Tales of a Korean grandmother.Illustrated with reproductions from old Korean paintings.

Carpenter, Frances, 1890-1972.,

Tales of a Korean grandmother.Illustrated with reproductions from old Korean paintings. - Rutland, Vermont, C. E. Tuttle Company (c)1973. - 287 pages illustrations 19 cm. - Tut books. L .

The house of Kim -- Land of morning brightness -- Ki Ja's pottery hats -- Why the dog and the cat are not friends -- Sticks and turnips! Sticks and turnips! -- The tiger and the puppy -- The bird of five virtues -- The blind man's daughter -- The man who lived a thousand years -- A fortune from a frog -- The great fifteenth day -- A Korean Cinderella -- The rabbit that rode on a tortoise -- Letters from heaven -- The mourner who sang and the nun who danced -- The ant that laughed too much -- Rice from a cat's fur -- The beggars' friend -- The village of the pure queen -- A story for sale -- The two stone giants -- The mole and the miryek -- The king's seventh daughter -- The woodcutter and the old men of the mountain -- The good brother's reward -- The pansu and the stableboy -- The sparrows and the flies -- Clever Sim who would "squeeze" -- The tiger hunter and the mirror -- The rooster and the centipede -- The rock of the falling flower -- Ok Cha's strangest stories.

A Korean grandmother tells her grandchildren the traditional tales and legends of their country.



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Tales--Korea--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Korea--Juvenile literature.

GR342 / .T354 1973 GR342