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 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 a re-issue of STORIES FROM INDIA in the MULTICULTURAL STORIES series.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Multicultural Stories, Traditional Stories .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2006 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.