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Book

Fireside stories : tales for a winter's eve

Call Number

  • J 398.2 FIRE (CEN)

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Publication Information

Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2007.

Physical Description

94 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Summary

A collection of eight traditional tales associated with a variety of winter celebrations from Scottish, Russian, Austrian, Czech, and Canadian lore.

Contents

  • Halloween: The lonely boatman (Scotland)
  • First snowfall: The winter cabin (Russia)
  • Christmas Eve: Schnitzle, Schnootzle and Schnotzle (Austria)
  • New Year: Cantor of the trees (Jewish)
  • Midwinter: The twelve brothers (Czech Republic)
  • Twelfth night: Babushka (Russia)
  • Return of the sun: The bag of warmth (Canada)
  • Coming of Spring: The Cailleach of the snows (Scotland).

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