Korean Folklore |
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Sir Whong and the golden pig / adapted by Oki S. Han |
Han, Oki S. Sir Whong and the golden pig / adapted by Oki S. Han and Stephanie Haboush Plunkett ; pictures by Oki S. Han. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1993. 0803713452 (lib.) Ages 5-10. This trickster tale is "[a]dapted from an ancient Korean tale." |
Bilingual: Korean and English |
Han, Suzanne Crowder. The rabbit's escape = Kusa ilsaenghan t'okki / Suzanne Crowder Han ; illustrated by Yumi Heo. New York : Holt, c1995. 0805026754 Ages 5-10. The dragon king under the sea needs a rabbit liver to get well. Lucky for the rabbit, he is just as tricky as the others in the story. Explains the origin of using ginseng as medicine. Based on "The Hare's Liver. "An adaptation of a longer version of the story in my collection Korean folk and fairy tales" |
Bilingual: Korean and English |
Han, Suzanne Crowder. The rabbit's judgment / Suzanne Crowder Han ; illustrated by Yumi Heo. New York : Holt, 1994. 0805026746 (acid-free paper) Ages 5-10. A man helps rescue a hungry tiger. Things don't look good for the man until he gets some help from a wise rabbit. |
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Heo, Yumi. The green frogs : a Korean folktale/ retold by Yumi Heo. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. Ages 4-8. Explains why naughty Korean children are called chung-gaeguri or green frogs. Cool, bursting-with-life drawings. |
Bilingual: Korean and English |
Korean Cinderella / illustrations by Choi, Dong Ho ; story edited by Edward B. Adams. Seoul, Korea : Seoul International Tourist Pub. Co., c1982. Ages 5-10. Also called K`ongjwi P`atchwi. Interesting to compare the Korean ideals with the European ideals. The same story of a girl abused by her evil stepmother and jealous stepsister. Illustrations nicely show traditional Korean life. Another version is Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella / by Shirley Climo ; illustrated by Ruth Heller. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1993. 006020432X |
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Park, Janie Jaehyun. The tiger and the dried persimmon : a Korean folk tale / retold & illustrated by Janie Jaehyun Park. Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2002. Ages 6+. Have you ever eaten a persimmon--fresh or dried? In this story the tiger mistakes a dried persimmon for a monster. |
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