Tom Thumb

MARGARET READ MACDONALD is a children's librarian with the King County Library System, Seattle, Washington. She is on the board of the National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling (NAPPS) and has edited numerous collections of folktales for storytellers, including The Storyteller's Sourcebook, Twenty Tellable Tales, and Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About. Dr. MacDonald holds a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington.

• Preface Acknowledgements Tales Thumbling A German Tale from the Brothers Grimm Thumbling's Travels a German tale from the Brothers Grimm Lipuniushka A Tale from Russia Poucet A Tale from Russia Hasan, the Heroic Mouse-Child a Tale from Turkey Loud Mouth Thummas a Tale from Slovenia The Hazel-Nut Child a Tale from Bukovina Thumbikin a Tale from Norway Pinoncito a Tale from Chile Tom Thumb a Tale from England Petit Poucet a Tale from France Fereyel and Debbo Engal the Witch a Tale from Africa Digit the Midget an Amhara Tale from Ethiopia Boy-man a Native American Tale The Snail Choja a Tale from Japan The Diminutive Flute Player a Tale from Myanmar (Burma) Three Inch a Tale from Pakistan Little Shell A Visayan Tale from the Phillippines Issun Boshi a Tale from Japan Little Thumb Conquers the Sun a Tale from Myanmar (Burma)