Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World - Softcover

Shannon, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688104967 ISBN 13: 9780688104962

Publisher: Beech Tree, 1991

Synopsis

The author of The Surprise and the illustrator of Beach Ball present here fourteen delicious mini-mysteries. "Each of these delightful folktales is a short puzzle to be solved. Timeless and universal."--School Library Journal.

About this title

About the Author:

George Shannon is a popular storyteller and former children's librarian whose many notable picture books include Tomorrow's Alphabet, Lizard's Guest, and White Is for Blueberry. Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, illustrated by Laura Dronzek, was named a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book. George Shannon lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

From Scientific American:

Gr. 4-6. Shannon aptly combines folklore and puzzles in this short collection of 14 stories from around the world. The tales, not more than a page or two long, present situations in which someone figures out a problem or solves a mystery. Readers are then asked to suggest how it was done. For those who can't -- and many of the stories are abstract -- solutions are provided. Though children aren't likely to pick this up by themselves, librarians and teachers may find this effective as an introduction to folklore or other library units, and it should provide good brain teasers in work with the gifted. Black-and-white speckled drawings add decoration, and some are cleverly used in illustrating the answers. Short source notes are appended.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beech Tree
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0688104967
• ISBN 13: 9780688104962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 55
• Illustrator: Sis Peter