More Ready-to-Tell Tales from around the World by David Holt

More Ready-to-Tell Tales from around the World by David Holt

Winner of Storytelling World Award & Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice AwardThis collection of world tales focuses on stories originating from nearly every continent. They are short, gripping stories that kick in fast, including comedy, trickster, tall tales, and family themes for middle and young readers.When David Holt and Bill Mooney collaborated on their original Ready-to-Tell Tales in 1994, they knew they had a tiger by the tail. How do you top what School Library Journal called a highly recommended.extraordinary collection? With more terrific stories contributed by seasoned storytellers, and with a number of enhanced features, such as age-level and audience recommendations, an index of cultural stories, and profiles and photographs of the contributing storytellers. Forty-four of the world's finest storytellers contribute tales all the way from Senegal to Cuba. These tall tales about wise fools, tricksters and animals will teach readers the importance of caring, fairness and resourcefulness.

Mooney, Bill: -

Bill Mooney lives in Lexington, Kentucky. He served as the associate editor of the old Thoroughbred Record for several years, as the associate editor of The Thoroughbred Times for several years, and was a staff writer for Blood-Horse magazine for four years. He has two Eclipse Awards for magazine writing, and has also received honorable mentions in the Eclipse competition on four other occasions. George Ennor was a racing correspondent for The Sporting Life for almost 40 years and before becoming a regular columnist on the Racing Post. Until his death in late 2005, he was a consultant to the sports agency Racenews. He owned shares in some horses--most notably Pelours (who won in his colors) and Gales Cavalier. Graeme Kelly has been writing about horse racing in Australia for many years as a journalist. He has written a number of books, including the biography of the great Australian horse, Kingston Town, The King: The Story of a Champion.

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ISBN 13	9780874835830
ISBN 10	0874835836
Title	More Ready-to-Tell Tales from around the World
Author	David Holt
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	August House Publishers
Year published	2005-12-13
Number of pages	256
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