Tales of mystery and magic

Lupton, Hugh.

Kit 2010

A bewitching world of mystery and magic awaits you! Meet singing elves with magical feet; skeletons that move of their own accord; and a heroic blackbird who outwits a powerful king. Master storyteller Hugh Lupton is at his exceptional best as he shares the most mysterious tales in his repertoire. Features stories from Chile, Greenland, India, Nigeria, North America, Russia and Scotland. Seven unputdownable stories each with an uncanny edge. --Am...

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ISBN:

9781846862588
1846862582

Description:

63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 audio disc (approximately 42 min.) : (digital ; 4 3/4 min.)

Notes:

Accompanying CD includes stories read by the author
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

The blackbird and his wife (Indian)
Two little elves (Chilean)
The mightiest mouse that ever nibbled fat (Inuit)
Winter and summer (Seneca)
The strange visitor (Scottish)
Who lives in the skull? (Russian)
The hunter's five sons (Nigerian)
Sources for the stories

LCCN:

2008028156

Control Number:

735737

Other Authors:

Baruzzi, Agnese, illustrator

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