MAGICAL WONDER TALES ~ ISABEL WYATT
by Floris
If Orfeo is to be king, his mother decides, he must sleep outside. And so Orfeo sleeps in the meadow and becomes friends with the animals, birds, insects and beetles. Then one day, he agrees to help a jackdaw return a ruby ring to a princess.King Beetle-Tamer is just one of fifteen magical wonder tales in this collection by master storyteller Isabel Wyatt.
The tales are full of magic and unicorns, fairies and palaces, roses and gold, which will transport children to far away places and heroic deeds.Suitable for children aged seven and up, this is a classic collection from the author of The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book.
A new revised edition, previously published as King Beetle-Tamer.
Format: Paperback (216mm X 138mm) 144 pages
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Isabel Wyatt was born in England in 1901. She spent many years teaching young children and was then, until her retirement in 1965, co-director of studies at Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire. She compiled many books for children, including The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book, Homer's Odyssey, King Beetle-Tamer and The Book of Fairy Princes. She died in 1992.