Winter's Tales

Winter's Tales

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A selection of folk tales about winter from all around the world. Find out how spiders invented tinsel, what happened when the spring girl beat the hag of winter, why snow is eagles' feathers, and how a hero with hairy trousers used ice to kill a dragon. Stories from the Americas, Asia, Scandinavia and Europe make this a wonderfully inclusive anthology of the chilliest of tales, stunningly illustrated in papercut style.

Author: Lari Don
Format: Paperback, 128 pages, 135mm x 216mm, 151 g
Published: 2014, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's Fiction

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9781472900166-SECONDHAND
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A selection of folk tales about winter from all around the world. Find out how spiders invented tinsel, what happened when the spring girl beat the hag of winter, why snow is eagles' feathers, and how a hero with hairy trousers used ice to kill a dragon. Stories from the Americas, Asia, Scandinavia and Europe make this a wonderfully inclusive anthology of the chilliest of tales, stunningly illustrated in papercut style.