| Three-Minute Tales: Stories from Around the World to Tell or Read When Time Is Short Contributor(s): MacDonald, Margaret Read (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874837286 ISBN-13: 9780874837285 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Anyone who teaches, leads, or speaks in public has had the experience of needing to fill short amounts of time in order to hold the attention of the group. The challenge is familiar to Margaret Read MacDonald, who for thirty-five years told stories weekly to preschoolers. MacDonald has assembled 100 simple, short, pithy tales for all occasions holidays, history or nature walks, public speaking and media appearances, and especially for the classroom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - General |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| LCCN: 2004046257 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 7.2" W x 10.2" (1.07 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recognized as Notable book for Global Society Anyone who teaches, lead, or speaks in public has had the experience of needing to fill short amounts of time in order to hold the audience's attention. The challenge is familiar to Margaret Read MacDonald, who for thirty-five years told stories to preschoolers every week.Here are more than eighty simple, short, pithy tales for many occasions: holidays, museum tours, history or nature walks, public speaking, media appearances, school visits, curriculum boosters. These traditional tales come from China, west Africa, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, Syria, Cuba, the Ukraine, India, eastern Europe, and the Jewish, native American, and African-American traditions. |