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Book

Go to sleep, Gecko! : a Balinese folktale

Call Number

  • J 398.2 MACD (OSH)

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Publication Information

Little Rock, Ark. : August House LittleFolk, c2006.

Physical Description

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Summary

Retells the folktale of the gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected.

Notes

"This story was inspired by a Balinese tale in Folk tales from Bali and Lombok by Margaret Muth Alibasah (Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan, 1990)"--Copyright p.

Subjects

Added Authors

Geraldo Valério