Tales from Silver Lands

Charles Finger (1869 - 1941)

The 1925 Newbery Medal Winner for best children's literature published in the United States, this collection of Central and South American indigenous folk tales holds stories that will still be new to most North American ears. Full of cultural charm, these tales also hold the same degree of strangeness, flights of fancy, and fearful shadows that can be found in the tales of European-based folklore. This book is entertaining for adults as well as children. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Culture & Heritage Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: Newbery Medal and Honor Books

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 A Tale of Three Tails Lynette Caulkins
00:21:02
Play 02 The Magic Dog Mark Shellhammer
00:15:03
Play 03 The Calabash Man Keith Ghormley
00:21:31
Play 04 Na-Ha the Fighter Lynette Caulkins
00:14:07
Play 05 The Humming-Bird and the Flower Mark Shellhammer
00:08:01
Play 06 The Magic Ball Keith Ghormley
00:18:44
Play 07 El Enano Lynette Caulkins
00:18:37
Play 08 The Hero Twins Mark Shellhammer
00:15:51
Play 09 The Four Hundred Keith Ghormley
00:22:36
Play 10 The Killing of Cabrakan Lynette Caulkins
00:13:04
Play 11 The Tale of the Gentle Folk Mark Shellhammer
00:14:21
Play 12 The Tale that Cost a Dollar Keith Ghormley
00:25:13
Play 13 The Magic Knot Lynette Caulkins
00:21:10
Play 14 The Bad Wishers Mark Shellhammer
00:14:46
Play 15 The Hungry Old Witch Keith Ghormley
00:20:43
Play 16 The Wonderful Mirror Lynette Caulkins
00:25:00
Play 17 The Tale of the Lazy People Mark Shellhammer
00:28:54
Play 18 Rairu and the Star Maiden Keith Ghormley
00:16:02
Play 19 The Cat and the Dream Man Lynette Caulkins
00:53:48