Item
Asian Folktales
- Title
- en_US Asian Folktales
- Description
- en_US Language note: Bilingual: English and Lao
- en_US Original language: lao
- en_US Retold by Asian Bilingual Students from Room #17, Wisconsin Avenue School; James Sayavong, Teacher
- Creator
- en_US Sayavong, James See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US The students themselves
- Date
- 2016-01-25T20:04:20Z
- en_US 2010-06
- en_US 1991
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T20:04:20Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1991
- Abstract
- en_US This book comes out of work done with Lao and Hmong children at Wisconsin Avenue School in Milwaukee. Their teacher, James Sayavong, gave his students a homework assignment: ask older relatives to tell folktales from their native lands. It is suprising how many of their stories go back to traditional fables and fable themes. Twenty-two stories are presented here with illustrations added by the pupils themselves. Trusting to Chance and Windfalls is the funny story of the peasant who saw a hare accidentally dash itself against a stump and die (1). The peasant spent the rest of his life waiting for another hare to smash against the stump! The King Fish and the Bird (3) seems to be a take-off on the Kalila and Dimna story of the crane who lied about ferrying fish to safety. The Dog and the Piece of Meat (6) is vintage Aesop except for the detail that this dog ran down to the river to get the bigger piece of meat. The Fox and the Forest Cock (9) seems simpler than most Aesopic fables but uses their techniques; in this case the fox calls the cock and his voice both ugly but promises to make the cock beautiful if he will come down to the ground…. Some stories are bilingual: English and Lao. Fables get around!
- Identifier
- en_US 7218 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Milwaukee Public Schools Service Delivery Area IV,
- en_US Milwaukee, WI
- Subject
- en_US PZ90.L36 A85 1991 See all items with this value
- en_US Asian See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books