A World Full of Nature Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends: Volume 9

By Author / Illustrator

Angela McAllister, Hannah Bess Ross

Genre

Environment

Age range(s)

Publisher

Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

ISBN

9780711266452

Format

Hardback

Published

01-03-2022

Synopsis

A World Full of Nature Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends is a beautiful book of stories that takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world. Sit back, get comfortable and delve into this beautifully-illustrated collection of beloved nature stories from every corner of 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.

The folktales and fables in this book will capture imaginations and take readers on a journey around the world. Learn about: The Peruvian tale of Cuniraya and the Magic Fruit, The story of how lightning began according to an ancient Khasi folk tale from India, From Ireland, the story of The Bee, the Mouse and the Beetle, The Master of the Winds in the ancient Iroquois story of The Four Winds, Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack from North American folklore, and Spain's Queen of the Flowers, who is brought to life one night by a magical fairy.

The World Full of... series is a collection of beautiful hardback story treasuries. Also available from the series: A Year Full of 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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Reviews

A World Full of Nature Stories - 50 Folk Tales and Legends is a beautifully illustrated book filled with wonderful stories! This book is split into sections where stories are grouped based on their content e.g. Sun, Moon and Stars, Lake, River and Ocean, Desert, Mountain and Stone.

Each story within the sections is titled and begins by stating which continent and country the story comes from. This is a great way to spark conversation with children about the different continents and the countries that make them up. There are stories included from a huge range of countries. Each story includes beautiful illustrations which help to bring them to life and shows the cultures that they come from. Although each page contains quite a lot of text, they are broken up with colourful pictures.

Older children will enjoy reading the stories to each other or themselves, however, younger children will also definitely enjoy listening to the stories and having them read to them. As the book includes folk tales and legends, the stories are wonderfully imaginative which will help children to explore their ideas about creative writing. A brilliant book which children of all ages will enjoy and including lots of lovely discussion points!

128 pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher