Children's Folklore: A SourceBook
- ISBN-10
- 1136546111
- ISBN-13
- 9781136546112
- Series
- Children's Folklore
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 390
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-12
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Brian Sutton-Smith, Jay Mechling, Thomas W. Johnson
Description
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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