Good As Gold: Stories of Values from Around the World - Hardcover

Baumgartner, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789434822 ISBN 13: 9780789434821

Verlag: Dk Pub, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Gold, symbolizing value, is the central theme to this collection of morality tales from around the world, which teach us to distinguish between good and evil and to recognize what is truly valuable.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Barbara Baumgartner works as a Library Coordinator for The Free Library of Philadelphia and teaches courses in Children's Literature and Storytelling in the Graduate Division at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia. Barbara has collected some of her favorite folktales, from a variety of cultures, and has retold them in two DK collections, Crocodile! Crocodile! And the forthcoming Good as Gold which are suitable for reading aloud to ages 3-6 and for independent reading by ages 7-10. She began telling stories when she was a teenage babysitter, and one of her favorites at that time was "The Gingerbread Man." She is a graduate of Oberlin College (BA), Drexel University (MLS), and Union Institute (PhD). Amanda Hall specialized in illustration at England's Cambridge School of Art. She has traveled in Africa, India, and South America, and derives much of the inspiration for her work from her journeys.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dk Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0789434822
• ISBN 13: 9780789434821
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Zeichner: Hall Amanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 47
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Terminal Video; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; Italien