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008    150706s2015    maua   j      000 0 eng   
010    2014048118 
020    9781611802641 (hardback : alk. paper) 
020    1611802644 (hardback : alk. paper) 
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082 00 294.3/82325|223 
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100 1  McGinnis, Mark W.,|d1950-|eauthor,|eillustrator. 
245 10 When the Buddha was an elephant :|b32 animal wisdom tales 
       from the Jataka /|cwritten and illustrated by Mark W. 
       McGinnis. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Boston :|bShambhala,|c2015. 
300    ix, 86 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
336    still image|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    "A treasury of traditional Buddhist wisdom tales, 
       illustrated with gorgeous original artwork. Around the 
       beginning of the common era, Indian Buddhists began to 
       collect fables, or Jataka tales, illuminating various 
       human virtues and foibles--from kindness, cooperation, 
       loyalty, and self-discipline on the one hand to greed, 
       pride, foolishness, and treachery on the other. Animals, 
       instead of people, took the leading roles, giving the 
       tales a universal appeal. Tales of this kind have emerged 
       all over the world--in the Mediterranean as Aesop's fables
       and in various other guises throughout the Middle East, 
       East Asia, Africa, Russia, and Europe. Author and painter 
       Mark McGinnis has collected thirty-two of these tales and 
       retold them in poetic yet accessible language, their 
       original Buddhist messages firmly intact. Each story is 
       beautifully illustrated with a full-color painting, making
       this a book that will appeal to both children and adults, 
       Buddhist and non-Buddhist, who love fine stories about 
       their fellow wise (and foolish) creatures"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
630 00 Tipiaka.|pSuttapiaka.|pKhuddakanikya.|pJtaka|vParaphrases,
       English. 
650  0 Jataka stories, English. 
650  0 Fables.