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  • Published: 1 October 1989
  • ISBN: 9780394751887
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $55.00

Favorite Folktales from Around the World



From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages.

With black-and-white drawings throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

  • Published: 1 October 1989
  • ISBN: 9780394751887
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $55.00

About the author

Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen (www.janeyolen.com) has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century. She has written over 350 books including The Devil’s Arithmetic and Owl Moon. She splits her time between Massachusetts and Scotland. You can follow her on Twitter @janeyolen.

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