Stories from other Cultures

South, north, east west – The Oxfam book of children’s stories Spirit of the forest:Tree tales from around the world Tales told in tents – stories from central Asia – Sally Pomme-Clayton Lord of the animals- Native American creation myths The Magic Paintbrush – Julia Donaldson (Chinese) Tales from the isles of Spice The Spider Weaver – A legend of Kente cloth – Margaret Musgrove Seven spools of thread – A Kwanzaa story – Angela Shelf Medearis Chinye – Obi Onyefolu (good repetitive structure) Yimin and the Elephants – A Tale of Ancient China The Warrior and the Moon – Spirit of the Masai – Nick Would Chinye – Obi Onyefolu – West African tale The tiger child The Hunter – Paul Geraghty Lord of the animals – Native American myth The Warrior and the Moon – spirit of the Masai Bear and Turtle and the Great lake race Fly Eagle Fly – African tale Sho and the Demons deep – Japanese Tortoises’s Dream Dual-language stories written / illustrated by children http://thornwood.peelschools.org/Dual/index.htm The Barking Mouse – A folktale from Cuba http://www.tolerance.org/storybooks/mouse/index.html Stories from other cultures / dual language http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/drilldown/stories/2/6/1/ eg The Kicking Bird – Somalia Hodja and the mixed up feet – Turkish Why wisdom is everywhere – Yoruba Rani the Elephant http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/index.cfm?s=1&m=166&p=122,view_resource&id=10196 The Man, the boy and the donkey in different languages http://www.hvec.org.uk/HvecMain/docs3_p.asp?SubSectionID=192&ID=384&SubSubSectionID=384 Buri and the Marrow – What is in Buri’s bag? Ideas for storysacks etc. http://www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk/resources/dlstories/buri/buri.shtml Cbeebies interactive stories