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Greedy Mariani and other folktales of the Antilles. Selected and adapted by Dorothy Sharp Carter. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

Carter, Dorothy Sharp, (compiler.). Hyman, Trina Schart, (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0689304250
  • ISBN: 9780689304255
  • Physical Description: 131 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: [1st ed.].
  • Publisher: New York, Atheneum, 1974.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Margaret K. McElderry book."
Formatted Contents Note:
How the moonfish came to be.--How the clever doctor tricked death.--Why dog lost his voice.--Why misery remains in the world.--How El Bizarrón fooled the devil.--Brer Rabbit's trickery.--The goat and the tiger.--Compae rabbit's ride.--The tortoise who flew to heaven.--Rabbit's long ears.--Brother Annancy fools Brother Fire.--Man-Crow.--Snake the postman.--Wheeler.--Malice, Bouki and Momplaisir.--Greedy Mariani.--The three fairies.--Juan Bobo.--The shepherd and the princess.--The miser who received his due.
Subject:
Tales > West Indies.
Folklore > West Indies.
Tales.
West Indies.
Genre:
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library GR 120 .C37 1974 261108 Stacks Available -