The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal: An Indian Folktale (Folktales from Around the World)

ISBN 10: 1614732213 ISBN 13: 9781614732211

Publisher: Childs World Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Relates how a Brahman Hindu saves a tiger from a trap only to be threatened with being eaten by the tiger.

About this title

From Booklist:

Prepare to be whisked away to foreign lands in the Folktales from around the World series. Each title presents a story native to a particular country or continent through simple text (which begins with “Once upon a time” or “Many years ago”) and illustrations that stylistically represent the culture. The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal retells an Indian folktale in which a Brahman unlocks a tiger from a cage and then must figure out how not to become his snack. A world map, with the featured country highlighted and labeled, appears at the end of each entry along with a one-page afterword that explains common characteristics of folktales, from the prevalence of magical elements to their moralistic nature, as well as basic country facts. A nice introduction to the oral storytelling tradition for both classroom settings and one-on-one sharing. Grades K-3. --Ann Kelley

About this edition

• Publisher: Childs World Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1614732213
• ISBN 13: 9781614732211
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Dubin Jill