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The honeydrum: tales from Arab lands
Par Gwendolyn MacEwen. 1983
Two of these pieces are original while the other five are derived, rather than translated, from oral and written folk…
tales and legends well-known in the Arabic speaking world. Grades 2-4. c1983.The great race
Par David Bouchard. 1997
A Chinese fable about the origins of the zodiac. The Great Buddha sends eleven animals and one dragon on a…
great race to the gates of the Jade City. The order that they arrive in, not who wins the race, is what becomes important. Grades 2-4. 1997.The bear says north: tales from northern lands
Par Bob Barton. 2003
Ten folktales from Scandinavia and other northern hemisphere countries. In "Good Neighbors", a family happily coexists with mountain trolls. In…
"Grandfather Bear", a fox tricks an old bear into dropping his dinner. Grades 4-7. 2003.The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
Par Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.Tales the elders told: Ojibway legends
Par Basil Johnston. 1981
These legends, which include "Why birds go south in winter" and "The first butterflies", are an integral part of the…
spiritual and cultural heritage of the Ojibway people. For all ages.Peace walker: the legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita
Par C. J Taylor. 2004
The five Iroquois nations began warring with each other after generations of peace. Hiawatha was brave enough to defy the…
evil chief Atotarho, and working with Tekanawita, he brought about the Great Peace and established the Iroquois Confederacy. The People of the Longhouse trace their confederacy back more than 1,500 years, and Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were inspired by it when they developed a democratic government for the United States. Grades 5-8. 2004." Pierre Landry nous guide d'un pas alerte sur cette voie royale connue sous le nom de Chemin du Roy,…
de Beaumont à Notre-Dame-du-Portage, tous les sens en éveil pour y débusquer farfadets, loups-garous, feux-follets et autres démons qui ont marqué l'imaginaire de la population de la Côte-du-Sud et parmi lesquels les troupes de Wolfe sont assurément les plus inquiétantes. Les textes colligés par Pierre Landry nous font réaliser à quel point l'histoire de la Côte-du-Sud est empreinte de vives douleurs comme d'une noble résilience. En témoigne cet épisode dramatique entre tous qui a vu ces Irlandais exsangues venir déverser leurs derniers espoirs dans les mouroirs de Grosse-Île... " -- 4e de couv.Les plus belles légendes acadiennes
Par Catherine Jolicœur. 1981
Colombo's book of marvels
Par John Robert Colombo. 1979
A folk tale journey through the Maritimes: Through The Maritimes
Par Michael Taft, Helen Creighton, Ronald Caplan. 1993
A collection of songs, ghost stories, folk tales, and folk cures assembled from the work of Dr. Helen Creighton. Creighton…
spent much of her life devoted to the collection of folk tales in the Maritimes. Her notes accompany the stories to explain how the tales were told to her. 1993.A time of golden dragons
Par Song Nan Zhang, Hao Yu Zhang. 2000
Through the ages, the dragon has been an important symbol for the Chinese. This book traces the history of the…
dragon, and provides a good introduction to the richness of Chinese culture. Grades 4-7.The trouble with princesses
Par Christie Harris, Douglas Tait. 1980
The swan children
Par David Day. 1989
Lir is a great king of Ireland and the joy of his life is his four children. But the family…
suffers a terrible tragedy when the children fall under an evil spell. Based on the Irish legend "Children of Lir". Grades K-3. 1989.Fables, fairies and folklore of Newfoundland
Par Alice Lannon, Michael McCarthy. 1991
Légendes d'Amérique française: [anthologie] ((Le Champ éthique ; 16))
Par Jean Du Berger. 1994
The little mermaid
Par Margaret Crawford Maloney. 1983
A beautiful little mermaid longs to become human so a prince may return the love she feels for him. An…
adaptation of the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Grades 2-4. c1983.La chasse-galerie et autres récits ((Boréal compact. Classique ; 139.).)
Par François Ricard, H Beaugrand. 2002
How summer came to Canada
Par Elizabeth Cleaver, William Toye. 1969
The king has goat ears
Par Philippe Béha, Katarina Jovanovic. 2008
King Boyan has a secret that only the barbers who cut his hair know. But they aren't telling because the…
king won't let them leave the palace. Then one day a young apprentice Igor bravely accepts the challenge to cut the king's hair. He quickly wins the king's confidence and is allowed to return home. Igor is careful not to betray his new friend, but secrets have a way of getting out! Grades K-3. 2008.The name of the tree: a Bantu tale
Par Celia Barker Lottridge, Ian Wallace. 1989
When a drought spreads through the land of the short grass, the animals set out across the great plain to…
find food. Their only hope for survival is a tree with a variety of colourful fruit. The problem is its branches are too high. To reach them, the wise old turtle says, one must know the name of the tree, something only King Lion is privy to. In this retold story, the hero is not the most cunning or the strongest but the one that tries the hardest. Grades K-3 and older readers. c1989.