Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About

Title

en_US Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About

Description

en_US Margaret Read MacDonald

Creator

en_US MacDonald, Margaret Read

Contributor

en_US Anasazi, Zobra

Date

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 1992

Date Available

2016-08-26T13:39:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 1992

Abstract

en_US "This book works for peacemaking by telling stories and asking readers to think and talk about them. There is probably something fable-like in each of the 37 stories. I notice eight that are more properly fables. They are well chosen and well told. "Two Goats on a Bridge" is told twice (5, 53) with a telling difference in approach and outcome. "The Neighbor's Shifty Son" (7) illustrates how our judgment, well or poorly founded, colors our perception of others. "Reaching for the Moon" (10) shows the destructiveness of pursuing impossible goals. "The Ass's Shadow" (32) is a perfect choice from the Aesopic corpus: while ass owner and ass renter fight over who may sit in the ass's shadow, the beast runs off! "The Snipe and the Mussel" (33) shows up, I believe, in Aesopic collections, though here it is attributed to China. The two are in a standoff. Here a passing fisherman catches them both. "A Lesson for Kings" (70) gives a good example of Buddhist compassion: overcome evil with good. "Holding Up the Sky" (99) is about the bird who does what he can. The cover illustration combines pictures of peace and war effectively. They appear separately in black-and-white to mark sections on War and Peace."

Identifier

en_US 10860 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91458

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Linnet Books: The Shoe String Press, Inc.

en_US Hamden, CT

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.P3145 1992

en_US Collection

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole