Folk Tales from Lucine's Library

Following are folk tales (many of them hard to find in independent bookstores) from Lucine’s personal library.
If you’d like a copy for yourself, click on the image or the title to go to Amazon.com.

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A Drop of Honey
By Djemma Bider
Illustrated by Armen Kojoian
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

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100 Armenian Tales
Collected and Edited by Susie Hoogasian Villa
Wayne State University Press

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Armenian Folk Tales and Fables
Retold by Charles Downing
Illustrated by William Papas
Oxford University Press

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The Contest: An Armenian Folktale
Adapted and Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Greenwillow Books

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David of Sassoun
Retold by Hovhannes Toumanian
Translated by Thomas Samuelian
Illustrated by Aida Boyajian

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David of Sassoun
Retold by Artin K. Shalian

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David of Sassoun
Translated and Retold by David Kherdian
Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian

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A Donkey Reads
Retold by Muriel Mandel
Illustrated by Andre Letria

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The Flower of Paradise and Other Armenian Tales
Translated and retold by Bonnie C. Marshall
Edited and with a Foreword by Virginian Tashjian
Libraries Unlimited

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Gadoo the Cat: An Armenian Folktale
By Susan Kadian Gopigian
Illustrated by Susan Collier Bolt
Shoushan Books
Distributed by Wayne State University Press

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The Golden Bracelet
Retold by David Kherdian
Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Holiday House

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Le Legende Armenienne de David de Sassoun
Retold by Jean V. Guréghian

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La Reine Anahide: Conte d’Arménie
Adapted by Hughes Beaujard
Ilustrated by Séta Papazian
Les Editions du Bonhomme Vert

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Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktale
Retold by Anthony L. Manna and Christodoula Mitakidou
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Aladdin Books

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Once the Hodja
By Alice Greer Kelsey
Illustrated by Frank Dobias
David McKay Company

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Once There Was and Was Not
By Virginia Tashjian
Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Little, Brown & Co.

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Once there Was and Was Not
By Page McBier
Illustrated by Stefano Vitale
See it on Stefano Vitale’s website

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One Fine Day
Retold and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian

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Rooster Brother
Written and Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Macmillan Publishing

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Russian Lacquer, Legends and Fairy Tales
Volumes I and II
By Lucy Maxym
Corners of the World, Inc.

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The Silver Web
By Alidz Agbabian
Illustrated by Vachag
Dzil-u-dzar Publications

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Tales of the Hodja
Retold by Charles Downing
Illustrated by William Papas
Henry Z. Walck, Inc.

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Three Apples Fell From Heaven: Armenian Tales Retold
By Virginia Tashjian
Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Little Brown

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Tork Angegh
By Ghazaros Aghayan
Illustrations by Taleen Hacikyan
Gomidas Institute

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A Weave of Words
By Robert San Souci
Illustrated by Raùl Colón
Orchard Books


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