Tag: Folk and Fairy Tales

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Japan

Cover of Once Upon a Time in Japan featuring a light beige illustration of a large pelican-like bird in the foreground and a Japanese woman peeking around a sliding door in the background.

Once Upon a Time in Japan

Roger Pulvers and Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translators)

Manami Yamada. Tomori Taniguchi. Nao Takabatake and Takumi Nishio (Illustrators)

Once Upon a Time in Japan. NHK World. Translated by Roger Pulvers and Juliet Winters Carpenter. Illustrated by Manami Yamada, Tomonori Taniguchi, Nao Takabatake, and Takumi Nishio. Includes CD of stories read aloud by Yuko Aotani. Published by Tuttle Publishing in cooperation with NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, 2015. Originally part of a special series produced by Radio Japan, NHK World’s radio service in 18 languages. ISBN 9784805313596. 120 p. (Ages 8-12). Picture book with CD.

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Africa South of the Sahara

South Africa
Cover for Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa featuring an illustration of a girl carrying a bowl with a melon, a chicken, a bottle, and some straws in it on her head walking away from two colorful buildings while a dog in a tattered outfit looks at her while hiding behind a thin palm tree in the background. The cover's background is white and the title is orange while the subtitle is black.

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

Niki Daly

Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa. Niki Daly. Clarion Books, 2007. Originally published as Pretty Salma by Frances Lincoln, in London, in 2006. ISBN 9780618723454. 32 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

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India

Cover for Gobble You Up! featuring an illustration of a black silhouette of a dog-like animal with animals illustrated in white inside of him including mostly fish and most prominently an elephant in the center. There is one white bird illustrated in front of the animal and the cover's background is bright yellow creating a striking effect. The text on the cover is in mostly black with only the illustrator's name in white and there is a black patterned graphic border along the bottom edge of the cover.

Gobble You Up!

Gita Wolf

Sunita (Illustrator)

Gobble You Up!. Gita Wolf. Illustrated by Sunita. Tara Books, 2013. Originally published in Chennai, in 2013. ISBN 9788193984154. 40 p. (Ages 3-6). Picture book.

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The Middle East & North Africa

Qatar
Cover Hamda and Fisaikra featuring an illustration of a young woman in decorative red and gold clothing and with decorative jewelry including a crown with dangling elements on her head in front of a body of water with a fish jumping out of it. The background is dark blue with the water and sandy shore appearing as teal and beige.

Hamda and Fisaikra

Kaltham Al-Ghanim

Andy Smart (Translator)

May Al-Mannai (Illustrator)

Hamda and Fisaikra. Kaltham Al-Ghanim. Translated by Andy Smart. Illustrated by May Al-Mannai. Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, 2011. Originally [or possibly simultaneously] published as حمدة وفسيكرة in Arabic by Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, in Doha, Qatar, in 2011. ISBN 9992178876. 46 p. (Ages 6-8). Picture book.

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Latin America

Mexico
Cover for The Sea-Ringed World featuring an illustration of four whales with human-like faces with white flourishes emerging from their face back towards their tales. The water around them is a textured blue and black and along the left side of the cover is a rainbow border that appears to be woven and photo-realistic.

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas

María García Esperón

David Bowles (Translator)

Amanda Mijangos (Illustrator)

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas. María García Esperón. Translated by David Bowles. Illustrated by Amanda Mijangos. Levine Querido, 2021. Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico, in 2018. ISBN 9781646140152. 240 p. (Ages 8-14). Nonfiction.

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