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Wisdom Tales from Around the World: Fifty Gems of Story and Wisdom from Such Diverse Traditions as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Afr

Wisdom Tales from Around the World: Fifty Gems of Story and Wisdom from Such Diverse Traditions as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Afr

Forest, Heather

Paperback

Series: World Storytelling from August House

Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 0874834791
ISBN13: 9780874834796
Publisher: August House Publishers
Published: Dec 15 2005
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.43 Width: 8.54 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Winner of PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers and the Storytelling World Award

This collection of fifty folktales and parables was selected from diverse story traditions such as Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American. Comprised of ancient plots both poignant and comical, this anthology contains simple truths, common sense, and the promise that we can benefit from past generations' wisdom and experience.

By metaphorically suggesting constructive strategies for living, these ancient tales resonate with a universal appeal. The characters in these stories may gain wisdom by observing a good example or by bumbling through their own folly, Heather Forest observes. I hope these stories will provide discussion and offer insight into joys, sorrows, fears and farce of human experience. Wisdom tales offer useful insights into life's joys and sorrows that all of us experience.

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