<p>A retelling of an Indic folktale in which a skinny old woman outwits the jackal, bear, and tiger who want to eat her.</p>

The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin: A Bengali Folk Tale

Children's Books

Bang, Betsy

Literature & Fiction

Atheneum

The Cucumber Stem: Adapted from a Bengali Folktale (Greenwillow Read-Alone Books)

Politics & Social Sciences

Chen, Tony

Social Sciences

Olympic Marketing Corp

Presents five beautiful tales of the mysterious and wonderful Indian subcontinent, the place where many of the classic themes of world literature originated

The Demons of Rajpur: Five Tales from Bengal

Bang, Molly

William Morrow & Co.

Tuntuni, the tailor bird (Greenwillow read-alone)

Greenwillow Books

Retells the tale of a boy two fingers tall whose two deeds for the Raja secure freedom for his father and a bride for himself.

The cucumber stem: Adapted from a Bengali folktale (Greenwillow read-alone books)

The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

In this retelling of a traditional Bengali trickster tale, the bear, tiger and jackal all want to eat the old woman, but she persuades them to eat her on her return from her journey, after she has eaten. And what of the red pumpkin? What part does that play in the story? That is her means of escape! Fully illustrated in colour.

Walker Childrens Paperbacks

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