Text adaptation by Alan Hines
In
the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and
then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands. In the other story,
Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a headless rider in the middle of a
dark night. These two classic tales of the supernatural by Washington Irving
have been popular for nearly two hundred years.
Sheherazade
King
Shahriyar cannot trust women. Every afternoon he marries a wife, but the next
morning he always kills her. One day, the Vizier cannot find any more wives for
the King. What can he do?
'I can be Shahriyar's new wife!' says
Sheherazade, his older daughter. 'God willing I can stay alive, and help the
women of our country.'But how can Sheherezade stay alive for a thousand and one nights? And does Shahriyar learn to trust women again in the end?
This famous 'story of stories' has the answers.
Sinbad
Sinbad
the sailor spends many years at sea. He visits strange countries, meets some
strange people and some frightening animals. He is sometimes rich, sometimes
poor and always in danger. But all the time he is learning from his adventures,
until finally he returns home to Baghdad, an older and wiser man.
The Big Story
'Bring
me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story!' says Rosie's editor at The Record newspaper.
And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger then she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves.
And, when she leaves the office, Rosie does find a story. A story that is bigger then she expects. A story that takes her across Europe, into a dangerous world of art and art thieves.
The Great Fire of London
It's
London, 1666. It's a hot, dry summer. A small fire starts in a baker's shop in
Pudding Lane. Soon the city of London is burning and the fire-fighters can't
stop the fire. People are running from their houses down to the River Thames.
But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
But how does the fire begin and who can stop it? What is the King of England doing to help?
The Happy Prince
Oscar
Wilde
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
The
Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city.
Everyone loves him.
He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things.
But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?
He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things.
But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold?
The Tempest
Text adaptation by Bill Bowler
Prospero,
the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an
island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...
Then, one day, Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island.
Then, one day, Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island.
Tristan and Isolde
Retold by
Bill Bowler
Tristan
and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story
seems impossible...
The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him.
Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive?
The lovers meet every day but then, one night, King Mark finds them together. Now Tristan must leave the castle, but he is badly hurt and dying. Only Isolde can help him.
Can Isolde find Tristan in time? Can their love survive?
William Tell and Other
Stories
The
men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King
Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are all real people from history.
But every time someone tells an old story, they change things in it, to make them bigger, better, and more exciting. So what is true in this book and what is not? Read all six of the stories, and see what you think.
But every time someone tells an old story, they change things in it, to make them bigger, better, and more exciting. So what is true in this book and what is not? Read all six of the stories, and see what you think.
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