Illustrated Stories from Around the World
Illustrated Stories from Around the World
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Illustrated Stories from Around the World by Lesley Sims
A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonecutter, Dick Whittington, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Pear Tree and Genie in the Bottle. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by artists from the Usborne Young Reading Programme. Chapters in this book include: - The Baobab Tree (a story from Africa) - Baba Yaga the Flying Witch (a story from Russia) - The Stonecutter (a story from Japan) - Dick Whittington (a story from England) - The Three Wishes (a story from Scandinavia) - The Fish that Talked (a story from India) - King Midas and the Golden Touch (a story from Ancient Greece) - Brer Rabbit Down the Well (a story from America) - The Magic Pear Tree (a story from China) - The Genie in the Bottle (a story from the Middle East)
A wonderful collection of folk tales from around the world, 10 in all, full of amazing characters and colourfully illustrated throughoutThe stories include: The Baobab Tree, The Fish That Talked, The Stonecutter and The Three Wishes. * Maher The Bookseller’s Summer Reading booklet *
Lesley Sims (Author)
Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.
Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781409516491 |
| ISBN 10 | 1409516490 |
| Title | Illustrated Stories from Around the World |
| Author | Lesley Sims |
| Series | Illustrated Story Collections |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Usborne Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |