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Celebrate the natural world with this stunning treasury of 50 beloved stories from around the globe. This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the animals, plants and the changing seasons that make planet Earth so beautiful.
A World Full of Nature Stories 50 Folk Tales and Legends
by McAllister, Angela; Ross, Hannah BessFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2022-05-03
Publisher(s): Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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Author Biography
Angela McAllister is the author of over 80 books for children and teens. Her books have won several awards, including the Red House Book Award for Yuck! That's Not a Monster! and the Stockport and Portsmouth Awards for My Mum has X-Ray Vision. Her picture book Leon and the Place Between has been adapted for the stage and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. She has collaborated with many illustrators, including Grahame Baker-Smith, Alex T. Smith, Margaret Chamberlain, Ross Collins, and Peter Bailey. She has worked on many titles for Frances Lincoln Children’s Books including best-selling titles A Year Full of Stories and A World Full of Animal Stories.
Table of Contents
Flowers, Fruit, and Seed
The Queen of the Flowers (Spain)
Planting Pears (China)
Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk (North America)
The Acorn and the Pumpkin (France)
The Twelve Months (Czech Republic)
The Magic Fruit (Peru)
Idun and the Golden Apples (Scandinavia)
Wind and Weather
Winter and Summer (Mongolia)
How the Freshwater Mussel Brought Rain (West Africa)
The Four Winds (North America)
How Lightning Began (India)
The First Fog (North America)
Little Daughter of the Snow (Russia)
The Girl who Helped Thunder (North America)
Kotura, Lord of the Winds (Russia)
Sparrow’s Search for Rain (Canada)
Creatures Great and Small
The First Buffalo (Vietnam)
The Bee, the Mouse, and the Beetle (Ireland)
The Giraffe and the Oxpecker (Africa)
The Honest Penny (Norway)
The Fox’s Tail (Palestine)
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Phaeton (Greece)
The King who Wanted to Touch the Moon (Dominican Republic)
The Theft From the Sun (North America)
The Big Dipper Brothers (Korea)
How the Sun was Made (Australia)
A Garment for the Moon (Eastern Europe)
Leaf and Tree
Jack and the Beanstalk (England)
The Plum Tree (Japan)
The Boastful Bamboo (Japan)
The Tree God (India)
The Six Brothers (New Zealand)
The Iron Tree (South Pacific)
The Little Fir Tree (Germany)
The Gift of Kü (Hawaii)
Mikku and the Trees (Estonia)
Lake, River, Ocean
The Pincoya’s Daughter (Chile)
Green Dragon Pond (China)
The Adventure in the Big Bog (Wales)
King Djoser and the Famine (Egypt)
The Ice Spirit’s Wonderful Grandson (The Netherlands)
The Princess of the Springs (Brazil)
The Grimsey Man and the Polar Bear (Iceland)
The Lake That Flew Away (Estonia)
The Stoorworm (Scotland)
Desert, Mountain, Stone
Stone Soup (Portugal)
Leaping Dragon Mountain (China)
Two Grains of Sand (Iraq)
The Story Stone (North America)
The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia)
The Queen of the Flowers (Spain)
Planting Pears (China)
Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk (North America)
The Acorn and the Pumpkin (France)
The Twelve Months (Czech Republic)
The Magic Fruit (Peru)
Idun and the Golden Apples (Scandinavia)
Wind and Weather
Winter and Summer (Mongolia)
How the Freshwater Mussel Brought Rain (West Africa)
The Four Winds (North America)
How Lightning Began (India)
The First Fog (North America)
Little Daughter of the Snow (Russia)
The Girl who Helped Thunder (North America)
Kotura, Lord of the Winds (Russia)
Sparrow’s Search for Rain (Canada)
Creatures Great and Small
The First Buffalo (Vietnam)
The Bee, the Mouse, and the Beetle (Ireland)
The Giraffe and the Oxpecker (Africa)
The Honest Penny (Norway)
The Fox’s Tail (Palestine)
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Phaeton (Greece)
The King who Wanted to Touch the Moon (Dominican Republic)
The Theft From the Sun (North America)
The Big Dipper Brothers (Korea)
How the Sun was Made (Australia)
A Garment for the Moon (Eastern Europe)
Leaf and Tree
Jack and the Beanstalk (England)
The Plum Tree (Japan)
The Boastful Bamboo (Japan)
The Tree God (India)
The Six Brothers (New Zealand)
The Iron Tree (South Pacific)
The Little Fir Tree (Germany)
The Gift of Kü (Hawaii)
Mikku and the Trees (Estonia)
Lake, River, Ocean
The Pincoya’s Daughter (Chile)
Green Dragon Pond (China)
The Adventure in the Big Bog (Wales)
King Djoser and the Famine (Egypt)
The Ice Spirit’s Wonderful Grandson (The Netherlands)
The Princess of the Springs (Brazil)
The Grimsey Man and the Polar Bear (Iceland)
The Lake That Flew Away (Estonia)
The Stoorworm (Scotland)
Desert, Mountain, Stone
Stone Soup (Portugal)
Leaping Dragon Mountain (China)
Two Grains of Sand (Iraq)
The Story Stone (North America)
The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia)
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