The Magpie's Nest (eBook)

A Treasury of Bird Folk Tales

Taffy Thomas MBE (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 1. Auflage
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9180-3 (ISBN)

Infos

From crowded train stations to quiet woods and from city centres to our own back gardens, birds remind us that nature is everywhere. But do you know which is the king of the birds? Has anyone ever told you how the brave swallow got its forked tail? And what of the owl, who was really a baker's daughter? Take a look inside The Magpie's Nest, where a hoard of stories, riddles and rhymes is waiting for you. Suitable for all ages and charmingly illustrated by Lakeland artist Becca Hall, this is an essential collection of stories for all who love the natural world.

TAFFY THOMAS is a professional storyteller who gives around 300 storytelling performances across the country each year. He was the founder of legendary '70s folk theatre company Magic Lantern, who used shadow puppets and storytelling to illustrate folk tales. After surviving a major stroke in 1985 he used oral storytelling as speech therapy, which led him to find a new career working as a storyteller. One of the UK's most loved storytellers, he was made an MBE in the 2000 New Year's Honours List for services to storytelling and charity. In 2000-2011 he became the first laureate for storytelling, a role created to promote the power of stories. Taffy is the artistic director of the Northern Centre for Storytelling in Grasmere and the author of many collections of folk tales for The History Press. He lives in Grasmere, Ambleside.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.6.2019
• Illustrationen: Becca Hall
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: A Treasury of Bird Folk Tales • bird spotting • birdspotting guide • Fairy tales • Folklore • Folk Tales • Legend • Legends • Myth • Myths • Storyteller • Storytelling • Storytelling, folklore, folk tales, fairy tales, myth, legend, myths, legends, traditional tales, traditional stories, storyteller, birdspotting guide, bird spotting, • Storytelling, folklore, folk tales, fairy tales, myth, legend, myths, legends, traditional tales, traditional stories, storyteller, birdspotting guide, bird spotting, A Treasury of Bird Folk Tales • traditional stories • traditional tales
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9180-1 / 0750991801
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9180-3 / 9780750991803