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Tom Thumb / [collected] by Margaret Read MacDonald ; illustrated by Joanne Caroselli.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Oryx multicultural folktale seriesPublication details: Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, c1993.Description: viii, 175 p. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0897747283
Uniform titles:
  • Tom Thumb. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.21 20
LOC classification:
  • GR75.T64 T66 1993
Contents:
Thumbling -- Thumbling's travels -- Lipuniushka -- Pouçot -- Hasan, the heroic mouse-child -- Loud mouth thummas -- The hazel-nut child -- Thumbkin -- Piñoncito -- Tom thumb -- Petit poucet -- Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch -- Digit and Midget -- Boy-man -- The snail -- The diminutive flute player -- Three inch -- Little shell -- Issun Boshi -- Little thumb conquers the sun -- Thumbling the giant -- Tough little Niraidak -- Thumbelina -- Doll in the grass.
Summary: Presents twenty-five variants of the "Tom Thumb" tale from around the world, with notes on each, a unit for classroom study, a bibliography, and suggestions for other related activities.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks GR75.T64T66 1993 1 Available 33710000639562

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Presents twenty-five variants of the "Tom Thumb" tale from around the world, with notes on each, a unit for classroom study, a bibliography, and suggestions for other related activities.

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Thumbling -- Thumbling's travels -- Lipuniushka -- Pouçot -- Hasan, the heroic mouse-child -- Loud mouth thummas -- The hazel-nut child -- Thumbkin -- Piñoncito -- Tom thumb -- Petit poucet -- Fereyel and Debbo Engal the witch -- Digit and Midget -- Boy-man -- The snail -- The diminutive flute player -- Three inch -- Little shell -- Issun Boshi -- Little thumb conquers the sun -- Thumbling the giant -- Tough little Niraidak -- Thumbelina -- Doll in the grass.