A collection of short stories, fables and moral tales from around the world.One voice, please, shouts the innkeeper. One voice only, please. And so begins a marvellous journey through the oral storytelling tradition. Containing over fifty short stories and fables from around the world, this humble anthology is the result of author Sam McBratney s 25-year interest in collecting tales. Well-known tales such as The Good Samaritan and The Pied Piper make an appearance, as well as many new stories. Told with wit and wisdom, the tales are accompanied by stylish black and white illustrations from Russell Ayto.
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An excellent collection of short stories...the tales maintain the interest of the hearers and make great practice reading for emergent young readers...the original line drawings of Russell Ayto add to the joy of the tales as does the charming presentation.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780744583311
Publisert
2006-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Walker Books Ltd
Vekt
172 gr
Høyde
187 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Sam McBratney is the renowned author of the multi-million selling "Guess How Much I Love You". His other books include "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" and "Just Me and You".

Russell Ayto's popular children's books include "Quacky quack-quack!" (shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award) and the novelty picture book, "Super Sue".