Bibliograph

Mother and daughter tales, retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker ; illustrated by Helen Cann

Type

Label

Mother and daughter tales, retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker ; illustrated by Helen Cann

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mother and daughter tales

Oclc number

35707233

Responsibility statement

retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker ; illustrated by Helen Cann

Series statement

An Abbeville anthology

Summary

A collection of folktales from various cultures illuminate the mother-daughter relationship

Table Of Contents

Demeter and Persephone (Greek) -- The waterfall of white hair (Chinese) -- Mother Holle (German) -- Vasilisa the beautiful (Russian) -- Old Mother Swan and Great Mother Earthquake (Iroquois) -- Snowflake (Slavic) -- The mother's mirror (Japanese) -- Katanya (Turkish) -- The girl and her godmother (Norwegian) -- Naomi and Ruth (Jewish)

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification