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Mongolian Folktales
Dashdondog Jamba
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Description for Mongolian Folktales
Hardback. Enchant readers and listeners with more than 60 tales from Mongolia. Editor(s): Pellowski, Anne. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps. BIC Classification: CFC; GL; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
From the descendants of the Huns and the mighty warrior, Chinggis Khan (or, as he is known to Westerners, Genghis Khan), and the land of the steppes and the Gobi Desert, come tales of passion, strife, magic, and laughter. This collection of traditional Mongolian folktales, the only one of its kind currently available in English, features more than 60 fascinating stories, ranging from The Legend of the Magic Bone and Seven Brown Mice to The Dreaming Boy and A Fiery Red Khan. The tales are organized in chapters that cover legends, myths, animal tales, magical tales, stories of life conditions, ... Read more
From the descendants of the Huns and the mighty warrior, Chinggis Khan (or, as he is known to Westerners, Genghis Khan), and the land of the steppes and the Gobi Desert, come tales of passion, strife, magic, and laughter. This collection of traditional Mongolian folktales, the only one of its kind currently available in English, features more than 60 fascinating stories, ranging from The Legend of the Magic Bone and Seven Brown Mice to The Dreaming Boy and A Fiery Red Khan. The tales are organized in chapters that cover legends, myths, animal tales, magical tales, stories of life conditions, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Series
World Folklore Series
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591587262
SKU
V9781591587262
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Ref
99-5
About Dashdondog Jamba
DASHDONDOG, the leading children's book writer and storyteller of Mongolia and founder of the Mongolian Mobile Library, which is part of the Mongolian section of IBBY. It won IBBY's Asahi Shimbun Prize in 2006, and is featured in the children's book My Librarian is a Camel.
Reviews for Mongolian Folktales
This collection of more than 60 traditional Mongolian folktales is designed for both scholars and general audiences who want to know more about the legends, myths and humor that populate the customs of that country. Editor Pellowski is an author and former librarian from the New York City Library, and she has enlisted the help of famous Mongolian writer and ... Read more