The Quail's Egg: A Folk Tale from Sri Lanka
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Book Overview
Presents a cummulative folk tale about a mother quail's efforts to recover her egg after it rolls into the crevice of a rock. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0872261859
ISBN13:9780872261853
Release Date:October 1988
Publisher:Peter Bedrick Books
Length:24 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
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Excellent Sri Lankan additive tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The Quail's Egg is an additive tale i.e. each line is repeated and another added as in This is the House that Jack Built. This tale is particularly good for telling to small children as they enjoy chiming in with "NO" each time the quail asks for assistance.In addition, the tale comes from South Asia - an under-represented area in our children's folktale knowledge. However, none of the regional aspects of the story or the illustration is ever outside the knowledge of the intended audience.
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