Tyne & Wear Folk Tales for Children

by Adam Bushnell, Dave Silk

Overview

Tyne and Wear 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:	9780750988018
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	02/01/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

ADAM BUSHNELL is an author and storyteller working in the UK and internationally in both state and private education. He is the author of nine books of fiction including Snakes Legs and Cows Eggs which was selected by the School Library Association for the Boys into Books list for 2008). He is also the editor and author of two academic books for teachers on how to help children to write creatively. Adam travels to schools to deliver creative writing and storytelling workshops on a daily basis and he has over 13,000 followers on Twitter.DAVE SILK is the Learning Officer at Newcastle Castle. He has been working in heritage education since 2008, employed in various museums around the North East of England (including Bede's World, South Shields Museum and Arbeia Roman Fort) and as a freelance storyteller, historical interpreter and artist.