Famous Stories from Jataka Tales

Title

en_US Famous Stories from Jataka Tales

en_US Shanti Children's Books

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

Creator

en_US No Author

Contributor

en_US Rangoli

Date

2016-01-25T15:37:26Z

en_US 2013-12

en_US 2013

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:37:26Z

Date Issued

en_US 2007

Abstract

en_US Thirty-three stories on 116 pages after an opening T of C. Each story gets several colored pictures. I find the tellings of the stories good, as in the first story, The Golden Duck (5). The illustration style seems consistent with other Shanti publications for children that I have seen. My eye happened to have fallen on minster for minister on 12. The Foolish Son (27) tells of a won who uses an axe to attack a mosquito on his carpenter father's head! The Greedy Bird (30) is back from other Jataka collections, but this time he reports of grain fallen not on a freeway but on a highway. That choice works much better with food-laden bullock carts. The Kind Stag is another staple of the Jataka collection. He is called golden but pictured in usual colors. Another staple story presents a jackal judge who awards one disputing otter the head of a fish which he had seized and another the tail of the fish, which he had seized. The clever jackal keeps the middle part for himself (40). The Foolish Jackal (47) tells of a successful partnership between lion and jackal. The latter would inform the former and clean up after his kill. The jackal, impressed with their success, asks to reverse roles and the lion finally gives in and soon informs the jackal of an elephant nearby. The jackal attacks the elephant and is soon trampled to death. Foolish Friends on 85 presents a good short version of the sad falling out of lion and bull under the insinuations of a jealous jackal. The Clever Son (102) tells of the son seeing his father digging a grave for the boy's beloved grandfather; the boy promptly starts digging one for his father! The dust-jacket is glued to the covers.

Identifier

en_US 10023 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76019

Publisher

en_US Shanti Publications

en_US Delhi, India

Subject

en_US BQ1462.E5F366 2013

en_US Jatakas

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole