Clever, Kind, Tricky and Sly: A Bulgarian Folktale Sampler

It’s here! In my collection of Bulgarian folktales, Clever, Kind, Tricky, and Sly: A Bulgarian Folktale Sampler, you’ll find escapades of the tricky fox Kuma Lisa, tales of Clever Peter and Nasruddin Hodja, the Bulgarian version of Cinderella and many other stories! I give source notes and anecdotes about where I found the stories, many of which I collected while on a Fulbright in Bulgaria in 2015 (thank you, Fulbright Bulgaria, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Albena Georgieva-Angelova, Tzveta Misheva-Aleksova, Hristo Neykov and so many others).

Now thanks to Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, you can find it in bookstores and online. While I favor ordering from local bookstores, you can get it at Bookshop.org (which supports independent businesses) and that other online emporium (you know, the one where you can find the Kindle version).

Want it signed? If you live in or around Lawrence, KS, I’ll happily sign your copy. If you live farther away, I’ll sign a bookplate sticker, which I’ll snail mail to you to put in the book. Just send me an email with your mailing address.

I have a favor to ask. If you read it and like it, would you leave a review? Thanks!

P.S. I don’t know who the guy is on the cover. I wasn’t in charge of that part of the book. I think he’s Russian.