Humblepuppy and Other Stories for Telling

Download or read book Humblepuppy and Other Stories for Telling written by Eileen Colwell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1978 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this selection come from countries as different as Ireland, Australia and Japan. There are traditional folktales, such as Sohrab and Rustem, a Persian tale retold by Eileen Colwell in her own inimitable style; Humblepuppy, which gives the book its title, is a modern ghost story; Peter's mermaid is an amusing tale about a small boy who finds a baby mermaid. There are funny stories, sad stories, retellings of myths and folktales and also several poems.