Halimah and the snake and other Omani folk tales / Grace Todino-Gonguet ; illustrated by Susan Keeble.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Stacey International, c2008.Description: 63 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781905299638 (hbk)
- 190529963X (hbk)
- 492/.9 21
- PZ8.1.T523 H354 2008
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Summary: In Halimah and the Snake, Grace Todino-Gonguet has collected and re-written a handful of stories from Oman's folktale heritage. As with folktales and legends worldwide, the creatures and characters are at times terrifying and fantastic, the stories always enthralling, and invariably seek to impart some moral guidance to their young readers.
Halimah and the snake -- The talking tree -- The invisible woman -- Mariyam's secret -- The arrogant man -- The good wife -- True brothers -- Ain Al-Zaman -- Asif's betrayal -- The girl who was dead.
Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library JUVENILE | PZ8.1.T523 H354 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197012213 | ||
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library JUVENILE | PZ8.1.T523 H354 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 2 | Available | 197012214 |
Halimah and the snake -- The talking tree -- The invisible woman -- Mariyam's secret -- The arrogant man -- The good wife -- True brothers -- Ain Al-Zaman -- Asif's betrayal -- The girl who was dead.
In Halimah and the Snake, Grace Todino-Gonguet has collected and re-written a handful of stories from Oman's folktale heritage. As with folktales and legends worldwide, the creatures and characters are at times terrifying and fantastic, the stories always enthralling, and invariably seek to impart some moral guidance to their young readers.