Fables Tales Of Guyana

Author : Norma Jean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978030704
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fables & Tales of Guyana written by Norma Jean and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fables and Tales are stories I have attempted to retell to the best of my memory for all the Caribbean and Guyanese/ Canadian parents and grandparents to read to their little ones. It will enrich your relationship with them and help them to understand you even better and cherish these memories.

Author : Mrs Norma Jean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978030711
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fables & Tales of Guyana written by Mrs Norma Jean and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my second book on tales of the Caribbean and it was inspired by the first book that was so well loved. Fables and Tales are stories I have attempted to retell to the best of my memory for all the Caribbean and Guyanese/Canadian parents and grandparents to read to their little ones. It will enrich your relationship with them and help them to understand you even better and cherish these memories.

Author : Robert J. Fernandes
Publisher : Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781906190194
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Short and Sweet written by Robert J. Fernandes and published by Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 25 short stories and fables that chronicle a way of life that is unmistakably Guyanese. Well-known Guyanese adventurer Fernandes writes from life experience, providing a fascinating snapshot of the Guyanese way of life. His characters range from lost tribes to porknocker wives; from Leroy the laxative man to Ma Bancroft the gun-toting old lady. The fables are a product of his imagination, and examine the lives of rainbows, raindrops, old dogs, snail hawks and trees from a refreshingly Guyanese perspective.

Author : Odeen Ishmael
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465356703
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guyana Legends written by Odeen Ishmael and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guyana Legends—Folk Tales of the Indigenous Amerindians By Odeen Ishmael G uyana Legends—Folk Tales of the Indigenous Amerindians is a collection of fifty folk tales of the first people to inhabit Guyana and the contiguous regions of the north coast of the South American continent. Very little is known of Amerindian history in Guyana before the arrival of European settlers in the early seventeenth century and, actually, no written form of their languages existed until about seventy years ago. Indeed, much of the history of the Amerindians people is based on oral traditions which are not quite clear because the periods when important events occurred are difficult to place. Still, native oral traditions are very rich in folk stories of the ancestral heroes and heroines of these indigenous people. Some of these folk stories have varying versions among the nine different language groups—or tribes— that comprise the Amerindian population of Guyana. Such a difference is illustrated in this book which presents two different tales of how fire was acquired and various versions of the legend of two immortal folk heroes, the bothers Makonaima and Pia. This present collection of Amerindian legends was compiled over a lengthy period of many years during which I listened to and collected versions of these tales from elderly Amerindians in various regions of Guyana, and more recently from Amerindian residents of the Delta Amacuro region of Venezuela, on the frontier with Guyana. Significantly, most of these legends were also summarised since the late nineteenth century by a succession of writers, including Everard F. im Thurn, W.H. Brett, Walter Roth and Leonard Lambert. But it is significant to note that those versions—by no means original—which were related by those writers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have undergone some changes with the passing years, and new characters have been added to them. Since Amerindians of the North West District of Guyana are ethnologically and culturally related to those in the eastern regions of Venezuela, particularly the Delta Amacuro region, it is noteworthy that the myths and legends of those Venezuelan Amerindians bear close similarities to those of their Guyanese counterparts. Interestingly, the Guajiro people—Amerindians of Arawak background living in north-west Venezuela near to Lake Maracaibo—also have some folk-tales that closely resemble those of their “relatives” living in the North-West District of Guyana and the Delta Amacuro region of Venezuela. For further information, the writings of Venezuelan researchers, Cesaréo de Armellada, Maria Manuela de Cora and Michel Perrin are recommended. It is essential to note too that an important character in Amerindian legend is “Tiger”. While there are a number of tigers in the stories—and generally they are all villains—these animals, however, are not part of the fauna in Guyana or the entire American continent. What is generally referred to as a “tiger” is the large spotted jaguar. And the “black tiger”, mentioned in one of the stories in this book, is the large South American puma. Twenty of the folk tales included in this collection appear in my earlier book, Amerindian Legends of Guyana, published in 1995. However, they have now been revised and, in some cases, retitled. Among the thirty other stories are those of two clever tricksters in Amerindian folklore, the lazy but sly Konehu and the wily rabbit, Koneso. Readers will find these legends of the original inhabitants of Guyana informative in the anthropological sense, in addition to being interesting and entertaining at the same time.

