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Korean Through Folktalesconsists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture....
The rain has not fallen for a whole year. There is not a drop of water to be found. How do the animals solve this water problem?
Goat borrowed Hyena's knife, and she is still looking for it.
Hen loses Eagle's family heirloom. (This story was donated by LAPA Publishers.).
Maguru decides to give legs to all animals so they can enjoy walking like people.
Brave Zebra saves the day. (This story was donated by LAPA Publishers.).
There lived a beautiful bird deep in the forest, a bird that made the rain fall.
Long ago, the sky god kept all stories locked up in a wooden box. People asked clever Anansi to ask the sky god for the stories. The sky god agreed, but only if Anansi performed three seemingly impossible tasks....
The sun decides to stay up long after bedtime, and the world is turned upside-down.
Monkey leaves her home in the hills because of severe drought and finds paradise elsewhere.
Chicken and Millipede have a very competitive friendship. One day Chicken gets so cross about losing that she does something very silly.
Why does the kingfisher bird refuse to leave the river bank? (This story was created at a Story Making Workshop in Abuja, 2018, co-hosted by African Storybook and the British Council Nigeria).
People in a small village move to the hills to escape wild animals. They learn to survive on fruit and roots. They begin to look and behave like apes. The baboon families cannot live together anymore.
Natabo's favourite pot is broken, and she is so upset that she runs away to the forest. (Also available at Level 3.).
The land is dry and Little Ant is very thirsty. He goes to the river for a drink and is swept away.
This story has a strong moral for us that is good advice!
The reason why spiders have long thin legs. (Also available at Level 4.).
This young Turkana girl grows up with a most unusual and remarkable mat.
The sky god decides to give Anansi the spider a pot of wisdom. He is so excited by all he learns from looking into it that he wants to hide it in a tree so that he can keep it all to himself. Unfortunately for...
Lazy Jackal falls in love with the sun and wants to take her home to meet his father. They set off on the journey with Jackal carrying the sun on his back, but they don't get very far.
Parenting practices vary widely between countries and cultures. For example, in countries such as the Philippines, breastfeeding after age one year is common, and parents can make their own decision about what...
Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations...
One day while Palinyang' and the other boys are out grazing cattle it starts to rain. The boys take shelter, and when the rain stops the cattle have wandered away. Palingyang' goes in search of the animals.
Hare is playing tricks again! Read the story and find out.
A local chief summoned a famous blacksmith to his palace. The chief wanted the blacksmith to build a real man out of steel, one who could cry tears, and bleed human blood. The blacksmith was alarmed by the chief's...
Long ago a king was sad - how did they make him happy? Reading Level 2 Papua New Guinea Collection Keywords: animals; family; food; identity
Who will win if snail and rabbit have a race?
This story is about what happens when you go to a party and get drunk. Or is it?
This time Rabbit is out-witted!
Tortoise is searching for his house. Do you know where he'll find it?
Crocodiles are dangerous, but are they smart?
There is no night time in Opio's village. One day he goes hunting and arrives at a place he doesn't know. When night falls there, Opio thinks he has gone blind. Then he discovers the truth and likes night so...
Refiloe's sister is getting married. Refiloe's chickens are very dirty and she decides to wash them for the wedding. The chickens do not like being washed. Refiloe cannot find her chickens when it is time for...
Lupindi's grandfather is the weather man! Lupindi loves to hear his grandfather's stories about magic. Reading Level 2 Keywords: family; village life; weather; mythology
Includes favorite stories which are still told in Eastern Europe.
If a basin can give birth, then it is a living thing. All living things can die. (Also available at Level 4.).
Natabo's favourite pot is broken, and she is so upset that she runs away to the forest. (Also available at Level 3.).
There was a time when there were seven suns in the sky.
Cassowaries used to be able to fly! Find out how the hornbill tricked the cassowary to become a bird that lives on the ground. Reading Level 3 Keywords: cassowary; friendship; birds; mythology
Do you know how the crocodile got his flat back? It all began when he tried to steal the sun!
Reading Level 2
Papua New Guinea Collection
Keywords: crocodiles; myths and legends; humour; natural world.
Kigolena's grandfather teaches him an old chant that makes dolphins leap from the water. Grandfather knows many things about the sea! Reading Level 2 Papua New Guinea Collection Keywords: dolphins; family; myths...
An engaging and rich exploration of Saint Patrick and his extraordinary influence on the world.
Forced into slavery at the age of fifteen, Patrick overcame all hardship to fulfil his calling: to bring the people...
How does design and innovation shape people's lives in the Pacific? Focusing on plant materials from the region, How Materials Matter reveals ways in which a variety of people – from craftswomen and scientists...
The issue of patronage-clientelism has long been of interest in the social sciences. Based on long-term ethnographic research in southern Italy, this book examines the concept and practice of raccomandazione...
A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby.
Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time...
Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal “superstition”, the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners...
By examining how folk objects are mobilized in national ideologies, transmissions of personal and family memory, museological discourses, and artistic acts, From Storeroom to Stage explores the role that material...
Drawing on fieldwork from diverse Amerindian societies whose lives and worlds are undergoing processes of transformation, adaptation, and deterioration, this volume offers new insights into the indigenous constitutions...
California matters, both as a place and as an idea. What famed historian Kevin Starr has called "the California Dream" is a vital part of American self-understanding. Just as America was meant to be a place...
A group of Chagga-speaking men descend the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro to butcher animals and pour milk, beer, and blood on the ground, requesting rain for their continued existence. Returning Life explores...
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