Gloucestershire Folk Tales for Children

by Anthony Nanson, Kirsty Hartsiotis

Overview

How do you survive a mermaid's curse? Where lurks the immortal cat? Who cooks old boots in a stew? Is treasure really buried down under May Hill? Dive into these tales from forest, vale and high blue hill, on a journey that will take you far into the past, deep into other worlds and through the seasons of the year – all without leaving Gloucestershire! Strange and fabulous stories from all over the county are brought to life in this book by Stroud storytellers Anthony Nanson and Kirsty Hartsiotis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750995467
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	08/03/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

ANTHONY NANSON and KIRSTY HARTSIOTIS are popular Stroud-based storytellers and the authors of Gloucestershire Folk Tales. Separately, and together in their company Fire Springs, they have performed widely in Britain and beyond. Anthony teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University and is the author of Storytelling and Ecology, Words of Re-enchantment and co-editor of Storytelling for a Greener World. Kirsty is the author of Wiltshire Folk Tales and Suffolk Folk Tales and co-author of Suffolk Ghost Tales, and combines storytelling and writing with work as a museum curator in Cheltenham.

Anthony Nanson is a Stroud-based storyteller. He has performed widely in Britain and abroad and is a founding member of Fire Springs storytelling company. He is the author of Storytelling and Ecology, Exotic Excursions and Words of Re-enchantment, and teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University. A love of nature and the spirit of place informs all his work.