TY - BOOK AU - Todino,Grace AU - Keeble,Susan TI - Halimah and the snake and other Omani folk tales SN - 9781905299638 : AV - PZ8.1.T523 Hal 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Stacey International KW - Tales KW - Oman KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Folklore N1 - Halimah and the snake -- The talking tree -- The invisible woman -- Mariyam's secret -- The arrogant man -- The good wife -- True brothers -- Ain Al-Zaman -- Asif's betrayal -- The girl who was dead N2 - In Halimah and the Snake, Grace Todino-Gonguet has collected and re-written a handful of stories from Oman's folktale heritage. As with folktales and legends worldwide, the creatures and characters are at times terrifying and fantastic, the stories always enthralling, and invariably seek to impart some moral guidance to their young readers ER -