Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World

Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World by Thornhill, Jan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781897066751.

This delightful storybook leads children on an enchanting journey across the globe. It consists of a chain of stories narrated by animals. At the end of each story one of the animals leaps to a different continent to begin the next tale. Starting with an Indian tale about an elephant and a hare, the hare then hops over to West Africa to take part in a tale about a tortoise, who then travels to China to help find the cranes a new home . . . and so on. The seamless links between continents and animals represent a worldwide celebration of shared stories.