Beauties and Beasts

Presents several versions of "Beauty and the Beast" and "Cupid and Psyche," and provides several tales that reverse traditional gender roles. Includes commentary on each tale, activities, bibliographies, and a list of sources. Contents: Beauty and the Beast (French) / The Enchanted Tsarevitch (Russian) / The Princess and the Pig (Turkish) / A Bunch of Laurel Blooms for a Present (Appalachian) / The Small-Tooth Dog (English) / The Fairy Serpent (Chinese) / Monkey Son-In-Law (Japanese) / The Lizard Husband (Indonesian) / Cupid and Psyche (Greco-Roman) / The Serpent and the Grape-Grower's Daughter (French) / The Singing, Soaring Lark (German) / East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Norwegian) / Whitebear Whittington (Appalachian) / The Three Daughters of King O'Hara (Irish) / The Black Bull of Norroway (Scottish) / Bull-of-All-the-Land (Jamaican) / Prince White Hog (Missouri French) / The Enchanted Prince (Spanish American) / The Story of Five Heads (African) / The Ten Serpents (Israeli) / Egle, Queen of Serpents (Lithuanian) / Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (English) / The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs (Scottish) / Kemp Owyne (Scottish) / Pinto Smalto (Italian) / The Dough Prince (West Virginian) / Old Man Coyote, the Young Man and the Two Otter Sisters (Native American)