This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts.

Introduce your students to other countries and cultures through the traditional folk and fairy tales in these engaging readers theatre scripts. Representing more than 30 countries and regions, the 40 reproducible scripts are accompanied by presentation suggestions and recommendations for props and delivery. Each has been assessed for readability using the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale and is grouped for grades one through five. Valuable as supplements to multicultural units, these scripts actively involve students in the subject, and they promote oral reading and presentation skills.

A presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. This reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson.

Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion is the first volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to be released over the next several years. Each of the 71 tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background. There is also an introduction that describes the Sephardic culture and its folk narrative tradition.

The second volume in a literary landmark Folktales from Eastern Europe presents 71 tales from Ashkenazic culture. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background. There is also an introduction that describes the Ashkenazic culture and its folk narrative tradition.

Over the course of several years the author, both native Palestinians, collected tales in the regions of the Galilee, Gaza, and the West Bank, determining which were the most widely known and appreciated and selecting the ones that best represented the Palestinian Arab folk narrative tradition. Great care has been taken with the translations to maintain the original flavor, humor, and cultural nuances of tales that are at once earthy and whimsical.