Author : Hanif Gulmahamad
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781500657123
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guyana Stories & Passages written by Hanif Gulmahamad and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains twenty two stories, a list of Guyanese creole proverbs, and twelve passages. It is written by Dr. Hanif Gulmahamad, BCE, a scholar, scientist, poet, and writer who is an American of Guyanese descent. He left Guyana for the first time on May 29, 1968 to seek higher education in the United States of America. He returned in 1976 and spent two years lecturing in the Department of Biology, University of Guyana, Turkeyen. He left the country again in December 1977 and returned to southern California. This book, like the others he has written, attempts to preserve for posterity a record of what life was like back in the old days in the motherland. His generation is rapidly moving on to the hereafter and he felt an obligation to tell these stories so that they can be secured for future generations.

Author : Deryck Bernard
Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780333953044
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going Home and Other Tales from Guyana written by Deryck Bernard and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains stories of boyhood days in Guyana, of characters such as Joe the gravedigger and Choker the ice vendor; of politics, fighting women and infidelity; of cricket at Bourda and of the harsh realities of digging for gold in the bush.

Author : Mrs Norma Gangaram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978030742
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends & Folklores of Guyana written by Mrs Norma Gangaram and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in the lastest book are the result of my memories of the great legends and folklores that my parents told me. If you are from Guyana, you will relate to these stories that the children love to hear. If you are not from Guyana, these stories are colourful and detailed to help your children visualize what is being told.

Author : Kirk Smock
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 1841629294
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guyana written by Kirk Smock and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2018 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new third edition of Bradt's Guyana remains the only guidebook available to this South American gem, a jungle-clad country teeming with exotic wildlife. Thoroughly researched, easy to use and interesting to read, Bradt's Guyana is written and updated by writers who have lived in and promoted Guyana for many years and is an ideal companion for all travellers, from wildlife watchers to fishermen, anthropologists to conservationists and 'voluntourists'. Guyana is a destination on the rise, described - justifiably - by the tourist board as 'South America Undiscovered'. This new edition of Bradt's Guyana has been updated to include all the latest developments, ranging from how to see harpy eagles at Warapoka to new culinary experiences, local tour operators, 4x4 self-drive and new hotels. Truly off the beaten track, Guyana is one of the most fascinating and least-known countries in the Americas. It is also the only English-speaking country in South America. The jewel in its crown is the mouth-droppingly beautiful Kaieteur Falls, which is nearly five times the height of Niagara and the world's tallest single-drop waterfall. Culturally Caribbean, its capital Georgetown is a curious melting-pot of quaint Dutch and British colonial architecture, steel drums, boisterous nightlife, rum shops with world-class rum, cricket and tropical sea breezes. It is also the gateway to the lush interior which is full to the brim with fascinating flora and fauna including monkeys, black caiman, harpy eagles, giant anteaters, otters and the mighty jaguar. With Bradt's Guyana, discover all of this, plus where to stay in community lodges and see the rainforest through the eyes of Amerindian guides, where to watch turtles nesting on the beach, how to explore the moody Essequibo river (the largest between the Orinoco and the Amazon), and how to visit the million-acre rainforest reserve of Iwokrama for the ultimate authentic wildlife experience. This third edition of Bradt's Guyana is the key book to plan an expedition into its densely forested lush interior, often accessible only by boat or small aircraft, before taking some 'time to lime' in a hammock in one of its tropical waterfront resorts.

Author : Andrew Adrian Munroe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964301009
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caribbean Stories written by Andrew Adrian Munroe and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853261282
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.