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The riddle of the drum : a tale from Tizapán, Mexico

The riddle of the drum : a tale from Tizapán, Mexico

Aardema, Verna.
Book 1979

Anxious to keep his daughter from marrying, a king announces that no man may marry his daughter unless he guesses the kind of leather used in a drum made by a wizard.

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Folklore Mexico Juvenile literature
ISBN:
059007489X
Description:
29 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
"Translated and retold from "El aro de hinojo y el cuero de piojo" in Tales from Jalisco, Mexico, by Howard T. Wheeler."
Southeast: JNF9s JNF80
LCCN:
78023791
Control Number:
8830
Other Authors:
Chen, Tony
Wheeler, Howard True. Tales from Jalisco, Mexico
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