Innehållsförteckning för September 2019 från Storytime

One day, a wealthy lady passed the house of a young weaver and was so upset by how poor he was, she gave him one hundred gold coins. The weaver was astounded by his good fortune and couldn’t decide what to do with the coins. “I’ll talk about it with my wife when she’s home from the market,” he thought. “She’ll know what to do.” So he hid the money in a basket of old rags, where he was certain nobody would ever find it. Later that day, while the weaver was out, his wife came home. Shortly after, a rag-dealer rode by shouting, “Any old rags? Any old rags?” As they were so poor, the wife looked at the basket of rags and said, “What good are they to…

According to the Haida people of Canada, at the beginning of the world there was no light, fire or water. Life was miserable. This was because Grey Eagle was the guardian of the sun, moon, stars, fire and fresh water – and Grey Eagle hid them away because he hated people. Now Grey Eagle had a beautiful daughter and Raven had heard a lot about her. Raven was also handsome. His feathers were as white as the purest snow and his wings were wide and strong. One day, Raven met Grey Eagle’s daughter and they fell in love with each other. She invited Raven to visit her longhouse the next day to meet her father. However, when Raven came to visit, he was shocked to discover the sun, moon, stars,…

Once upon a time, in the grounds of a magnificent palace, a queen threw a spectacular birthday party for her dear son Prince Siegfried. Siegfried was about to turn twenty-one, which meant he would now be king. But instead of feeling excited about it, he was filled with dread. He wasn’t ready to take on such a demanding job. All Prince Siegfried wanted to do was dance and laugh with his friends, and forget all about his responsibilities. However, the queen had other ideas. “Siegfried, it’s time to stop celebrating and start thinking about your future. There are many princesses here tonight. Who will be your bride?” All night long, princesses had been vying for the prince’s attention. He sighed deeply, “I always hoped to marry someone I loved, Mother,…

Beauty’s love of books made her the perfect teacher for Storyland – and her pupils always looked forward to their lessons in Beauty and Beast’s castle library. Beauty’s library had every book you could ever dream of and it was home to her magic mirror, which she used to show her class amazing things – from Oz and Neverland to unicorns and dragons. Her magic mirror was a window to the world. Today she was planning to use it to show her pupils mermaids and mermen. They couldn’t wait, but first she had to do the register. She was halfway through when someone rapped on the library door. “Come in,” called Beauty. A funny little fellow in a red hat walked in, smiling nervously. Beauty had never seen him before.…

It was late summer and, in the vineyard, bunches of fat, juicy grapes hung heavy from the highest branches, glistening in the sunlight. A fox was strolling across the field when she spotted the fruit. Her mouth watered. “Those grapes look so sweet and delicious,” she thought. “Perfect for quenching my thirst.” She checked there were no humans around and then she stood below a branch and leapt as high as she could. She just missed. The grapes were too far out of her reach. “Hmmm, a little run up is all it needs,” she said. So she stepped back a few paces and took a running jump at the grapes. Again, she fell just shy of the feast, but the grapes gleamed so temptingly and looked so juicy and…

BOOKS OF THE MONTH! THE WONDER MACHINE by Barry Timms and Laura Brenlla (Little Tiger Press) is an inspirational tale about a talented wolf who decides to build a machine that makes dreams come true. It’s her ‘greatest invention ever’, but will it work? Find out in this fantastic lift-the-flap tale for wannabe engineers. THE COLOUR MONSTER GOES TO SCHOOL by Anna Llenas (Templar Publishing) sees the friendly Colour Monster get ready for his first day at school. There’s music, stories, painting, playground antics – and lots of colour-changing too! You can even draw DO your own Colour Monster at the end. THE GIRL AND THE DINOSAUR by Hollie Hughes and Sarah Massini (Bloomsbury) stars Marianne – a modern Mary Anning who loves digging up dino bones on the beach.…