This beautifully illustrated collection of stories from one of the world's richest story-telling traditions is ideal for young readers and for reading aloud to 7-11 year-olds.

There is a story from the Ramayana, a story of Tenali Rama, and stories of common sense and of ghosts at noon.

Each story is introduced with information about its origins and the people who first started telling it, and maps locate the places associated with it. The book includes a glossary and sources of further information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories and their culture further.

Retold by an experienced storyteller and actor, this is a book to inform and entertain in equal measure.

This book is part of a book series called Multicultural Stories .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Since leaving the Bath College of Art, Rebecca Gryspeerdt has worked as a freelance illustrator, on projects as varied as Greenpeace cards and the Oxfam calendar. She has also co-written and ilustrated two children's books with Julia Mcrae. Vayu Naidu is is a writer, storyteller and academic whose grounding in India's oral tradition came principally through her grandmother. She teaches performance storytelling at the University of Kent and her theatre company is based in Canterbury. She also works with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction
• 2: Come, Listen to a Story
• 3: Dead Man Walking
• 4: The `Ramayana' Epic
• 5: Valmiki - the Highwayman Poet
• 6: Tenali Rama
• 7: The Goddess with her Hands Full
• 8: A Tale of Common Sense
• 9: Folly's Wisdom
• 10: Tree Ghosts at Noon
• 11: Meeting Mala
• 12: Husband's Aren't Always Right
• 13: The Wife Who Would Not Be Beaten
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further Information
• 16: India Activities