Stories from around the world

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02579 Available

Dewey: 398.2/NAges: 5-8   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Fairy Tales

Subjects: Fairy tales Grandfathers - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Pueblo Indians - Folklore Africa - Fiction United States - Description and travel - Fiction Japan - Fiction

Summary: Mufaro's beautiful daughters : Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife. Grandfather's journey : A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. Arrow to the sun : An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.