Swallowing the Golden Stone: Stories and Essays

By Walter Wangerin Jr.

This collection of six of Wangerin's rich and profound lyrical fairy tales includes Branta and the Golden Stone and Elisabeth and the Water Troll. Beautiful line-art illustrations enhance the stories. Swallowing the Golden Stone also includes the award-winning writer's thoughts on writing, reading, story, and faith.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806637102
• ISBN13: 9780806637105
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Fanciful and fascinating fairy tales

Swallowing The Golden Stone: Stories And Essays by Walter Wangerin, Jr. is a superbly presented selection of fanciful and fascinating fairy tales and poems suitable for reading to children and by young adults. Enhancing this wondrous collection are some very thoughtful essays and comments upon these treasured classic stories. Swallowing The Golden Stone is comparable to the best of the Brothers Grimm, the tales of Hans Christian Anderson, the stories of C.S. Lewis, or the writings of Frank L. Baum and very highly recommended for family, school, and community fairytale and folktale collections.