Eleven Nature Tales: A Multicultural Journey

Pleasant DeSpain

ଜାନୁଆରୀ 1996 · august house

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Includes "All things are connected," "Sun catcher," "Cooking with salt water," "The friendship orchard," "Frog swallows ocean," "Rabbit's tail tale," "The savage skylark," "Cardinal's red feathers," "Starfire"

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Pleasant DeSpain Bio: Pleasant DeSpain has a most unusual but true name and an equally unusual but true profession - writer and storyteller. He travels the world collecting, researching, writing and retelling traditional tales from native cultures. Born in Colorado, he wrote his first original story at age eight. It was published as "The Mystery Artist" in 1996. Pleasant taught speech-literature-drama for six years at three universities, and wrote-produced-hosted an award-winning TV show called "Pleasant Journeys" on KING TV, Seattle. Now, the author of eighteen award-winning, multicultural story collections and picture books, published by August House, has a home in Troy, NY and frequently travels to spend extended periods of time in Thailand. Pleasant continues to travel the world having amazing adventures. While living in Thailand he has continued to collect more stories and is working on a new book.