Tom Thumb

Subjects:

• Anthropology » Folklore
• Anthropology » Cultural Anthropology
• Literature » Literature (General)

Reviews:

• Not only are the stories fascinating, but despite their origins, each one will be familiar to everyone, for they contain elements of the individual tales that we are most familiar with. The books are efficient in explaining where the stories come from and their mutations over time and land....a section, entitled, "Essays, Activities and Resources," which encourage a fuller understanding of a world which is both foreign and familiar. These books are definitely an asset to multicultural literature and makes the comprehension of other cultures that much more accessible.
  —MultiCultural Education
• Teachers, librarians, storytellers and readers will want to read this book.
  —Territorial Tattler
• This is still another excellent addition to a Series which has maintained a high professional quality for students of comparative folklore, storytellers, teachers and librarians, who will all find this a most useful addition to their collections.
  —Come-All-Ye
• Teachers seem to be looking for prepackaged sources that do a lot of the work for them. This series fits that criteria well....Two more worthwhile titles cutting corners for those of us looking for variants and for educators looking for alternative teaching tools.
  —Off-the-Loom

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Tales
• Thumbling A German Tale from the Brothers Grimm
• Thumbling's Travels a German tale from the Brothers Grimm
• Lipuniushka A Tale from Russia
• Poucet A Tale from Russia
• Hasan, the Heroic Mouse-Child a Tale from Turkey
• Loud Mouth Thummas a Tale from Slovenia
• The Hazel-Nut Child a Tale from Bukovina
• Thumbikin a Tale from Norway
• Pinoncito a Tale from Chile
• Tom Thumb a Tale from England
• Petit Poucet a Tale from France
• Fereyel and Debbo Engal the Witch a Tale from Africa
• Digit the Midget an Amhara Tale from Ethiopia
• Boy-man a Native American Tale
• The Snail Choja a Tale from Japan
• The Diminutive Flute Player a Tale from Myanmar (Burma)
• Three Inch a Tale from Pakistan
• Little Shell A Visayan Tale from the Phillippines
• Issun Boshi a Tale from Japan
• Little Thumb Conquers the Sun a Tale from Myanmar (Burma)