Clever and Foolish Tales for Children

Title

en_US Clever and Foolish Tales for Children

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Selected by Maude Owens Walters

Creator

en_US Walters, Maude Owens

Contributor

en_US Freed, Ted

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:51Z

en_US 2003-04

en_US 1941

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1941

Abstract

en_US This book is true to its title. It tells, in engaging and enlightened fashion, humorous stories that show cleverness and folly. Most of the stories are six to eight pages long--a bit long for fables, I would say. Many build from traditional fables. Were I to have to categorize, I would probably subtitle the book Stories Developed from Fables and Other Forms of Literature. Some of the clearest borrowers from fable are The Jackal and the Crocodile (91); Jelly-Fish and the Monkey (131); The Valiant Chattee-Maker (143); Tit for Tat (181, about the camel and the jackal); The Illuminating Fig (187, about a watermelon and a fig that drops onto the philosopher's nose); The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal (241); and The Woman and the Tramp (249, about nail soup). This book is in fair condition.

Identifier

en_US 5085 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80673

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dodd Mead & Company,

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ5.W171 Cr 1941

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole