Book
1 of 1 Copy Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
Tales of mystery and magic
Edition
Book w/CD
Publication Information
Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, c2010.
Physical Description
[63] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (ca. 42 min.) (digital ; 4 3/4 min.)
Summary
A bewitching world of mystery and magic awaits you! Meet singing elves with magical feet; skeletons that move of their own accord; and a heroic blackbird who outwits a powerful king. Master storyteller Hugh Lupton is at his exceptional best as he shares the most mysterious tales in his repertoire. Features stories from Chile, Greenland, India, Nigeria, North America, Russia and Scotland. Ideal for Hallowe'en and for Christmas. Seven unputdownable stories each with an uncanny edge. --Amazon.com.
Notes
Accompanying CD includes stories read by the author.
Contents
- The blackbird and his wife (Indian)
- Two little elves (Chilean)
- The mightiest mouse that ever nibbled fat (Inuit)
- Winter and summer (Seneca)
- The strange visitor (Scottish)
- Who lives in the skull? (Russian)
- The hunter's five sons (West African)
- Sources for the stories.