Tales from Silver Lands

by Charles J. Finger

Overview

Tales from Silver Lands is a book by Charles Finger that won the Newbery Medal in 1925. The book is a collection of nineteen folktales of the native populations of Central and South America. These interesting folk stories include tales about giants, witches, and animals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781773234984
Publisher:	Reading Essentials
Publication date:	02/14/2019
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

English author Charles J. Finger (1869–1941) traveled extensively, visiting Africa and South America before settling in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In addition to his 1925 Newbery Medal-winning Tales from Silver Lands, Finger's books include Bushrangers, Tales Worth Telling, Courageous Companions, A Dog at His Heel, and an autobiography, Seven Horizons.

Table of Contents

I. A Tale of Three Tails
II. The Magic Dog
III. The Calabash Man
IV. Na-Ha the Fighter
V. The Humming-Bird and the Flower
VI. The Magic Ball
VII. El Enano
VIII. The Hero Twins
IX. The Four Hundred
X. The Killing of Cabrakan
XI. The Tale of the Gentle Folk
XII. The Tale that Cost a Dollar
XIII. The Magic Knot
XIV. The Bad Wishers
XV. The Hungry Old Witch
XVI. The Wonderful Mirror
XVII. The Tale of the Lazy People
XVIII. Rairu and the Star Maiden
XIX. The Cat and the Dream Man