Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short /

MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-

Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short / Margaret Read MacDonald. - Atlanta, GA : August House Publishers, 2007. - 159 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Tiny tales -- Swimming to Kotzebue Toothache? Unity is strength St. Peter and the Lord slovenly wife How to quarrel Riddle tales -- little red house serving giant How many geese? stolen boat Romances -- origin of Ñandutí lace flute player of the rice fields Princess Pinang Masak Strange and stranger -- reader and his strange visitors girl who crunched bones marvelous canning factory rabbit flood magic canoe creature of the night Lela Kiana Oman -- Wajuppa Tossa -- Inta Carpenter -- Uraiwan Prabipu -- Murti Bunanta -- Supaporn Vathanaprida -- Livia de Almeida -- [pt. 4]. Eskimo / retold from Ancient Sumeria -- Republic of Georgia -- Basque -- The Basque -- Lao -- [pt. 5]. The U.S. -- The Lao / retold from Latvia / retold from The Thailand / retold from [pt. 6]. The Guaraní, Paraguay -- The Bali, Indonesia -- Indonesia / retold from [pt. 7]. The Korea -- The Zambia -- The Thailand / retold from The Otomi, Mexico -- The Kamaiurá, Brazil -- The Brazil / retold from Trickery -- Fiddler's gold That's the way the world goes dog market at Buda What Herschel's father did mouse sutra Lessons to be learned -- Little Fox's village Queen and the peasant wife household snake Toad-frog papercut woman Singing together Marilyn Ribe -- Naomi Baltuck -- Masako Sueyoshi -- JonLee Joseph -- [pt. 8]. Hungary -- U.S., African-American / retold from The Hungary -- Jewish / as told by The Japan / retold from [pt. 9]. original -- The India -- The Egypt -- U.S., Missouri -- The China / retold from Ukraine. Introduction -- About the tale notes -- Participation tales -- Monkeys in the rain Take a little walk, Bear Going on a bear hunt In a dark, dark house Two frogs in a cream jar Phya Khankhaak, the Toad Prince Thailand / Animal tales -- Coyote steals a bag Cricket and jaguar fight One night's sleep Salish -- Christmas of the animals Christmas of the animals, version two Christmas of the animals, version three Human's age Origin stories -- How Georgians received their homeland Nikoloz Baratashivili -- Wine is born in Georgia douglas fir cone blacksmith on the moon Hanuman fathers mushrooms Mary Branbury -- Nat Whitman -- Jeffrey Brewster -- Wajuppa Tossa -- Glenda Williams -- Joe Hayes -- Wajuppa Tossa -- retold from Irakli Topruia Irakli Garibashvili, Ketevan Gviniashvili -- Prasong Saihong -- Wajuppa Tossa -- [pt. 1]. Brazil -- U.S. / teacher-lore, retold from U.S. / as told by American folktale / as told by Russia -- retold from [pt. 2]. Maidu, Native American / retold from Mayan -- New Mexico / retold from Mexico -- Texas -- Lao / retold by [pt. 3]. Republic of Georgia / retold from Republic of Georgia / and translated by The U.S./Canada Park Rangers -- The Issan, Thailand / retold from Lao / retold from

A collection of stories that can stretch from one to five minutes in length and encourage audience participation.

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