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Reviewed on April 1, 1996
PreS-Gr 2 Eighteen nursery tales, grouped by type or theme: Runaway Cookies; Incredible Appetites; The Victory of the Smallest; Chain Tales; Slowpokes and Speedsters; and Fooling the Big Bad Wolf. Six stories are from the U.S., including one African American and two Native American tales. There are two from England, and one each from ancient Greece, China, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, Russia, and Zaire. Some ("This Is the House That Jack Built," "The Three Pigs") are familiar and readily ava...Log In or Sign Up to Read More