Dorset Folk Tales for Children

by Tim Laycock

Overview

Dorset has a rich and diverse collection of folk tales, from some of Britain’s most famous mythical heroes, to demons, dragons, boggarts, and sniddlebogs.These stories, illustrated with 30 line drawings, bring alive the landscape of the county’s rolling hills and Jurassic coast for children, and inspire them to rediscover the county they thought they knew.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750987769
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Tim Laycock first began storytelling as a member of Magic Lantern, and subsequently worked for several years as a musician for Taffy Thomas. His stories often have a musical element, ideal for engaging audiences at festivals and community events. Tim works extensively throughout Dorset schools with KS1 AND KS2 children, as well as performing regularly at other local venues such as the Wild About Dorset events organized by Dorset Wildlife Trust. On top of Tim’s extensive storytelling work he is also an actor and playwright, and has just finished a production of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.