A Year Full of Stories: 52 Folk Tales and Legends from All Around the World
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Celebrate your year from New Year's Day to Christmas Eve with this treasury of 52 best-loved stories from around the world!
Turn the pages and get lost in a year full of stories as you journey around the world reading tale after tale to keep story time alive from one end of the year to the other. This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the changing seasons, cultural events and international festivals throughout the year.
The book is divided into 12 chapters, one for each month of the year, and throughout, stories are matched to internationally celebrated dates, including St. Patrick's Day and the International Day of Friendship, as well as seasonal events and festivals.
Introduce the children in your life to rich cultural traditions from all over the globe, with stories like:
Turn the pages and get lost in a year full of stories as you journey around the world reading tale after tale to keep story time alive from one end of the year to the other. This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the changing seasons, cultural events and international festivals throughout the year.
The book is divided into 12 chapters, one for each month of the year, and throughout, stories are matched to internationally celebrated dates, including St. Patrick's Day and the International Day of Friendship, as well as seasonal events and festivals.
Introduce the children in your life to rich cultural traditions from all over the globe, with stories like:
King of the Forest, a Chinese story to celebrate Chinese New Year
The Frog Prince, a German story to celebrate Valentine's Day
The Hare in the Moon, a Buddhist story to celebrate Vesak
The Boots of Hunain, an Arabic story to celebrate Ramadan
Jonah and the Whale, a Bible story to celebrate Yom Kippur
How the Pine-tree Chief got his Name, an Iroquois story for Thanksgiving
The Feast, an African story to celebrate Kwanza
Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister, and illustrated by internally recognized artist Christopher Corr, this is a book that will be treasured by families and appeal to teachers and librarians around the world. For story lovers young and old this is the perfect anthology for the entire family. Sure to keep the boredom blues at bay at any time of the year.
Info
ISBN: 9781847808684
Published Date: October 6, 2016
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Language: English
Page Count: 125
Size: 11.09" l x 9.72" w x 0.66" h
Age Classification: Ages 6 to 8
Category
Children Fiction