Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales

Celebrate the slyest trickster tales from around the world in a lavish volume that gives a well-loved story tradition its rightful due.

Enter (carefully) the world of the tricksters, those wily creatures who lie their way out of trouble, cheat when they get a chance, and devise elaborate tricks to get what they want —- with delightfully unpredictable results. This truly diverse, elegantly illustrated collection follows such clever characters as Anansi, Coyote, Brer Rabbit, and others who play a role in a multicultural array of storytelling traditions, from African to Inuit to European, Tibetan to Native American to Japanese.

• Author
• John Matthews, Caitlín Matthews, Tomislav Tomić

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 96

• Publisher
• Candlewick Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780763636463

• Genres
• fiction, folklore

• Release date
• 2008