Tales of the Punjab collected by Flora Annie Steel and annotated by R. C. Temple; decorated by David Gentleman

This book, a reprint of the 1894 classic, is a rare collection of Punjabi folk tales.

Grade:  the stories are written for children to be read-aloud since the stories were originally oral versions by local story-tellers. However, older children will certainly enjoy either reading themselves or also hearing them told. Finally, high school age children and adults will benefit from the notes, the section on the analysis of the Tales and other academic notes when studying folklore.

Summary:  Would you like to know how these stories are told? Come with me and you shall see. There! take my hand and do not be afraid for Prince Hassan's carpet is beneath your feet. So now!---'Hey presto! Abracadabra!' Here we are in a Punjabi village.....

The start twinkle overhead, the mosquito sings through the hot air, the village dogs bark at imaginary foes, and from one crowded nest after another rises a childish voice telling some tale, old yet ever new,---tales that were told in the sunrise of the world, and will be told in its sunset of how...the wily Jackal meets his match, or Bopoluchi brave an bold returns rich and victorious from the robber's den. Hark!---'Once upon a time....'

43 tales including:

Sir Buzz
The Rat's Wedding
Prince Lionheart and His Three Friends
The King of the Crocodiles
The Jackal and the Patridge
The Death and Burial of Poor Hen-sparrow
The Legend of Gwashbrari, the Glacier-hearted Queen
The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
How Raja Rasalu Went Out Into the World
The Ruby Prince
 

Book Details
Format: Hardcover
Condition :good; ex-library book w/mylar dj and library pocket and labels on front endpage. Purple, cloth cover is bright with very little wear. Pages are crisp, clean, and whole. Binding is good.

Publisher: Bodley Head, Ltd. Great Britain

ISBN:0370012712

Extra Details: 1st published by Macmillan and Co. in 1894

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