Somerset Folk Tales for Children (eBook)

Sharon Jacksties (Autor)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8824-7 (ISBN)

Infos

When you are in Somerset you are never far from mysterious caverns, whispering woods, hidden valleys and places which can't decide whether they are seascapes or landscapes. The ancient Kings Arthur and Alfred hid amongst Somerset's secret waterways, waging the wars and making treaties that forged Britain's history. Outlaws and highwaymen lived on the wildest of moors that plummet into the sea. Ordinary people farmed the land and fished the waters alongside the Little People, the Fair Folk, the fairies and goblins that were as tricksy and unchancy to meet as any smuggler... In this collection, professional storyteller Sharon Jacksties has selected and reworked tales for children aged 7-11 to discover.

SHARON JACKSTIES has been a performance, community and applied storyteller for over 30 years and is the author of 4 books published by The History Press. Sharon has storytelling teaching practice in the UK and abroad, regularly running courses at Halsway Manor, England's only residential centre for the performing arts. Much of her work is focused on the stories of place, teaching how to invoke a 'sense of place' through the stories of various locales and working site specifically with performance programmes, e.g. for The National Trust and countless museums. Until recently she was UK ambassador for The Federation of European Storytelling organisations. Sadly this new post came to a premature end due to Brexit. As a performance storyteller she is known for her eclectic repertoire and for telling unusual and seldom-heard stories from all over the world.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Gedichte / Lieder
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Alfred the Great • children • fair folk • Fairies • fairy • Fairytales • fairytales, storytelling, storytellers, storyteller, folklore, folk tale, myth, legend, myths, legends, children, mysterious caverns, whispering woods, hidden valleys, king arthur, king alfred, alfred the great, outlaw, outlaws, highwayman, highwaymen, somerset moors, little people • Folklore • Folk Tale • Goblin • Goblins • hidden valleys • highwayman • highwaymen • King Alfred • King Arthur • Legend • Legends • little people|the little people • mysterious caverns • Myth • Myths • Outlaw • Outlaws • somerset moors • Storyteller • storytellers • Storytelling • The Fair Folk • the little people, fair folk, the fair folk, fairies, goblin, goblins, fairy, • Whispering Woods
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8824-X / 075098824X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8824-7 / 9780750988247