This is a fantastic treasury of stories from around the world, retold for young children. It contains five traditional tales with illustrations from the "Usborne Young Reading Programme": "Aladdin and his Magical Lamp" (Persia), "Brer Rabbit Down the Well" (United States), "How Zebras Got their Stripes" (Africa), "Why the Sea is Salty" (Korea) and "The Dragon Painter" (China). Each story is beautifully illustrated and perfect for either reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone.

 

This book features in the following series: Story Collection For Children, Usborne Picture Storybooks .

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.