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The wishing foxes
- Title
- The wishing foxes / Margaret Read MacDonald with Jen and Nat Whitman ; illustrated by Kitty Harvill.
- Author
- MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-
- Publication
- Little Rock : Plum Street Publishers, 2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 17-1949 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- In this Appalachian version of The Kind and the Unkind Girls, two sisters--Bess and Tess--are sent by their mother to draw water from the Well-at-the-End-of-the-World. Along the way they meet a bear, a mountain lion, a wild boar, and three little foxes. When Bess greets them with courtesy and respect, the foxes reward her kindness. Tess, greedy for her own bounty, can't be bothered with manners; she bonks the animals with her bucket, kicks them with her boots, and slings the little foxes to the ground. In the end, both sisters get their just deserts.
- Presents an Appalachian version of the story of two sisters sent on an errand in which kindness is rewarded.
- Subjects
- Folklore
- Behavior > Juvenile fiction
- Folklore > Appalachian Region > Juvenile literature
- Wishes > Juvenile fiction
- Wells > Juvenile fiction
- Sisters > Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Appalachian Region
- Kindness > Juvenile fiction
- Forest animals > Juvenile fiction
- Children's songs > Adaptations > Juvenile literature
- Bullies > Juvenile fiction
- Girls > Juvenile fiction
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Note
- When reading the songs of Bess and Tess you can sing it to the tune of "Skip to my Lou."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references in: About the story (copyright page). This Appalachian version is changed from the "The heads in the well" which is a subset of the Aarne--Thompson tale type 480 "The kind and the unkind girls."
- Call Number
- JFF 17-1949
- ISBN
- 9781945268014
- 1945268018
- LCCN
- 2016945960
- OCLC
- 962231566
- Author
- MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940- author.
- Title
- The wishing foxes / Margaret Read MacDonald with Jen and Nat Whitman ; illustrated by Kitty Harvill.
- Publisher
- Little Rock : Plum Street Publishers, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references in: About the story (copyright page). This Appalachian version is changed from the "The heads in the well" which is a subset of the Aarne--Thompson tale type 480 "The kind and the unkind girls."
- Added Author
- Whitman, Jennifer MacDonald, author.Whitman, Nathaniel Forrest, author.Harvill, Kitty, 1958- illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-1949