Shropshire Folk Tales for Children

Folk tales from Shropshire, especially selected for children by a professional storyteller. Do you know that there are mermaids in Shropshire? How about giants? Or highwaymen? Shropshire is full of myths, legends and magical creatures. Under every rock lurks a fortune-telling toad; heroes lie sleeping beneath the hills; and there are still hoardes of treasure waiting to be found. In this new collection professional storyteller and author Amy Douglas retells some of Shropshire’s best stories, the ones that were so good they have been told father-to-daughter and mother-to-son
and always remembered. AUTHOR: Amy Douglas is a professional storyteller and award-winning author. She loves Shropshire’s rich diversity of folklore and has been researching, learning and performing it for most of her life. Much of her work has been and is with children, in both educational and entertainment settings. She is the author of Shropshire Folk Tales, published by The History Press in 2011. SELLING POINTS: . Part of a new series of folk tales for children, from Britain’s finest storytellers . Features specially commissioned illustrations by a local artist . Mythical creatures, fairy-tale characters and mysterious goings-on all linked to well-known local places . The History Press is the premier contemporary resource for British folk tales 30 b/w illustrations