Tuck-Me-In Tales [Paperback]

Margaret Read MacDonald???a folklorist, storyteller, and children's librarian???uses bedtime tales in the daytime to end her story hours on a calm note. In this collection of folktales, she includes five of her favorite stories from around the world.Selected as Outstanding by the Parent Council Best Books for BedtimeAround the world each night, parents tell stories to children as they put them to bed. Margaret Read MacDonald???a folklorist, storyteller, and children's librarian???uses bedtime tales in the daytime to end her story hours on a calm note. Here she includes five of her favorite folktales from around the world.???Chin Chin Kobokama??? tells the story of a young Japanese girl who overcomes her fear of the dark???and learns there are good reasons to clean up her room. ???Snow Bunting's Lullaby,??? a lovely Siberian tale, shows the lengths to which Papa and Mama Bunting must go to protect their children???and get them to sleep. A South American tale explains the movement of the sun and moon. And ???Kanji-Jo, the Nestling,??? a lively Liberian tale, shows, as so many folk stories do, that there's no place like home. In elegant, finely detailed watercolors, artist Yvonne Davis joins MacDonald in guiding the reader on a bedtime trip around the world.Margaret Read MacDonald Bio: Margaret Read MacDonald is a professional storyteller, award winning author and highly respected consultant who travels the world telling stories and conducting workshops for educators. Her most popular workshop ???Playing with Stories??? has been offered in over 70 countries. She has been invited to storytelling and literary festivals in Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand and Singapore. In addition, Dr. MacDonald teaches storytelling to classroom teachers for the Lesley University Creative Education through the Arts program. For years, she also taught storytelling as an Adjunct Profel3Ë