The adventures of mouse deer: favorite folk tales of southeast asia - aaron shepard

Im quick and smart as I can be.

Try and try, but you cant catch me! Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots.

Though he is small, he is not afraid.

He knows that many big animals want to eat him -- but first they have to catch him! In these delightful trickster tales from Southeast Asia, find out how Mouse Deer gets the best of his enemies -- Tiger, Crocodile, and the most dangerous animal of all, Farmer! TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS -- A READERS THEATER SCRIPT OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN AARONS BOOK FOLKTALES ON STAGE, OR FREE ON AARONS WEB SITE.

///////////////////////////////////////////////// Aaron Shepard is the award-winning author of The Bakers Dozen, The Sea Kings Daughter, The Monkey King, and many more childrens books.

His stories have appeared often in Cricket magazine, while his Web site is known internationally as a prime resource for folktales, storytelling, and readers theater.

Once a professional storyteller, Aaron specializes in lively retellings of folktales and other traditional literature, which have won him honors from the American Library Association, the New York Public Library, the Bank Street College of Education, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Folklore Society.

Kim Gamble is one of the most popular childrens book illustrators of Australia.

He is also a frequent contributor to that countrys much-loved School Magazine, where Aarons Mouse Deer stories first appeared.

///////////////////////////////////////////////// A retelling of some of Southeast Asias most popular folklore .

Simply narrated, The Adventures of Mouse Deer is witty and steeped in the power of myth, as well as high-spirited determination.

[A] delightful introduction to an enduring legend.

-- Small Press Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, May 2005 Mouse Deers small stature leaves him vulnerable in the jungle, but Crocodile, Tiger, and Farmer are no match for this quick-witted, fearless creature.

Give this book to children making their first forays into chapter books, and visit the authors Web site to download readers theater scripts.

-- Daryl Grabarek, School Library Journal, Dec.

1, 2009 ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS 1 Mouse Deer and Tiger 2 Mouse Deer and Crocodile 3 Mouse Deer and Farmer //.