Tales of the Shimmering Sky: Ten Global Folktales with Activities

by Susan Milord and Susan Milore

Book Overview

For ages 4 to 8 years. Although the sky is here for us to discover today, it links us to our past as well. Join award-winning author, Susan Milord, on an ethnic journey and an incredible adventure... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885593015
• ISBN13: 9781885593016
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

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Tales of a Shimmering Sky

A good source for teachers to find stories about the myths and legends of the constellations.

The best of a wonderful series...

All three Williamson "Tales alive!" books are great but of the three this is my favourite. The stories chosen are delightful and cover a range of sky related themes, eg. the sun, moon, stars, weather. The stories were not always the best known from a region (I noticed this with the Polynesian entry as that's my part of the world), and this was a definite plus for me. The activities are great - I work with slightly older children than the book is aimed at but could easily adapt them to suit.

Tales of the Shimmering Sky has something for everyone!

This collection of ten folktales from around the world (Native America, Slovakia, India, Europe, Canada, Polynesia, Mexico, Africa, and Scandinavia) focuses on the sky--heavenly bodies, the seasons, and the weather. In addition to Milord's colorful and creative stories, this resource also contains background information, science experiments, hands-on projects, games, arts and craft activities, and recipes. Children are invited to learn about the mysteries of the sky through exciting activities such as baking a batch of celestial pretzels, solving a lunar calendar puzzle, making a Beaufort scale to estimate wind speed, and flying an origami-style paper kite.