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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Williams, Marcia, Reteller

The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India

40 pp. | Candlewick | August, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5916-5 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Williams adapts eight fables from Indian folklore; each tale leads, satisfyingly, to its just conclusion--and to a wisdom that transcends the stories' seemingly simple events. Well-told in narrative captions, the tales are much enhanced by comically informal remarks in speech balloons. Williams's ebullient gouache illustrations are in jewel-like tones of Indian art. A grand introduction to these venerable stories.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012

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