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ZLATOVLASKA THE GOLDEN-HAIRED – A Slovak Folk Tale: Baba Indaba Children’s Stories Issue 74
2016-11-28 in Action and Adventure, children’s stories, Eastern European Folklore, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales | Tags: adventure, Baba Indaba, children’s stories, cook, disobedient, disobey, empathy, golden haired, king, magic recipe, meal, Slovakia, snake, speech of animals, Yirik, Zlatovlaska | Leave a comment
Zlatovkaska The Golden Haired – Baba Indaba Children’s Stories
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 74
In Issue 74 of the Baba Indaba Children’s Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Slovak tale of Zlatovlaska the Golden-Haired, also known as Yirik And The Snake. A cook disobeys his king and tastes a meal to a magic recipe and learns the speech of animals. His animal speaking triggers adventure, and the empathy he feels and shows to the animals secures his ultimate success.
You’ll have to download and read the story to find out what happened.
Each issue also has a “Where in the World – Look it Up” section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT – use Google maps.
INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE DOWNLOADS
Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children’s stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as “Father of Stories”.
BLACK FRIDAY EARLY BIRD SPECIAL – GYPSY FOLK TALES – 2 Bookset
2016-11-20 in children’s stories, Eastern European Folklore, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales and Folklore, Folklore, Moral Tales, Norse Folklore | Tags: black friday special, Bohemia, Bukowina, dragons, England, folk tales, gypsy, illustrated, jealousy, Moravia, people, poland, priest, roma, Romania, roses, Scotland, Slovakia, Transylvania, turkey, vampires, violins, wales | Leave a comment
Authentic Gypsy Folk Tales illustrated 2 book set – Black Friday Special
These two books are a treasure chest of 76 classic Gypsy Folk Tales and Stories, and makes fascinating reading for those interested in folklore in general, but especially for those interested in the original Roma, or Gypsy, people.Two unique volumes of illustrated Gypsy tales full of Gypsy mischief, adventure and romance containing 76 unique Gypsy folk tales from Turkey, Romania, Bukowina, Transylvania, Slovakia, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland, England, Wales and Scotland.
In book one you will find stories from Turkish, Romanian and Bukowina Gypsies and in book two tales from from Transylvania, Slovakia, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland, England, Wales and Scotland. Herein you will find tales like The Vampire, The Gypsy and the Priest, Baldplate, The Deluded Dragon, The Jealous Husband, The Creation of the Violin, The Three Girls, Bobby Rag, De Little Fox, the Old Smith, The Princess and the Forester’s Son and many, many more.
In the second volume of Gypsy Folk Tales contains stories, tales and legends from Transylvania, Slovakia, Moravia, Bohemia, Poland, England, Wales and Scotland.
Francis Hindes Groome collated and published this collection in 1899, making only few changes and remaining true to the original stories, so to let the written story enchant us as if it were being narrated in the vernacular. The stories are further enhanced by the numerous impressive black and white and colour illustrations recently completed by Maggie Gunzel the Dutch artist and illustrator who, unlike many illustrators of the 19th C. and 20th C, has stayed true to the subject matter.
A percentage of the net sale from this book will be donated to the RELIEF FUND FOR ROMANIA.
See the book’s webpages for a full list of the 76 tales in these exquisite volumes, including a free extract from both volumes.
Buy eBooks link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anon_E_Mouse_BLACK_FRIDAY_EARLY_BIRD_SPECIAL_GYPSY?id=po-CDQAAQBAJ
Buy Paperbacks link: http://abelapublishing.com/black-friday-early-bird-special-39-off–gypsy-folk-tales–2-bookset_p27279562.htm
About the Translator & Compiler
Francis Hindes Groome (Born 30 August 1851 in Monk Soham, Suffolk, England – died 24 January 1902 in London), son of Robert Hindes Groome Archdeacon of Suffolk. A writer and foremost commentator of his time on the Romani people, their language, life, history, customs, beliefs, and lore.
In October 1901, Francis Hindes Groome’s library of books, letters, and manuscripts bearing upon the study of the Gypsies was purchased by the Boston Athenæum. The collection comprises over one hundred volumes, some which are rare, and others contain rare tracts and magazine articles. There are also Mr. Groome’s own books with his marginal additions, over thirty volumes of manuscript notes, lectures, and his correspondence with M. Paul Bataillard, the eminent French student of the Gypsies, covering the years 1872-1880.