Tales of a Korean Grandmother Author:Frances Carpenter 32 Traditional Tales from Korea — The Korean people, like the Chinese, possess a folklore tradition as colorful and captivating as any in the world, but the stories themselves still are not as well-known to Western readers as those from The Brothers Grimm, Mother Goose, or Hans Christian Andersen. — In her bes... more »t-selling book for young readers, Frances Carpenter collects thirty-two classic stories from the land of Korea: the woodcutter and the old men of the mountain; the puppy who saved his village from a tiger; the singing girl who danced the Japanese General into the deep river; Why the Dog and Cat are Not friends; and even a more familiar tale of the clever rabbit who outsmarted the tortoise.The children of the Kim family sit at their beloved Grandmother's knee to listen to these and other traditional folk tales which are rooted in thousands of years of Korean culture.
The house of Kim --
Land of morning brightness --
Ki Ja's pottery hats --
Why the dog and the cat are not friends --
Sticks and turnips! Sticks and turnips! --
The tiger and the puppy --
The bird of five virtues --
The blind man's daughter --
The man who lived a thousand years --
A fortune from a frog --
The great fifteenth day --
A Korean Cinderella --
The rabbit that rode on a tortoise --
Letters from heaven --
The mourner who sang and the nun who danced --
The ant that laughed too much --
Rice from a cat's fur --
The beggars' friend --
The village of the pure queen --
A story for sale --
The two stone giants --
The mole and the miryek --
The king's seventh daughter --
The woodcutter and the old men of the mountain --
The good brother's reward --
The pansu and the stableboy --
The sparrows and the flies --
Clever Sim who would "squeeze" --
The tiger hunter and the mirror --
The rooster and the centipede --
The rock of the falling flower --
Epilogue--many, many years later: Ok Cha's strangest stories« less
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