Résultats pour "Brian Scott" dans Contes de fées, contes populaires et mythes

When Anansi the spider decides to help rescue Brother Tiger, he makes Brother Tiger agree to a simple promise.

A young Haida boy in the Pacific Northwest learns the importance of honoring the spirits of the salmon caught for food.

Granny warns Tukama not be tricked by the duppies—or ghosts—of their Caribbean island.

Anansi the spider used to be handsome, but his never-ending appetite eventually cost him his hair.

School can be a tough place, filled with cliques and bullies. In this collection, discover how schoolkids learn to fit in - and discover who they are in the process. In "My Name's Not Chuck", Steve's classmates give him the nickname Chuck, but he doesn't like this at all. Find out how he can use his talking pet parrot to get them to stop calling him Chuck. Also included are six other stories about fitting in at school: "Ava the Big", "Blushing Blake", "The Tanner Mystery", "Super Tulip", "Hobby Friday", and "The Mystery of Sound."

The Mountain of Gems tells the story of Aman, who lives with his widowed mother. When she can no longer work, he looks for work, and a rich noble invites him to search for gems. They travel through the desert on camels, and at the bottom of a mountain, the noble asks Aman to lie down on a rug that he rolls up like a big tube. After two large black birds grab the rug and drop it on the mountain top, Aman discovers gems on the ground. After the noble asks him to throw them down and he does, the noble rides off leaving Aman to die.