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STORYTELLING, RESOURCES AND COLLECTIONS

The Gift of the Folktales from the
Unicorn and Other Arabian Peninsula
Animal Helper Tales Tales of Bahrain, Kuwait,
for Storytellers, Oman, Qatar, Saudi

Educators, and Arabia, The United Arab
Emirates, and Yemen
Librarians
NADIA JAMEEL TAIBAH AND
DAN KEDING AND MARGARET READ MACDONALD
KATHLEEN A. BRINKMANN
This unique and diverse
June 2016, 243pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 > AWARD WINNER November 2015, 114pp, 7x10 selection of traditional folktales
Print: 978-1-4408-4052-4 Print: 978-1-59158-529-9 from the countries of the
$40.00, £31.00, €37.00 2017 Storytelling World Awards $40.00, £31.00, €37.00 Arabian Peninsula appeals to a
eBook: 978-1-4408-4053-1 Winner “Best Storytelling eBook: 978-1-4408-4207-8
Collections” –Storytelling Magazine broad audience, ranging from
“ interest across many age groups in a library, storytellers and educators to folklorists and scholars.
This amazing range of tales will be sure to spark

classroom, or other storytelling environment. The FEATURES
• Offers a collective of interesting folktales that introduces the
” cultures of seven countries of the Arabian Peninsula
purchase is strongly recommended.
—VOYA, October 3, 2016 • Presents unusual tales never before seen in English
Engage young readers in stories they love while teaching children’s collections
important content with this fun book that features more than 40
folktales from around the world celebrating the animal-human
bond. Pachamama Tales
Folklore from Argentina,
Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay,
Tibetan Folktales Peru, and Uruguay

HAIWANG YUAN, RETOLD AND TRANSLATED
AWANG KUNGA, AND BO LI BY PAULA MARTÍN
EDITED BY
> AWARD WINNER MARGARET READ MACDONALD

2016 Storytelling World Awards ILLUSTRATIONS BY LUNA NÚÑEZ
Honorable Mention –Storytelling
World July 2014, 242pp, 7x10 > AWARD WINNER
“ for both community Print: 978-1-59158-299-1 2016 Storytelling World Awards
Very highly recommended
Honorable Mention –Storytelling
$40.00, £31.00, €37.00
November 2014, 202pp, 7x10 and academic library eBook: 978-1-61069-853-5 World
”
Print: 978-1-61069-470-4 collections. “ A generous, bilingual array of stories about animals,
$40.00, £31.00, €37.00 fools, lost places, musical instruments, scary or
eBook: 978-1-61069-471-1 —Midwest Book Review, fantastic creatures, plants and trees, and the sky,
January 1, 2015
ending with a selection of looping, recursive ‘Endless
This collection of folktales provides readers with an extensive Tales’ designed to drive wakeful children off to sleep.
overview of the breadth of Tibetan culture, revealing the Excellent glossary, bibliography, and notes.
character of the region and its people as well as their traditional ”
customs and values. —Storytelling Magazine, March 4, 2015
A bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples
FEATURES
of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay,
• Includes nine recipes for Tibetan dishes specifying alternative
ingredients that can be substituted for hard-to-find original accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as
ingredients color photographs.

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