The lion and the puppy : and other stories for children
(2012, original release: 1988)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/FOLKTALES/EUROPE/TOL
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., 2012
DESCRIPTION
60 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781616084844 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1616084847 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1616084847 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A collection of twenty-five short Russian folktales with lessons and morals
CONTENTS
Lion and the puppy --
Little Cottontop --
Escape of a dancing bear --
Masha and the mushrooms --
Death of a bird-cherry tree --
Little Philip who wanted to go to school --
A young boy's story of how a storm caught him in the forest --
King and the shirt --
Two brothers learn a lesson --
A young boy's story of how he found queen bees for his granddad --
Tired swan --
Old fire-dog --
Two merchants --
Old poplar --
How many geese make six? --
The "dead" man and the bear --
Little bird --
Plum stone --
Better to be lean and free than plump and chained --
A young boy's story of how he did not go to town --
Dew upon the grass --
Uncle Jacob's dog --
Why wolves are mean and squirrels frisky --
Ants --
From an acorn grew an oak tree tall