A treasury of five-minute stories
By: chosen by Fiona Waters ; illustrated by John Lawrence
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780753403266
Subjects: Children's stories, English
Description: There's always time for a story ... From a big bear who loves hugs to a little worm who longs to glow - here are over twenty stories from some of today's favourite authors. Perfect for reading aloud, every tale here has the power to entertain and delight a child in just five minutes. This varied collection proves even the shortest stories can be a special time!
Table of contents: title: Hetty / Anne Fine; title: The strange egg / Margaret Mahy; title: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse / Aesop ; retold by Fiona Waters; title: The glass cupboard / Terry Jones; title: A blind man catches a bird / Alexander McCall Smith; title: The bear who liked hugging people / Ruth Ainsworth; title: Zap! / Dick King-Smith; title: The man who didn't wash his dishes / Phyllis Krasilovsky; title: The woman who grew butterflies / Wendy Eyton; title: The soup-stone / Leila Berg; title: The thirteen cats / Daphne Lister; title: Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving ; retold by Fiona Waters; title: Happy birthday, Nana Barbara! / Pippa Goodhart; title: Keeping warmth in a bag : a Native American tale / retold by Fiona Waters; title: Eggs / Joan Aiken; title: Brer Rabbit to the rescue / Julius Lester; title: Milly-Molly-Mandy goes blackberrying / Joyce Lankester Brisley; title: Ally Bally and the magic bag / Tony Mitton; title: There's no such thing as fairy; title: / Simon Puttock; title: The hunted hare : an English folk tale / retold by Ethel Johnston Phelps; title: What's the time, Rory Wolf? / Gillian McClure; title: How the camel got his hump / Rudyard Kipling.