Author: Urmila Varma
Publisher: Publications Division
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 50
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123014422
Description
Folktales arise from man’s need to communicate and share his daily experiences. The stories gathered in this book also arose from the need to communicate to the younger audience and to familiarize them of the cultural affinity between India and the other nations of Asia.
As the reader enjoys the tales, he learns also about the oneness of the world.
Contents
A Wise Grandmother [Japan]
The Eagle’s Dream [Cambodia]
The Legend of the Lake Walk [India]
The Professor cat [Myanmar]
Cock-The Kingdom Maker [Myanmar]
The Stone Lion [Tibet]
A Clever Chess Player [Mongolia]
The Cobbler’s Son [Afghanistan]
A Warrior son Vows to Seek his Father [Iran]
The Dumb Achiever [Russia]
A Rosy-Cheeked Apple and the Silver Saucer [Russia]
The Wonder Ship that Saild on Land and Water [France]