The Riddle in the Tale

Riddles and Riddle Folk Tales

Taffy Thomas (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2017
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8182-8 (ISBN)

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This book includes both magical riddle tales and simple riddle challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies’ riddles or how the old hen wife helped the two brothers to solve the riddle of their father’s will. Have a read – you’ll be hooked.

We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies’ riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father’s will. Have a read – you’ll be hooked.

TAFFY THOMAS is a professional storyteller who gives around 300 storytelling performances across the country each year. 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.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2017
Illustrationen	Steven Gregg
Vorwort	Michael Rosen
Zusatzinfo	40 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7509-8182-2 / 0750981822
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-8182-8 / 9780750981828
Zustand	Neuware