A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite traditional story. Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 2 stories are told in under 1000 words.
This book features in the following series: Must Know Stories, Must Know Stories Level 2 .
This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .
Anne Walter is a freelance children`s book writer with a passion for fairy tale and fantasy stories. she has retold many famous fairy tales for reluctant readers, including a set of Hopscotch Fairy Tales. Andy Rowland lives in Bury, near Manchester. This is the first book he has illustrated for Bloomsbury. Andy is also published by Ladybird, HarperCollins and Usborne, among others.
This book contains the following story:
The Elves and the Shoemaker
In Grimms' The Elves and the Shoemaker a poor shoemaker has leather to make only one pair of shoes but many bills to pay. He cuts out the leather and leaves the shoes for sewing. The next morning the pieces have been transformed into an exquisite pair of shoes, so fine they sell for a fortune. This magic is repeated until he is quite wealthy. But his wife wishes to know where the beautiful shoes come from, and so the two stay up and spy. They discover that every night a band of elves visit and stitch the leather into gorgeous shoes. However the elves do not like to be seen, and having been discovered by the shoemaker never again return. But the shoemaker now has such a reputation that this is of no concern, as customers are plentiful and he is able to make a pretty good living on his own.
This book is in the following series:
Must Know Stories-Level 2
Must Know Stories
Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 2 stories are told in short chapters, with under 1000 words.
This book features the following character:
A Grimm Brother
This book features the character A Grimm Brother.
She brings a lively style and well thought out use of words o this version for young readers * Parents In Touch *