Black Folktales

Traditional folk tales from Longford retold by a professional storytellerIllustrations: 25 Illustrations, black and white

Reducere. -The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary t...

Folk tales from the Jewish community of BritainIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

The first collection of folk tales from Lanarkshire, Scotland's most populated regionIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

The finest and most authentic collection of Icelandic folk tales to be published in the English languageIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and ...

A collection of traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the woodlands and forests of Britain and Ireland....

An enchanting collection of folk tales retold by a professional storytellerPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Cath EdwardsIllustration(s): ...

Reducere. Twelve remarkable folktales, culled from the black experience in Africa and America, are freshly retold in the thoroughly original voice of Julius ...

Traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and IrelandPublisher: Th...

Caribbean folk tales set alongside local reminiscences of 1950s migration from the Caribbean to BritainPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): W...

Reducere. . . . a rare combination of inclusiveness and honesty. . . . cogent introduction[s] . . . confirm the central point of the tales: a search for cult...

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food MovementPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): T...

Reducere. DescriptionThe author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognised by the acclaim of his first book, The Pa...

Myths and legends from Warwickshire, retold by a local storytellerIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

Stories that celebrate the real people that lived and worked on Britain's canalsIllustrations: 23 Illustrations, black and white

The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales.Illustrations: 77 Illustrations, black and white

Traditional and contemporary tales for children, from the rivers, seas, lakes, canals, sacred wells and waters of IrelandIllustrations: 30 Illustra...

Reducere. When Toni Morrison died in August 2019, she was widely remembered for her contributions to literature as an African American woman, an identity she...

Traditional Angus stories, retold by a local storytellerPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Erin FarleyIllustration(s): 30 Illustrations, bl...

An exciting set of tales from the Buddhist tradition to inspire, move, challenge and amusePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Kevin WalkerIl...

Traditional tales with strong messages retold with relevance for the 21st centuryPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Mike O'ConnorIllustrati...

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers - Argyll is teeming with folk tales.Publisher: The Histor...

Reducere. Treasury of 64 tales invites readers into the shadowy, twilight world of Celtic myth and legend. Mischievous fairy people, murderous giants, priest...

West African traditions and folklore delight in tales of animals and tricksters. From Nigeria to Benin, to the cunning spider Anansi, animals teach...

Reducere. Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning ...

Reducere. When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history...

Nordic Viking tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard...

Reducere. This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n...

Reducere. Introductory volume in the series of Reading-Literature readers, whose purpose is to train children in reading and appreciating literature through ...

The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda inherit the folk and mythic tales of the rift valley region. Here you'll find sto...

DescriptionEvery night before bedtime Dad read tales to his daughter. Sometimes he had to leave for business to the other cities, and the girl coul...

DescriptionSixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic. Ev...

Reducere. Second volume in the series of Reading-Literature readers, whose purpose is to train children in reading and appreciating literature through the re...

Reducere. Kay Nielsen, one of the most famous children's book illustrators of all time, will delight children and adults, with this his masterpiece. The stor...

The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death fro...

Fiction. "The women in Leigh Camacho Rourk's stories carry guns and they know how to use them. This is the best kind of fiction, well-honed, lean a...

Reducere. Third volume in the series of Reading-Literature readers, whose purpose is to train children in reading and appreciating literature through the rea...

Fiction. Set in the 1930s, and spanning the globe, THE GOOD ECHO is the story of a marriage between controversial nutritionist and dentist Clifford...

Reducere. How was the earth formed, and where did animals come from? Why does the hippopotamus live in water, and why do cats chase rats? Imaginative answers...

While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European ...

The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages--from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished Americ...

Reducere. Midwest Book Award (MIPA)The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that gr...

Reducere. While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, a group of young people retreat to the healthful air of the countryside and amuse themse...

From Aaron Mahnke, the creator of Lore, comes an amazing new supernatural thriller that shines a light on the mysteries and monsters lurking in the...

Reducere. DescriptionA collection of 37 Myths, Legends, and Folktales from around the Philippines that showcase the rich and diverse cultural identity throug...

Reducere. ``Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium.``--Boston Globe Kullervo, son of Kalervo...

Reducere. In 1888, Charles Colcock Jones Jr. published the first collection of folk narratives from the Gullah-speaking people of the South Atlantic coast, t...