explores the historical impact and roots of each tale, inviting you and the children you love to enjoy the many layers of meaning contained within them fully. The included pronunciation guide, as well as information for further reading, makes this a perfect tool for educators, librarians and parents.

Treasury of Stories

Treasury of Stories
Author: E. Arsenio Manuel
Publisher: Anvil Books
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1995
Genre: Folk literature, Philippine
ISBN:

33 Philippine-Asian oral stories taken from books in the bibliography. Appended to each story is an anthropological and folkloristic explanation of special words and persons.

A Treasury of American Folklore

A Treasury of American Folklore
Author: B. A. Botkin
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781493025350

Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America," this two-volume set contains 500 stories and 100 songs collected from the author's time as national folklore editor for the Federal Writer's Project (1938-39) as well as his work as archivist of folksongs at the Library of Congress. As Carl Sandburg writes in his foreword, "So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America. An encyclopedia is where you get up into box car numbers...besides giving you the company of nice, darnfool yarn spinners, it will give you something of the feel of American history, of the gloom chasers that moved many a good man who fought fire and flood, varmints and vermin, as region after region filled with settlers and homesteaders."