Nine short traditional and very entertaining folktales about tricksters,
featuring selections from around the world. Trickster is a marvelous,
mischievous, and energetic character found in various disguises in
folktales from all around the world. Tricksters do things that are both
foolish and wise, often at the same time. Best of all, a trickster's
adventures can inspire us to use our own cleverness to outsmart the
bullies of the world while creating some fun along the way. The nine
tricksters in this volume come from all points of the globe, including:
Persia ("The Smuggler"), India ("The Alligator and the Jackal"), Poland
("The Court Jester"), and France ("Reynard and the Fisherman").