Kingfisher Treasury of Stories from Around the World
volume 14, Kingfisher Treasury of Stories
No. of pages 160
Published: 2004
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This is volume 14 in Kingfisher Treasury Of Stories .
There are 160 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2004 by Pan Macmillan .
Linda Jennings was born in Sussex and began her career as a children's book editor. She has written over thirty children's books, many for Little Tiger Press. She now works as a freelance editor and writer, and lives in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, with her two cats. Alison Edgson was born in County Down in Northern Ireland. She studied Visual Communication at the University of Ulster in Belfast. She is currently living in France with her husband, two chocolate Labradors and a cat. Victor Ambrus is a well-known illustrator of over 300 children's picture books.
This book has the following chapters: "The Giant's Daughter" - a Scandinavian tale, Ethel Johnstone-Phelps; "The Great Greedy Beast", an African tale, Amabal Williams-Ellis; "Ricky of the Tuft", a French fairy tale, Linda Jennings; "The Wonderful Fish-Hook" - A Maori tale, Linda Jennings; "Saving the Pennies" - a Jewish Tale, Adele Geras; "Tortoise Triumphant" - an African tale, Geraldine Elliot; "The Pagoda Tree" - a Chinese tale, Linda Jennings; "The Word of Power" - an Iraqi tale, Barbara Sleigh; "Moowis" - a native American tale, Alan Garner; "Lakshmi and the Clever Washerwoman" - an Indian tale, Madhur Jaffrey; "Medio Pollito" - a Spanish tale, Linda Jennings; "The Lucky Tea-Kettle" - a Japanese tale, Helen and William MacAlpine; "Bro Tiger Goes Dead" - a Caribbean tale, James Berry; "The Visitor from Heaven" - a Sri Lankan tale, Beulah Candappa; "The Birth of the Sun and the Moon" - an Aztec tale, Linda Jennings; "Baba Yaga" - a Russian tale, Linda Jennings; "A Sackful of Spirits", Linda Jennings.
