Usborne 10 ten-minute stories
By: edited by Lesley Sims ; designed by Laura Nelson and Lenka Hrehova
Publisher: EDC Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780794535766
Subjects: English Short stories; Children's stories, English
Other titles: 10 ten-minute stories; Ten ten-minute stories
Description: A treasury of short stories, carefully selected because they make speedy bedtime reads. Each of these ten traditional tales takes just ten minutes to read aloud. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can tackle these simple stories on their own.
Notes: First published in 2015 by Usborne Publishing Ltd., England.
Table of contents: title: The king's pudding / retold by Mairi Mackinnon ; illustrated by Nathalie Ragondet; title: The tin soldier / by Hans Christian Andersen ; retold by Russell Punter ; illustrated by Lorena Alvarez; title: Beauty and the Beast / retold by Lesley Sims ; illustrated by Victor Tavarez; title: Why the sea is salty / retold by Rosie Dickins ; illustrated by Sara Rojo; title: The story of Pegasus / retold by Rosie Dickins ; illustrated by Simona Bursi; title: Dick Whittington / retold by Russell Punter ; illustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi; title: The magic gifts / retold by Russell Punter ; illustrated by Gabo León Bernstein; title: The firebird / retold by Maira Mackinnon ; illustrated by Alida Massari; title: The sorcerer's apprentice / retold by Lesley Sims ; illustrated by Poly Bernatene; title: Pinocchio / by Carlo Collodi ; retold by Katie Daynes ; illustrated by Mauro Evangelista.