Tales of a Korean Grandmother Carpenter FrancesPaperback
This multicultural children's book presents classic Korean fairy tales and other folk stories--providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture.The Korean people possess a folklore tradition…
Specifikacia Tales of a Korean Grandmother Carpenter FrancesPaperback
This multicultural children's book presents classic Korean fairy tales and other folk stories--providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture.The Korean people possess a folklore tradition as colorful and captivating as any in the world, and yet the stories themselves are not as widely-known to Western readers as those from The Brothers Grimm, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen.In her bestselling book for young readers, Frances Carpenter has collected thirty-two classic Korean children's stories from the "Land of the Morning Calm" the woodcutter and the old men of the mountain; the puppy who saved his village from a tiger; the singing girl who danced the Japanese general into the deep river; Why the dog and cat are not friends; and even a more familiar tale of the clever rabbit who outsmarted the tortoise. The children of the Kim family