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Read to your toddler every day / written by Lucy Brownridge ; embroidered by Chloe Giordano.

Brownridge, Lucy, (author.). Giordano, Chloe, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Science tells us that young children develop best when they are read to. Soothe your toddler with these retellings of traditional folktales, fairy tales, and fables from around the world. Each one carries a message of empathy, friendship, and care for the world around us.

Record details

ISBN: 0711247412
ISBN: 9780711247413 (hardback)
ISBN: 9780711247420
ISBN: 0711247420
Physical Description: 61 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Book, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Three wishes (Scandinavia) -- The ant and the grasshooer (Ancient Rome) -- Brer Rabbit and the well (North America) -- How the bear lost his tail (Iroquois) -- The magic pear tree (China) -- Why the bananas belongs to the monkey (Brazil) -- The fisherman and the genie (Syria) -- The rainbow serpent (Indigenous Australia) -- The stonecutter (Japan) -- King Midas (Ancient Greece) -- The clever little turtle (Mexico) -- Anansi and the turtle (Caribbean) -- The scruffy duckling (Denmark) -- The bag full of stories (Cambodia) -- The mice and the elephants (India) -- The feast (Mali) -- Snowflake, the snow child (Russia) -- Why cats chase mice (Nigeria) -- The lion and the thorn (Ancient Greece) -- How the wren became king of the birds (Ireland).