Folk tales from the Lake District, selected for children by a professional storyteller Did you know that if you look closely behind Lakeland’s slate-capped fells you might find a mythical monster? Or that hidden around sparkling lakes you might catch a glimpse of the fabled fairy folk? What, you don’t believe me? Read these tales then take a look for yourself. This collection is full of stories that Taffy has told over the years, and that children love to hear time and again. Not only will they love to read them, or listen to them being read, the tales will also stimulate an interest in the area, and help children engage with their own surroundings. AUTHOR: Taffy Thomas started telling stories to cure a stroke and now gives around 300 storytelling performances a 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. As artistic director of the Northern Centre for Storytelling in Grasmere and the author of Cumbrian Folk Tales, Taffy is passionate about stories that originate from the Lake District. He lives in Grasmere, Ambleside. SELLING POINTS: . Published as part of a new series of folk tales for children, from Britain’s finest storytellers . Features specially commissioned illustrations by Grasmere illustrator Steven Gregg . Includes an ugly face- pulling competition, a dragon, the king of the fairies and a gang of smugglers . The History Press is the premier contemporary resource for British folk tales 25 b/w illustrations