The Flower of Paradise and Other Armenian Tales

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult School Services
• Library & Information Science » Children's & Young Adult School Services -- Storytelling & Folklore

Reviews:

• Marshall presents about 60 animal tales, myths and legends, fairy tales, tales of everyday life, and stories about wits and dimwits. All are suitable for children. Supporting material discusses the geography, people, history, and cuisine of Armenia.
  —Reference & Research Book News August 2007
• [T]his is an important, educational book, complete with glossary, bibliography, recommended readings, index and authentic recipes from the old country, including pilaf, plaki and baklava....[t]his is a story book, full of lively, exotic tales suitable for all ages. Parents and teachers might read some of the shorter ones to very small children. Teachers in elementary, middle and high school might use them as models for writing, as well as complements to studies of the region and its history.
  —Nashua Telegraph September 16, 2007

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Map of Armenia
• Part 1: Animal Tales
• The Tailless Fox; The Snake and the Fish; The Avenging Frog; The Invincible Rooster; The Fox Who Was Decieved; The Council of Mice; The Sparrow; The Wolf and the Lamb; Two Foxes
• Part 2: Myths and Legends
• Snake Child Otsamanuk and Arevamanuk, Who Angered the Sun; The Flower of Paradise; Seven Stars; The Sun Maiden Arev and the Fire Spirit Krag; How God Taught the Greedy Priest a Lesson; Blazing a Trail; The Blacksmith, the Carpenter, and the Farmer; The Legend about Tiridates (Trdat) III; The Mirror; Why the Onion is Bitter
• Part 3: Fairy Tales
• Little Bear; Okhik; Forty Thieves; Gambar; The Beardless Sorcerer and the King's Son; The Peasant's Son and the King's Daughter; Dzheiran-ogly, the Deer's Son; The Extraordinary Cucumber
• Part 4: Tales of Everyday Life
• The Good Deed; The Customer and the Hatter; Know-It-All Tangik; The Tale about a Lazy Man; Don't Overstay Your Visit; The Search for a Lumma (Penny); You Reap What You Sow; The Greedy Priest; Lazy Tiuni and Uri the Slug; The Pitcher of Gold; Lazy Hoory; Four Amusing Tales: The Greatest Sorrow in the World; The Deaf Man, the Cripple, and the Bald Man; God, You Didn't Understand Me; The Peasant and His Roof
• Part 5: Wits and Dimwits
• The Golden Apple; The Master and the Hired Man; The Shoemaker's Debt; When My Heart Tells Me; The Donkey That Swallowed the Moon; The Ne'er-Do-Well Son; Death or Freedom; A Tall, Tall Tale; Brother Ax; Carnival; Two Brothers; The Adventures of Silly Pugi: Silly Pugi and the Egg-Hatching Persians; Three Brothers Bring a Complaint to Silly Pugi; Silly Pugi and His Friend; Silly Pugi and the Teacher; Pugi and His Wife; The Raven; Pugi and His Neighbor
• Appendix A: Armenian Cuisine
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Bibliography
• Recommended Readings
• Index

PDF Catalogs:
Teacher Ideas Press Catalog 2007.pdf	LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf