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Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg

Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg
Author: Sherry Garland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9780590456982

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A Vietnamese folktale explaining why ducks sleep on one leg.


Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg

Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg
Author: Sherry Garland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9780590456975

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A Vietnamese folktale explaining why ducks sleep on one leg.


Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg and Other Stories

Why Ducks Sleep on One Leg and Other Stories
Author: John Escott
Publisher: Delta Systems
Total Pages: 63
Release: 1997
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780435273279

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Six short stories from Vietnam.


Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories

Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories
Author: Phuoc Thi Minh Tran
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1462915167

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**Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2015 Book of the Year Award** **Winner of Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015 Gold Medal** This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Vietnamese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories is a charming collection of fifteen tales as told by prominent storyteller Tran Thi Minh Phuoc. In it, Tran--Minnesota's first Vietnamese librarian and an active member of the Vietnamese-American community--recounts cherished folktales such as "The Story of Tam and Cam" (the Vietnamese version of Cinderella), "The Jade Rabbit," and "The Legend of the Mai Flower." They make perfect new additions for story time or bedtime reading. With beautiful illustrations by veteran artists Nguyen Thi Hop and Nguyen Dong, children and adults alike will be enchanted by Tran's English retellings. Stories in which integrity, hard work and a kind heart triumph over deception, laziness, and greed--as gods, peasants, kings and fools spring to life in legends of bravery and beauty, and fables about nature. The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories will keep Vietnam's folktales alive for them and the legions of young readers who enjoy multicultural children's books and stories set in faraway lands. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories..


Connecting Cultures

Connecting Cultures
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 691
Release: 1996-01-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313080224

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A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.


This Land Is Our Land

This Land Is Our Land
Author: Agnes Regan Perkins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1994-09-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 031300854X

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How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today? This annotated bibliography of titles for children and young adults published from 1985 through the end of 1993--with 60% published since 1990--provides a one-stop selection tool. Appraisals of 559 titles, as well as information about an additional 188 recent books and 90 earlier ones of importance, are provided. Each entry features a plot summary incorporating themes, critical comments with a judgment of the book's value as an example of its genre, suggestions of other books by that writer, and related books of importance. The authors, who are recognized authorities in children's literature, and an advistory board of librarians and teachers, each of whom specializes in the literature of a particular ethnic group, have provided insightful critical appraisals and expertise and guidance in the selection of titles. Helpful subject, grade-level, author, title, and illustrator indexes are organized for ease of use. Titles in the grade-level and subject indexes are also identified by ethnic group.


BirdNote

BirdNote
Author: BirdNote
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2018-03-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1632171708

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One hundred entertaining and informative essays from the popular public radio feature program, BirdNote, accompanied by original illustrations throughout--an illuminating volume for bird and nature lovers across North America. Here are the best stories about our avian friends from the public radio show BirdNote, each brief essay illuminating the life, habits, or songs of a particular bird. Why do geese fly in a V-formation? Why are worms so good for you--if you're a robin? Which bird calls, "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" From wrens that nest in cactuses to gulls that have a strange red dot on their bills--these digestible and fascinating bird stories are a delightful window to the winged world. A foreword by John W. Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and an introduction by Gordon Orians, professor emeritus of biology at the University of Washington, are also included. Contains web links to the audio version of each story, with bird sounds.


The Three-Legged Duck

The Three-Legged Duck
Author: Debbie Brewer
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1616639318

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Franklin is different from all the other ducks. Born with three legs instead of two, he knows that he will never fit in with the other ducks on the pond. But when one of the ducklings gets into trouble, it is Franklin's unlikely gift that saves the day, and all the ducks learn that we are created in God's likeness and he has love and a purpose for each and every one of us. Join author Debbie Brewer for a lesson about diversity, friendship, and the inspiring power of The Three-Legged Duck.


Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time
Author: Judy Freeman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2007-10-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 031309568X

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Judy Freeman, author of the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, gives practical how-to tips on how to tell a story, and write and stage a Reader's Theater script that gets children involved with creative drama. Reader's theater teaches children how to become better listeners, enriches their thinking skills, and encourages their response to literature. Included are ideas on using folk and fairy tales, songs, chants and nonsense rhymes, and a reader's theater script. Also included in this handbook are 400 plus annotated children's books every storyteller should know, 100 great titles for creative drama and reader's theatre and professional books and Web sites for storytelling, creative drama and reader's theater. Grades PreK-6. Judy Freeman, author of the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, gives personal and practical how-to tips on how to learn and tell a story, how to act out a story using creative drama, and how to write and stage a Reader's Theater script. All are guaranteed to get your children listening, thinking, reading, loving, and living stories with comprehension, fluency, expression, and joy. Once Upon a Time pulls together a wealth of ideas, activities, and strategies for using folk and fairy tales, songs, chants, and nonsense rhymes. Also included in this handbook are the texts of 10 of Judy's favorite stories you can read today and tell tomorrow; a songbook of songs, chants, and nonsense rhymes; and a Reader's Theater script. You'll also find annotated bibliographies: 400+ children's books every storyteller should know; 100+ great children's books to use for creative drama and Reader's Theater; professional books and Web sites for storytelling, creative drama, and Reader's Theater; and a title and author index. Chapters include: ; Getting Started with Storytelling ; Judy Freeman's Songbook: Including Songs, Chants, Riddles, and Plenty of Nonsense ; Judy Freeman's Storybook: Tales You can Hear Today and Tell Tomorrow ; 400+ Children's Books Every Storyteller Should Know ; Getting Started with Creative Drama and Reader's Theater ; 100+ Children's Books Just Right for Creative Drama and/or Reader's Theater