Julesburg Public Library

A collection of classic children's stories.

""In this almost folkloric saga of a royal eunuch, his adopted daughter and the tragedies and triumphs of love in their lives from the days of the emperor's court to the war with America, Khanh Ha takes us deeply into the heart of traditional Vietnam in a tale told in such lushly poetic, descriptive language that it immerses the reader deeply and sensually into the gorgeousness of the land, the texture and taste of food, and the complex humanity of...

An illustrated collection of poems, fables, and stories for the nursery, with an emphasis on traditional tales.

A sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own. Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there has found to be the most interesting, curious, delicious, or downright fun. In more than 170 wide-ranging entries he writes about architecture, expatriates, Aix-en-Provence, the Provençal character,...

Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the heroes and bittersweet romances of ancient Japanese tales, highlighting the origins of modern fiction in myth and fable. Legends of the Sea, Bells, Mirrors and Tea, Japanese mythology is delightful and enigmatic, full of spirits, gods and legendary creatures. It draws on Buddhist and Shinto traditions to explain the nature of the world of the island of Japan, the mystical Mount Fuji and the heavenly...

A collection of fifteen folktales from all over the world, including stories that resemble "The Three Pigs," "The Bremen Town Musicians," and "Rumpelstiltskin."

Reformatted and redesigned, this volume collects the most beloved stories of children's literature, including 10-minute selections from 'The call of the wild', 'Peter Pan', 'The wizard of Oz' and more.

Includes tales from around the world, collected from the Brothers Grimm, Madame d'Aulnoy, the Arabian Nights, and other sources.

Strega Nona: Big Anthony is knee-deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's pasta pot without her permission. Tikki Tikki Tembo: This folktale explains why Chinese people no longer choose long names for their children. Joey runs away: Joey looks for another home when he doesn't feel like cleaning up his messy room. Why mosquitos buzz in people's ears: A chain of mishaps is set off - from Mosquito to Iguana to Python to Rabbit to Owl...

'A New History of German Literature' offers some 200 essays on events in German literary history.