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1) A hen, a chick, and a string guitar: inspired by a Chilean folk tale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Barefoot

Pub. Date

c2005.

Language

English

Description

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A cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.

2) Too many fairies: a Celtic tale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish Children

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

Description

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An old woman complains about all the housework she has to do, but when some fairies come to help her she finds that they are more trouble than they are worth.

3) Tuck-me-in tales: bedtime stories from around the world

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

4) The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle: a British fairy tale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

5) Slop!: a Welsh folktale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Fulcrum

Pub. Date

c1997.

Language

English

Description

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An old man and old woman throw their dinner leftovers unknowingly onto the tiny house of a little man and his wife.

6) Conejito: a folktale from Panama

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House LittleFolk

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Description

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In this folktale from Panama, a little rabbit and his Tia Monica outwit a fox, a tiger, and a lion, all of whom want to eat him for lunch.

7) The boy from the dragon palace: a folktale from Japan

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Albert Whitman

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Description

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A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's every wish until the greedy and ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's unpleasant behavior and sends him away.

8) The singing top: tales from Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Series

World folklore

Publisher

Libraries Unlimited

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

9) The old woman and her pig: an Appalachian folktale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2007.

Language

English

Description

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Worried that Little Boy will be frightened if she fails to return home before dark, an old woman enlists the aid of some passing animals to coax her new pig across the bridge.

10) Go to sleep, Gecko!: a Balinese folktale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House LittleFolk

Pub. Date

c2006.

Language

English

Description

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Retells the folktale of the gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected.

11) Ten traditional tellers

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Pub. Date

c2006.

Language

English

12) Little Rooster's diamond button

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Albert Whitman

Pub. Date

c2007.

Language

English

Description

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A rooster with a magic stomach retrieves the diamond button which was stolen from him by a greedy king.

13) The girl who wore too much: a folktale from Thailand

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House

Pub. Date

1998.

Language

English

Description

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Spoiled and vain, Aree cannot decide which of her many silken dresses and lavish jewels to wear to the dance, so she wears them all.

14) The great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog: a folktale from Great Britain

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House LittleFolk

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

Description

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In this British variant of a traditional tale, a great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog rescues a rich man from bandits and demands that the man bring his beautiful daughter to live in his castle.

15) Fat cat: a Danish folktale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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A greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat.

16) Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: a Palestinian folktale

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Appears on list

Arab American Heritage Month

Description

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A childless woman's prayers are answered by the arrival of a talking pot, but the new mother knows that Little Pot must learn right from wrong just like any child.

17) Peace tales: world folktales to talk about

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Linnet

Pub. Date

1992.

Language

English

18) Surf war!: a folktale from the Marshall Islands

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

August House LittleFolk

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Description

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A bragging contest between Whale and Sandpiper turns into a battle over the beach and sea, until both parties realize that the beach and the sea, as well as sea creatures and shorebirds, are interdependent.

19) Tom Thumb

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Series

Oryx multicultural folktale

Publisher

Oryx

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

Description

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Presents twenty-five variants of the Tom Thumb tale from around the world.

20) Mabela the clever

Author

MacDonald, Margaret Read

Publisher

Whitman

Pub. Date

c2001.

Language

English

Appears on list

Storytime 2023

Description

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An African folktale about a mouse who pays close attention to her surroundings and avoids being tricked by the cat.

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1) A hen, a chick, and a string guitar: inspired by a Chilean folk tale

2) Too many fairies: a Celtic tale

3) Tuck-me-in tales: bedtime stories from around the world

4) The old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle: a British fairy tale

5) Slop!: a Welsh folktale

6) Conejito: a folktale from Panama

7) The boy from the dragon palace: a folktale from Japan

8) The singing top: tales from Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei

9) The old woman and her pig: an Appalachian folktale

10) Go to sleep, Gecko!: a Balinese folktale

11) Ten traditional tellers

12) Little Rooster's diamond button

13) The girl who wore too much: a folktale from Thailand

14) The great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog: a folktale from Great Britain

15) Fat cat: a Danish folktale

16) Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: a Palestinian folktale

17) Peace tales: world folktales to talk about

18) Surf war!: a folktale from the Marshall Islands

19) Tom Thumb

20) Mabela the clever

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