Wonder Tales from Around the World

By Heather Forest

Book Overview

PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult Readers Selected for The Elementary School Library Collection Storytelling World Award

Traditional stories from the oral tradition, endure generation after generation because--although they are not literal--they resound in timeless truths on a human scale.

These 27 folktales from award-winning author, Heather Forest, remind us of wisdom so elemental it is often lost in the rush of everyday life, so that "sometimes common sense makes no sense at all." Wonder Tales also marks the second installment from award-winning author Heather Forests's trilogy: Tales from Around the World series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874834228
• ISBN13: 9780874834222
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6

Customer Reviews

Excellent service!

This is a great book in very good condition. It was delivered quickly and was well packaged - altogether an excellent transaction. Thank you! As for the book itself - it is fabulous. I have had Wisdom Tales by the same author for a long time and absolutely loved it - and I had been looking forward to adding this to my collection. Although the stories don't have the same obvious moral twist as the first book - they are absorbing and well told. Heather Forest has a knack of taking folktales and rewriting them in a vivid way that makes them spring off the page. They are both excellent for reading out loud - but also for telling. A great resource book and one that I will enjoy for years to come.

A great selection of Wonder Tales

I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed the Wisdom tales(I may have accidently called the Wisdom tales Wonder tales)again, having seen Ms. Forest perform live was a great pleasure. I enjoyed all the helps provided as to how these stories were found. I hope to use these resources in my own further research. I recommend all of Ms. Forest's tapes and books for enjoyable reading and listening to teachers, parents and children. Let your imagination go and you will discover the joy of story! A great effort!