Kindness tales /
“Kindness Tales is the third book in a trilogy that includes Peace Tales and Earth Care from award-winning author, popular storyteller, and highly-respected folklorist, Margaret Read MacDonald. Margaret has curated a collection of forty-two of her favorite stories that celebrate the timeless power o...
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Atlanta
August House Inc.,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Thinking about kindness. One word for happiness - a Chinese folktale
- Speaking with kindness. Ms. Mouse needs a friend - a Chucha folktale from Siberia
- Little poison mouth - a Lao folktale
- The twelve months - a folktale from Greece
- Two frogs argue - a Lao folktale from Sisaket, Thailand
- Thinking kind thoughts. The golden fir cones - a folktale from the Netherlands
- The boy who was kidnapped by a giant - a Athabaskan folktale from the Yukon River
- The next village - an anecdote from the United States
- Caring for each other. It takes two to stand - a Japanese folktale
- Two brothers share - a folktale from Mongolia
- Three Sabbaths - a religious anecdote
- Uthman ibn Affan and the needy - a folktale from Saudi Arabia
- Sharing. Squirrel and First Gecko - a Penan folktale from Sarawak
- Grandfather bear is hungry - an Eiven tale from Siberia
- Rich man seeks s daughter-in-law - a tale from Isaan, Thailand
- Jaguar and goat build a house - a folktale from Brazil
- Kindness toward parents and elders. One for mother, one for me - a folktale from China
- The golden-haired dog - a folktale from Lampang, Thailand
- Old man wombat - an aboriginal folktale from Australia
- Three for Free! - a folktale from Taiwan
- Kindness to animals. The elephant bell - a folktale from Northern Thailand
- The household snake - a folktale from Egypt
- The restart brings fire - a tale from Islay, Hibrides Islands, Scotland
- Mouse - a folktale
- Kindness earns assistance. the box of daylight - a folktale from Haiti
- The terrible karambau! - a Kadazandusun folktale from Borneo
- Kindness transforms. The great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog - a folktale from England
- The frog bride - a folktale from Switzerland
- Kind and unkind tales. Makki and Kakki - a folktale from Saudi Arabia
- The singing turtle - a tale from Japan
- The stinky spirits - an Igbo folktale from Nigeria
- The wishing foxes - a folktale from Kentucky, United States
- Kindness rewarded. The magic ring of kindness - a Jewish folktale
- Little robber boy - a folktale from Myanmar
- Sugar maple and woodpecker - a Lenapé tale
- How redbird got its color - a Cherokee folktale
- Leading through kindness. Kanu above and Kanu below - a folktale from the Limba of Sierra Leone
- The monkey king bridge - a Jataka tale from India
- Reconciliation. Five threads - a folktale from Iraq
- Smashing a lute! - a Sufi tale from Iran
- Watering the neighbour’s melons - a folktale from China
- Milk and sugar - a Parsee folktale from Gujarat, India
- A final tale. Wealth, success, and lover visit a homer - a tale from Saudi Arabia
- Notes on story sources and motifs. Proverb sources. More kindness tales to share - a bibliography. Cultural and geographic index.