I saw a rocket walk a mile; nonsense tales, chants, and songs from many lands.

Book

I saw a rocket walk a mile; nonsense tales, chants, and songs from many lands. Illustrated by John E. Johnson.

Summary:

Some nonsense stories from the folklore of many lands, many of which are either tall tales or stories of numskulls or fools, and all of which share a humorous exaggeration or absurdity.

Record details

Physical Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1965]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: North and South America. Strange story (United States) -- The travels of a fox (United States) -- Drat the wind! (United States) -- The greedy old fat man (United States) -- The johnnycake (United States) -- Good or bad? (United States) -- The walk (United States) -- Peter went fishing on Sunday (United States) -- The dark and stormy night (United States) -- What's a silly question? (United States) -- The shaggy dog (United States) -- Around the corner (United States) -- 'Twas midnight (United States) -- Strange houses (United States) -- The old lady who swallowed a fly (United States) -- The bear went over the mountain (United States) -- Jeremiah (United States) -- Johnny McGorry and the red stocking (United States) -- Tiny teasing tales (United States) -- Teasing questions (United States) -- A million stories (United States) -- The locusts and the oats (Canada) -- Story of a nickel and a dime (Puerto Rico) -- Thousands and thousands of ducks (Puerto Rico) -- The heron's ball (Cuba) -- The elephants (Brazil) -- The pretty bird (Chile).

Europe. Teeny-tiny (England) -- Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse (England) -- In a dark wood (England) -- Meet-on-the-Road (England) -- The key of the kingdom (England) -- The big cabbage and the big kettle (England) -- The tail (Scotland) -- The cat's tail (Portugal) -- In Paris there is a street (France) -- The big, big rabbit (France) -- The three hunters (France) -- When the bull bellows (France) -- Mr. Louse and Mrs. Louse (Belgium) -- The day the sky fell (Germany) -- A meeting of two servants (Germany) -- The boy who out-fibbed a princess (Norway) -- The boy and the fox (Sweden) -- The firefly (Italy) -- A long one and a short one (Italy).

Asia. The cock and the hen (Russia) -- The visit (Russia) -- The turnip (Russia) -- Who is strongest? (Cheremis people of Siberia) -- The little bird that found the pea (India) -- The louse and the crow (India) -- The story of Ir, Bir, Dau, and I (India) -- The ant and the frog (Central Assam) -- The beggar and the rice (Laos) -- The tale of a frog (Shan people of Southern Assam) -- Who is the mightiest? (Vietnam) -- Plop! (Tibet) -- A prince went hunting (China) -- Chinese rival storytellers (China) -- The rats of Nagasaki (Japan) -- The frogs of yonder mountain cry (Japan) -- The tyrannical king (Philippine islands).

Africa. How a boy got a baboon (Temne people of Sierra Leone or Liberia) -- How a young man became a chief (Sukumu people of Tanganyika) -- The big tree and the big bird (Vai people of Liberia) -- The hunters and the antelope (Mandingo people of the western Sudan) -- Who was most skillful? (Mandingo people of western Sudan) -- Goso the teacher (Zanzibar).