Have you tried PUBYAC? It would enable you to access the collective brain of thousands of youth service librarians all around the country. https://mail.prairienet.org/mailman/listinfo/pubyac

Kathy Muhm wrote:

Hi Jan --

I tried googling your clues, on a whim, and though I didn't identify your story, it looks like it's probably Vietnamese, so that's one more clue .....

http://www.xanga.com/youngvan/650587883/item.html

-- Kathy

-- Kathy Muhm Assistant Director Coordinator of Youth Services Westfield Memorial Library 550 East Broad Street Westfield, NJ 07090-2197 http://www.wmlnj.org Tel: 908-789-4090 x 3 Fax: 908-789-9523

CDL: 2371

--- On Sat, 7/19/08, Jan Johnson /...@princetonlibrary.org">JJohnson@princetonlibrary.org/ wrote:

From: Jan Johnson <JJoh...@princetonlibrary.org>
Subject: [njyac] hungry emperor question
To: kath...@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 10:34 AM

I sent this out about a week ago but didn\x92t see it on the list so
I\x92m trying again. Thanks,



I have a patron looking for a folktale where an emperor who is very
hungry is given soup which he finds delicious. He tries to recreate
that taste unsuccessfully for years, later learning that hunger is
the best seasoning.

I have tried using both editions of The Storyteller\x92s Sourcebook
using terms such as \x93hunger\x94, \x93food\x94, \x93seasonings\x94 etc.

Jan Johnson





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Jan Johnson

Manager of Youth Services

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street

Princeton NJ 08542

609-924-9529 ext 240

fax 609-924-7937



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