W. Nikola-Lisa

Welcome

Primary Grades

America Land of Opposites

Bein' With You This Way

Can You Top That?

Hallelujah

Night Is Coming

One Hole in the Road

Shake Dem Halloween Bones

Storm

Summer Sun Risin'

Intermediate Grades

Folk Stories

Gaya Lives in Blue House

How We Are Smart

Magic in the Margins

Tangletalk

Year with Grandma Moses

Middle School

Shark Man

Dear Frank

Dragonfly

Young Adults and Beyond

Dog Eared

Men Who Made the Yankees

 



Background and Description

Folk Stories is a collection of three original literary folk tales: "The Girl and the Troll," "Two Bags of Gold," and "The Young Boy and the Old Man." I wrote these at different times in my writing career, the first two while I was working on an academic piece about the history of fables. The last one while doing research on a book about the history of the alphabet and the writing process (which resulted in two other books: Till Year's Good End and Magic in the Margins). The first books I started collecting—and studying—were books on folk and fairy tales, from original tales to retellings to historical analyses. Folk Stories is the result of contemplating this rich cultural and literary history.




 



Ordering Information

Title: Folk Stories
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Design: Six Penny Graphics
Publisher: Gyroscope Books
Release Date: July 2018
Genre: Folk Literature
Age Level: 8-12
Page Count: 66

To purchase a copy, please click here—
available in the following formats:

ISBN: 978-0-9972524-6-0 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-9972524-7-7 (e-book)




 



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