Ten Small Tales: Stories from Around the World - Softcover

Lottridge, Celia Barker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088899852X ISBN 13: 9780888998521

Publisher: Groundwood Books, 2008

Synopsis

With Ten Small Tales, Celia Barker Lottridge expands the range of stories available for the very young. Drawing inspiration from sources the world over, she has discovered new tales that contain all the magic of the old favorites from a monkey who wants to dance on the village rooftops to an old lady who tricks a coyote. Based on years of telling and retelling these stories to children, Lottridge has crafted a collection destined to become the new nursery classic. Accompanied by the gentle watercolors of award-winning illustrator Joanne Fitzgerald, these tales are small gems, delivered with spirit and humor by one of Canada’s foremost storytellers.

About this title

About the Author:

Celia Barker Lottridge is a writer and storyteller who has written several highly acclaimed children's books, including Ticket to Curlew (winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Historical Fiction Award), Berta: A Remarkable Dog (nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award, Horn Book starred review) and Stories from the Life of Jesus (Publishers Weekly starred review). She wrote Home Is Beyond the Mountains after hearing her mother's stories about growing up in Persia and after reading letter's written by Celia's aunt, Susan Shedd. Born in Iowa and raised in the United States, Celia now lives in Toronto. Joanne Fitzgerald was a very talented illustrator who had a rewarding and prolific career in children's books. She illustrated many well-loved titles, such as The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button (winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award) and Ten Small Tales by Celia Barker Lottridge, and Emily's House by Niko Scharer. She also wrote and illustrated several books, including This is Me and Where I Am.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3-From distant lands-Malaysia, Russia, China, the Congo, the Far North-Lottridge has collected and adapted 10 folktales. All are short, from four to eight pages including illustrations. Each presents a child or an animal with a unique problem or desire, from a monkey who wants to dance on the village rooftops, to four animals who want to picnic on top of the mountain. All of the stories have thoroughly satisfying endings. In "The One-Turnip Garden," the girl who was too little to help plant and tend the garden is the one whose words help harvest the "big gigantic turnip." The stories have fine traditional structures, with a series of incidents building to a climax. They are written to invite listeners' participation in repeating verses, phrases, or cumulative lists. The many charming pale watercolor illustrations are the icing on the cake. A page of notes gives the national origin and sometimes the collection of tales from which the story was adapted. Storytellers and their audiences, parents looking for short bedtime selections, and children who have recently learned to read will enjoy this book. One copy won't be enough for busy children's rooms.
Nancy Seiner, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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About this edition

• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 088899852X
• ISBN 13: 9780888998521
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Fitzgerald Joanne