A year full of stories : 52 folktales and legends from around the world /: 52 folktales and legends from around the world. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Written by Angela McAllister ; illustrated by Christopher Corr.
• Authors: McAllister, Angela
• Other Names: Corr, Christopher illustrator.
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- JANUARY -- New Year's Day Father Frost (A Russian story) -- Wintertime The Magic Porridge Pot (A German story) -- Chinese New Year King of the Forest (A Chinese story) -- FEBRUARY -- Candlemas The Empty Barn (A Latvian story) -- Valentine's Day The Frog Prince (A German story) -- The Mole's Wedding (A Korean story) -- Shrove Tuesday The Runaway Pancake (A German story) -- MARCH -- St David's Day Gelert the Hound (A Welsh story) -- World Wildlife Day The Bird Wife (An Inuit story) -- Purim The Blue Coat (A Jewish story) St Patrick's Day The Pot of Gold (An Irish story) -- World Water Day Tiddalik, the Thirsty Frog (An Indigenous Australian story) -- APRIL -- April Fools' Day Rabbit and Crab (Mayan story) -- Easter The Basket of Eggs (A Canadian story) -- World Health Day How the Bear Clan Learnt to Heal (An Iroquois story) -- St George's Day The Glass Knight (An English story) -- The Shoemaker and the Dragon (A Polish story) -- MAY -- May Day The Cracked Pot (An Indian story) -- Springtime Spring and Autumn (A Japanese story) -- Vesak The Hare in the Moon (A Buddhist story) -- JUNE World Oceans Day Prince Fire Flash and Prince Fire Fade (A Japanese story) -- Ramadan The Boots of Hunain (An Arabic story) -- Midsummer Anansi and Turtle (A Caribbean story) -- World Music Day Skeleton Woman (An Inuit story) -- JULY -- Eid ul-Fitr Zirak and Ring-dove (An Iraqi story) -- Tanabata The Weaving Maiden and the Oxherd (A Japanese story) -- St Swithin's Day Elephant and the Rain Spirit (An African Bushman story) -- International Day of Friendship Heungbu and Nolbu (A Korean story) -- Androcles and the Lion (A Roman story) -- AUGUST -- Lammas Day The Little Red Hen (A Russian story) Harvest The Ship of Wheat (A Dutch story) -- Persephone (An Ancient Greek story) -- SEPTEMBER -- Yom Kippur Jonah and the Whale (A Bible story) -- International Day of Peace The T wo Kings (A Buddhist Story) -- Autumn-time Why the Evergreeens keep their Leaves (An American story) -- The Gifts of the North Wind (A Norwegian story) -- OCTOBER -- World Food Day The Raja and the Rice (An Indian story) -- Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey (A Brazilian story) -- Diwali Rama and Sita (An Indian story) -- Halloween The Buried Moon (An English story) The Shortest Ghost Story in the World (An English story) -- NOVEMBER -- Thanksgiving How the Pine-tree Chief got his Name (An Iroquois story) -- The Gift of a Cow-tail Switch (A West African story) -- Bonfire Night How Grandmother Spider Brought Fire (A Choctaw story) -- National Tree Week The Woodcutter and the Wolf (A French story) -- The Tree of Magical Leaves (A Chinese story) -- St Andrew's Day Conall and the Thunder Hag (A Scottish story) -- DECEMBER -- Human Rights Day The Bell of Atri (An Italian story) -- Midwinter East of the Sun, West of the Moon (A Scandinavian story)
• Publisher Details: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 398; Folklore -- Juvenile literature; Legends; Tales; Folklore; JUVENILE FICTION -- Classics; JUVENILE FICTION -- Legends, Myths, Fables; JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places; Folklore; Legends; Tales; Legends -- Juvenile literature; Folklore -- Juvenile literature; Holidays -- Juvenile literature; Festivals -- Juvenile literature; Legends; Folklore; Holidays; Festivals; Nonfiction; Electronic books; Legends; Fiction; Folk tales; Juvenile works; Folk tales; Legends; Fiction; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780711261259; 0711261253
• Related ISBNs: 9781847808592
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.