HIT:Australian and New Zealand Folktales

["Janet M. Diem" <janmdiem@EPIX.NET>]

Friends,

I had not intended to post a hit, but I had so many terrific responses
that I thought others might be able to make use of them.  Here they are
in a nutshell.  Thank you to all who responded.

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND FOLKTALES

1. The Wide-mouth Frog (pop up)
2. Koala and Tree Kangaroo and a Drought (as told by Margaret Read
MacDonald)
3. Why Koala Has a Short Tail (as told by M.R. M)
4. Tiddalick the Frog
5. What Made Tiddalick Laugh - Joanna Troughton
6. Wombat Stew
7. Folktales and Fables of Asia and Australia - 1 of 4 books in a set by
Robert Ingpen andBarbara Hays
8. Rainbow Serpent - Dick Roughsey
9. Biggest Frog in Australia - Susan L. Roth
10. Rainbow Bird - Eric Maddern
11. Animal Dreaming - Paul Morin
12. Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay - Narelle Oliver
13. Punfa, the Goddess of Ugly - Deborah Nourse Lattimore (New Zealand)
14. Best-Loved Folktales of the World - This includes "How Platypuses
Came to Australia" and "Bunyip"
15. Land of the Long White Cloud - Kiri Te Kanawa (New Zealand)
16. Stories of the Dreamtime series - Percy Trezise published by Gareth
Stevens which includes: 1) Peopling of Australia 2) Black Duck and Water
Rat (origin of the platypus) 3) Flying Fox Warriors 4) Turramulli the
Giant Quinkin

17. The following Australian website is very interesting
http://home.mira.net/~lions/aussf3.htm

Quite a few of the above are out of print, but your public library
should have some of them.

Janet M. Diem
Adamstown Elem. Library
Adamstown, PA
janmdiem@epix.net

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