Magical Wonder Tales: King Beetle Tamer and Other Stories

By Isabel Wyatt

Book Overview

If Orfeo is to be king, his mother decides, he must sleep outside. And so Orfeo sleeps in the meadow and becomes friends with the animals, birds, insects and beetles. Then one day, he agrees to help a jackdaw return a ruby ring to a princess...

King Beetle Tamer is just one of fifteen magical wonder tales in this collection by master storyteller Isabel Wyatt. The stories are full of magic and unicorns, fairies and palaces, roses and gold, which will transport children to a world of faraway places and heroic deeds.

Suitable for children aged seven and up, this is a classic collection from the author of The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book.

A new revised edition, previously published as King Beetle-Tamer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178250009X
• ISBN13: 9781782500094
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Another great read from Isabel Wyatt!

My girls are 6 and 8 years old. We are homeschooling using a wonderful Waldorf curriculum which suggested we read this book. My girls listen to me read to them, full of wonder. They love this book and so do I!

Teacher comments

My seven-year old daughter heard a story from this book read by a dear elderly friend. She came home and told me the story word for word. She repeated it to her school during story time the next day. Since then I have used it as a play for my classes. The stories is this book truly speak to the children. They are about children and adventure and animals; all the things children love. The repetitive phrases add a lyric quality to the writings and help the children retell them. They make good stories for imaginative play during outside time.