The Adventures of Mouse Deer.The Adventures of Mouse Deer Aaron Shepard, author; Kim Gamble, illustrator Skyhook sky·hook or sky-hook n. A helicopter whose fuselage is configured so as to be mounted with a steel line and hook used to lift and transport heavy objects. Noun 1. Press 1102 Olympia Ave NE, #18, Olympia, WA 98506 0938497324 $6.00 1-360-352-0092 The Adventures of Mouse Deer: Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia is a retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of some of South Asia's most popular folklore, about Mouse Deer, a creature who is small but brave and cunning--in many ways similar to the trickster trickster, a mythic figure common among Native North Americans, South Americans, and Africans. Usually male but occasionally female or disguised in female form, he is notorious for exaggerated biological drives and well-endowed physique; partly divine, partly human, fox of other mythologies, or Brer Rabbit of more contemporary children's literature. Simply narrated so that young people who are just graduating from picturebooks can easily follow the text, The Adventures of Mouse Deer is witty and steeped with the power of myth, as well as high-spirited determination. Black-and-white illustrations intersperse in·ter·sperse tr.v. in·ter·spersed, in·ter·spers·ing, in·ter·spers·es 1. To distribute among other things at intervals: the text in this delightful introduction to an enduring legend. |
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