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A collection of 16 mythical, legendary and more recent tales, guided by the thought that 8-year-olds need heroes, real or imaginary, who perform great deeds on a grand scale.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes in this collection of mythical, legendary, and modern tales chosen especially for reading to eight-year-olds. In Stories for Eight-Year-Olds Greek, Chinese, German and Serbian tales of great deads combine with the work of master storytellers like Andersen, Dickens, Kipling, and Thurber.
Eight-year-olds will be delighted by the bravery and cleverness of Bellerophon. Ali Baba, Tiki-Pu, and Princess Alicia as they overcome problems great and small, from taming the mighty Pegasus to making dinner for eighteen brothers and sisters.
Stories for Eight-Year-Olds are perfect for bedtime, rainy days -- any time young listeners want adventure, humor, and heroic deeds.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes in this collection of mythical, legendary, and modern tales chosen especially for reading to eight-year-olds. In Stories for Eight-Year-Olds Greek, Chinese, German and Serbian tales of great deads combine with the work of master storytellers like Andersen, Dickens, Kipling, and Thurber.
Eight-year-olds will be delighted by the bravery and cleverness of Bellerophon. Ali Baba, Tiki-Pu, and Princess Alicia as they overcome problems great and small, from taming the mighty Pegasus to making dinner for eighteen brothers and sisters.
Stories for Eight-Year-Olds are perfect for bedtime, rainy days -- any time young listeners want adventure, humor, and heroic deeds.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0571129692
- ISBN 13 9780571129690
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages191
- EditorCorrin Sara, Corrin Stephen
- IllustratorHughes Shirley
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