貧しいけれど働き者の羊飼いの少年スーホ。ある日草原で拾った白い子馬を一生懸命に育てるのだが...少年と馬との悲しくも美しいモンゴルの民話。その出会いと別れの物語から、「草原のチェロ」とも呼ばれる馬頭琴(モリンホール)の由来が描かれる。

Every country has its own enduring stories. Heroes and heroines leave behind a legacy in folklore. This collection comprises memorable folk tales from Asia that touch on the mystical, the comic and tragic, and the weird and wonderful. Readers of different ages will be deeply moved or entertained by them.

The World of Asian Stories is a continuing campaign for storytelling as an effective and non-intrusive tool for sensitisation. This omnibus of stories and storytelling traditions from 43 countries across Asia provides an overview of methods and the multitude of stylistic variations. The book then embarks on a journey through fast-changing landscapes of unique, yet unifying cultural experience, presented through the distinctive voices of people. The focus is on the individual over the din of the dominant. This resource book invites teachers, parents and children to explore storytelling at home and in school. It introduces the reader to basic guidelines, offers tips and suggestions on technique, and provides an abundant pool of stories to draw from and activities to contextualise them. The visuals, too, offer a wealth of reference points. Illustrations are quirky and perceptive, subtly acquiring the flavours of the lands through which they journey. They complement the (sometimes whimsical) vagaries of the stories, creating an ambience of truthful, unassuming and straight-from-the heart storytelling.

The ill-fated Tatsumi, who used to live alone, is now the unwitting host to a growing menagerie of undersea creatures. His bathtub has become the abode of the self-indulgent merman, Wakasa, with regular visits from his aquatic friends--the octopus Takasu, the shellfish Maki, the jellyfish Mikuni, the shark Agari, and the newest member, the starfish Goromaru. With the New Year upon them, it's time for sweets, bean-tossing and more, but can a tub this small possibly hold a crowd this large?

There's no way a little thing like losing his hand will keep Norm from trying out for baseball.

It's oV to camp for Winnie: sunny days of rock climbing, cascading down slippery falls, Xoating in a cool lake--and meeting a fascinating new friend. Winnie can't remember ever having more fun. But in the midst of the excitement, Winnie discovers how complicated life can get too as she watches one fib tumble mysteriously and rapidly to the next not-so-little lie. Readers will once again find a friend in Winifred Fletcher in this early chapter book, written with authenticity and illustrated with charming line drawings.

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.