Angela Mcallister

An Ocean Full of Stories

50 Folktales and Legends from Around the World
Illustrator: Agar, Sally

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Produktbeschreibung

Dive into a watery world in An Ocean Full of Stories, an illustrated anthology of folk tales from around the globe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frances Lincoln Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: 5 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 275mm x 245mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 772g
• ISBN-13: 9780711295902
• ISBN-10: 0711295905
• Artikelnr.: 71813540

Autorenporträt

Angela McAllister took a degree in Humanities at Middlesex College before becoming a children's book author. To date, she has written more than 80 books for children, including Frances Lincoln Children's best-selling titles A Year Full of Stories and A World Full of Animal Stories. Sally Agar is an illustrator and designer from North Yorkshire, UK. She spent the first ten years of her career living in Sweden, working as a print designer in the fashion industry. She is the illustrator of Alexander von Humboldt in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series and loves working with color, texture, and pattern to bring spark and energy to her work.

Inhaltsangabe

FISHY TALES
Colapesce (Italy) 
The Lost Fisherman (England) 
The Deceitful Pelican (Malay Peninsula) 
The Monstrous Pike (Russia) 
The Swordfish (Singapore) 
The Magic Mackerel (England) 
The Fisherman and his Wife (Germany) 
Hippo's Promise (South Africa) 
Crossing the Water
How the Animals Came to Australia (Australia) 
Tiggak the Sorcerer (Inuit) 
The Cat and the Dog (Korea) 
The Land that Went to Sea (Fiji) 
The Mermaid and the Apples (Isle of Man) 
Thor's Fishing Trip (Norway) 
Dionysus and the Pirates (Greece)
Pools, lakes, and rivers
The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Fish (South Africa) 
Dragon Lake (Romania) 
Sina and the Eel (Samoa) 
The Wild Waves of the Sea (Sweden) 
The Twin Lakes (Portugal) 
Why River Waters are Never Still (North America) 
The Four Dragons (China) 
Echo and Narcissus (Greece) 
The Water Lily (Brazil) 
The Talking Fish (China) 
Yanachek and the Water Demon (Czechia) 
The Bended Rocks (North America, Seneca) 
TRICKS AND TRIALS
Why the Sea is Salty (Japan) 
The Alligator and the Jackal (India) 
The Selkie and the Otter King (Scotland)
The Fox and the Fleas (Europe) 
The Octopus and the Whale (Micronesia) 
Anansi’s Fishing Trip (Ghana) 
The Girl Fish (Spain) 
Pu-nia, King of the Sharks (Hawaii) 
Ocean Gods and Water Spirits
Why the Crocodile has a Wide Mouth (North America) 
The Sea King's Gift (Finland) 
The Fisherman and the Genie (Asia) 
The Two Serpents (Chile) 
The Fish-Peri (Turkey) 
The Music of the Sea (Finland)
BESIDE THE SEA, BENEATH THE WAVES
The Siren (France) 
The Shemi Wâd and the Seagulls (Wales) 
M¿ui and the Great Fish (New Zealand) 
The Merman (Iceland) 
The Sea, the Fox, and the Wolf (India) 
Turtle's Island (Papua New Guinea) 
The City Under the Sea (North America) 
The Forbidden Knot (Estonia) 
Tambanokano (Philippines) 
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