Asian Children's Favorite Stories

by Conger, David

• ISBN13: 9780804836692
• ISBN10: 0804836698
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-15
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

For thousands of years, parents around the world have been telling their children stories; at bedtime, over the dinner table, and around the fire. Each country has its own set of fascinating tales, which are especially enjoyable for children to discover.Asian Children's Favorite Storiesis a marvelous collection of 13 beautifully told folktales from eight major countries in Asia-China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Open the pages of this fascinating storybook to introduce your child to the wonders of Asia-and the joy of finding new favorites to read over and over again.

Author Biography

David Conger studied electrical engineering and Japanese at Brigham Young University. He became interested in Asian history and folklore while living in Japan for two years.

Marian Davies Toth's work has achieved national recognition in the United States. While living in Thailand, she taught creative writing at the International School in Bangkok.

Kay Lyons has lived in Malaysia for over thirty years. She is the author of Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories.

Joan Suyenaga, grew up with Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, the first title in this popular series. She has been writing, translating and editing for the past twenty years in Indonesia.

Liana Romulo lives mostly in the Philippines but has also lived in Thailand, Belgium, and the United States. Her first picture book, Filipino Children's Favorite Stories, was a national best-seller in the Philippines.

Table of Contents

The Waters of Olive Lake-China	p. 6
Why Cats and Dogs Don't Get Along-Korea	p. 14
The Clever Rabbit and Numskull-India	p. 22
The Crane's Gratitude-Japan	p. 28
Why the Tapir Has No Tail-Malaysia	p. 34
Baka the Cow and Kalabaw the Water Buffalo-Philippines	p. 42
How the Sea Became Salty-Japan	p. 48
The Mousedeer Becomes a Judge-Indonesia	p. 58
The Fake Gem-Thailand	p. 64
The Golden Ring-Philippines	p. 70
Liang and His Magic Brush-China	p. 80
A Tale of Sticks and Turnips-Korea	p. 92
The Lucky Farmer Becomes King-Thailand	p. 98
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