A Year Full of Stories
52 folk tales and legends from around the world
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- £9.49
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- £9.49
Publisher Description
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: King of the Forest, a Chinese story to celebrate Chinese New YearThe Frog Prince, a German story to celebrate Valentine’s DayThe Hare in the Moon, a Buddhist story to celebrate VesakThe Boots of Hunain, an Arabic story to celebrate RamadanJonah and the Whale, a Bible story to celebrate Yom KippurHow the Pine-tree Chief got his Name, an Iroquois story for ThanksgivingThe Feast, an African story to celebrate Kwanza Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister, and illustrated by internally recognised 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.
The World Full of… series is a collection of beautiful hardback story treasuries. Discover folktales from all around the world or be introduced to some of the world’s best-loved writers with these stunning gift books, the perfection addition to any child’s library.
Also available from the series:A World Full of Animal Stories, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, A World Full of Dickens Stories, A World Full of Spooky Stories, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals and A Bedtime Full of Stories.
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Fifty-two traditional stories from across the globe carry readers through a year's worth of holidays and other seasonal celebrations secular and religious, modern and ancient. Familiar offerings such as "The Frog Prince," paired with Valentine's Day, and the biblical tale of Jonah and the whale (whose theme of repentance fits well with Yom Kippur) join stories from Arabic, Iroquois, Korean, and Norwegian legend that will likely be new to many readers. Corr accompanies the tales with bright gouache illustrations whose folk art aesthetic ably bridges the many cultures on display; a closing section offers capsule descriptions of each of the holidays. Though little detail is provided about the origins of the stories themselves, this is a rich and diverse compendium that lends itself to casual perusing. Ages 6 9.