Why the tides ebb and flow, Why jellyfish has no shell, Why some trees are evergreen, and many, many other tales from peoples of all the world-from Malaysia to the Arctic and the countries of Europe and North America, too. These short, easy-to-read stories have been gathered by a noted folklorist.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of over 75,000 general vocabulary words and phrases, and includes entymologies, preferred U.S. spellings, sample phrases and sentences, and a pronunciation system.
