The Barefoot book of mother and daughter tales
(2011, original release: 1996)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/FOLKTALES/WORLD/EVE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2011
DESCRIPTION
80 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 2 audio CDs (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN/ISSN
9781846865725 (alk. paper), 1846865727 (alk. paper), 1846865727 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: Mother and daughter tales. New York : Abbeville Kids, 1996
Demeter and Persephone (Greek) -- The waterfall of white hair (Chinese) -- Mother Holle (German) -- Vasilisa the beautiful (Russian) -- Great Mother Earthquake (Iroquois) -- Snowflake (Slavic) -- The mother's mirror (Japanese) -- Katanya (Turkish) -- The girl and her godmother (Norwegian) -- Naomi and Ruth (Jewish)
A collection of folktales from various cultures illuminate the mother-daughter relationship