Laughing Together: Stories, Riddles and Proverbs from Asia and the Pacific
Book Specification
Item Code: | IDG307 |
Publisher: | National Book Trust, India |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2014 |
ISBN: | 8123702513 |
Pages: | 176 (B & W Illus: 35) |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.2"X5.2" |
Weight | 230 gm |
Book Description
A Word About Asia-Pacific Copublication Programme
This is a novel attempt, under the aegis of UNESCO, at developing books for Asian children by Asian authors. To have children in Korea share their fantasies with their counterparts in Sri Lanka is probably no mean achievement. And when Indian and Pakistani editors work as part of a team to build a list for children in the twenty odd countries of the continent we inhabit, it's a great new beginning. The many worlds from Tehran to Tokyo intermingle to give colour to words that children across the continent, if not the world, would love to children across the continent, if not the world, would love to read. These books are steps for bridging minds and creating a common heritage for this vast continent. This is the very best of Asia today.
A Lucky Hunter | Japan | 9 |
Shaikh Chilli | Pakistan | 12 |
Nine or Ten | Iran | 14 |
They Did Move Their House, But... | Republic of Korea | 16 |
Old Blockhead Repairs His House | Malaysia | 18 |
Lazy Juan | Philippines | 22 |
It All Began with Drip Drip | India | 26 |
Expansion and Contraction | China | 31 |
Who Was Cleverer? | Thailand | 32 |
Law of Gravity | Australia | 34 |
Riddles | 36 | |
Take Care! | Singapore | 38 |
God's Good Job | Iran | 45 |
The Power of Prayer | Australia | 46 |
Satisfaction Guaranteed | China | 48 |
A Letter | Iran | 50 |
The King Who Ate Chaff | Burma | 52 |
Kabayan and the Magic Bird | Indonesia | 55 |
Shaikh Chilli and Dogs | Pakistan | 60 |
A Buffalo Is Bigger than a Mouse | Viet Nam | 62 |
Two Good Friends | Papua New Guinea | 64 |
The Finger Game | China | 68 |
Riddles | 70 | |
Kevun Appu's Scarf | Sri Lanka | 72 |
Haji Baghlol | Pakistan | 76 |
Why the Egret Rides on the Carabao | Philippines | 78 |
Three Tales about Kiyai Sentar | Indonesia | 81 |
Zagatoungzar | Burma | 84 |
Missed Again | Australia | 86 |
The Chair | Nepal | 88 |
The 'Bhutua' Horse | Bangladesh | 93 |
Chinese Sparrows | Japan | 96 |
Riddles | 98 | |
The 'Longevity' Peaches | Viet Nam | 100 |
The Tiger and the Dried Persimmons | Republic of Korea | 102 |
The Length of His Nerve | Indonesia | 107 |
Grossing the Irrawaddy! | Burma | 110 |
The Man Who Saved the Moon | Iran | 113 |
Tales of Ned | Australia | 114 |
The Miraculous Plant | Viet Nam | 116 |
The Seven Wise Jolas | Bangladesh | 118 |
Tit for Tat! | Iran | 124 |
Juan Tamad and the Flea-Killer | Philippines | 126 |
Joking with the Goddess | India | 130 |
Surpassing His Master | Viet Nam | 135 |
That Can't Be True! | Japan | 136 |
Riddles | 138 | |
A Quick-Witted Person | Thailand | 140 |
Frozen Conversation | Japan | 145 |
Tailored to Fit | China | 146 |
Unlucky Old Clodpole | Malaysia | 148 |
The Three Cries | Japan | 152 |
Good Neighbours | Australia | 154 |
Invitation | Iran | 156 |
The Greedy Blunder | Republic of Korea | 158 |
A Good Pupil | Viet Nam | 160 |
A Thoughtful Boy | Japan | 163 |
Mullah Do Piyaza and the Quarrelsome Neighbour | Pakistan | 164 |
Proverbs | 166 | |
Contributors | 174 |