How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam write by Rob Cleveland. This book was released on 2017-12-13. How Tiger Got His Stripes: A Folktale from Vietnam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Many years ago, the proudest animal in the jungle was not the peacock. The proudest animal was the tiger. In this timeless folktale from Vietnam, we see how Tiger's pride leads him to covet wisdom and, with the help of a wise farmer, earn his stripes.
Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories
Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories write by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran. This book was released on 2015-04-14. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. **Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Book of the Year Award** **Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Gold Medal** This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Vietnamese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories is a charming collection of fifteen tales as told by prominent storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc. In it, Tran--Minnesota's first Vietnamese librarian and an active member of the Vietnamese-American community--recounts cherished folktales such as "The Story of Tam and Cam" (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), "The Jade Rabbit," and "The Legend of the Mai Flower." They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. With beautiful illustrations by veteran artists Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong, children and adults alike will be enchanted by Tran's English retellings. Stories in which integrity, hard work and a kind heart triumph over deception, laziness, and greed--as gods, peasants, kings and fools spring to life in legends of bravery and beauty, and fables about nature. The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories will keep Vietnam's folktales alive for them and the legions of young readers who enjoy multicultural children's books and stories set in faraway lands. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories..
Children of the Dragon
Children of the Dragon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Children of the Dragon write by Garland, Sherry. This book was released on 2012-09-14. Children of the Dragon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Vietnamese folk tales retold for a modern audience. In poetry and literature the Vietnamese call themselves the "children of the dragon." Their oral tradition is a strong one and this volume includes three of the familiar teaching tales told by the elders. Readers will learn how the tiger got his stripes, why there are monsoons, and the story of the Moon Festival.
The Drum: A Folktale from India
The Drum: A Folktale from India - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Drum: A Folktale from India write by Rob Cleveland. This book was released on 2017-12-13. The Drum: A Folktale from India available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this story from India, a poor boy's dream of having a drum takes him on an unlikely journey of discovery. He meets several people who guide him along the way. In time, he learns to make his own "magic" in this world.
Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail
Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail write by Martha Hamilton. This book was released on 2017-12-13. Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Read Along or Enhanced eBook: When Tree Kangaroo and Koala dig a well to get some water, Tree Kangaroo ends up doing all of the work and Koala ends up with a stumpy tail in this origin story from Australia.
