INDIAN FABLES – PANCHATANTRA – ILLUSTRATED AND PICTURE BOOK VERSIONS The following list accompanies the Panchatantra Fables chapter to be found in the Allyn & Bacon Anthology of Traditional Literature edited by Judith V. Lechner, Allyn & Bacon, 2003. • Brown, Marcia. The Blue Jackal. Scribner’s. 1977. • Gobhai, Mehlli The Blue Jackal. Prentice Hall, 1968. • Gobhai, Mehlli. Usha, the Mouse Maiden. Hawthorn Books, 1969. • Kajpust, Melissa. The Peacock’s Pride. Illustrated by Anne Kelley. Hyperion, 1997. • Kamen, Gloria The Ringdoves. Atheneum, 1988. • Upadhyay, Asha. Tales From India. Illustrated by Nickzad Nojoumi. Random House, 1971. This is a lively retelling of ten of the stories without the framework. • Tehranchian, Hassan. Kalilah and Dimnah. Illustrations by Anatole Ur. Harmony Books, 1985. 75 p. This is a translation of the Persian version of The Panchatantra. For a beautifully illustrated version see the Smithsonian’s edition of Kalila wa Dimna, 1981, or Jill S. Cowan’s translation of Kalila wa Dimna: An Animal Allegory of the Mongol Court. with Persian illuminations. Oxford University Press, 1989. These two editions are meant for adults. Another collection that includes some “Panchatantra Tales” is: • Kherdian, David. Feathers and Tails: Fables from Around the World. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. Philomel, 1992. • Several of the Panchatantra tales are also available from the India Parenting Web site: http//:www.indiaparenting.com/stories/panchatantra/index.shtml INDIAN FABLES – JATAKA TALES – ILLUSTRATED AND PICTURE BOOK VERSIONS • Demi Buddha Stories. Henry Holt, 1997. Includes ten Jataka tales. • Hodges, Margaret. The Golden Deer. Illustrated by Daniel San Souci. Scribner’s, 1992. • Lee, Jeanne M. I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1999. Includes ten Jataka tales. • Martin, Rafe. Monkey Bridge. Illustrated by Fahimeh Amiri. Knopf, 1997. • Heart of Gold. Illustrated by Rosalyn White. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Pub., 1989. This is one among the Jataka Tales Series. Two collections of Jataka tales include: • Babbitt, Ellen. Jataka Tales: Animal Stories, Prentice-Hall, 1940. Though older, this is still a fine collection for children. • Wray, Elizabeth, Clare Rosenfield, and Dorothy Bailey, The Ten Lives of the Buddha: Siamese Temple Paintings and Jataka Tales. Photographs by Joe D. Wray. Weather Hill, 1972. This is a collection of well told tales about the last ten of the thousands of lives of the Buddha with a concise and readable introduction appropriate for ages twelve and up. • A Web site that includes several Jataka tales is the India Parenting Web Site: http://www.indiaparenting.ocm/stories/jataka/index.shtml .