Our final fairytale of the natural world is 'The Wheat People' and is all about the lifecycle of wheat, teaching us how our food lives.
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As we continue with our fairytales of the natural world by Edith Howes we arrive at a story of the water cycle. That's right, 'At Sunset' is a story all about the way water moves through the states of matter - and it's awesome.
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This week I have three fairytales for you by Edith Howes from New Zealand. Howes does a marvelous job of describing how the natural world works to children through some amazing tales. Our first this week is 'Fanny Fly'.
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In our final fairytale from Canada this week 'The Blackfoot and The Bear' a young man is recused from certain death and makes a promise that is kept even today.
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Today's story from Canada, 'The Fall of the Spider Mann' tells us the origins of two seemingly unconnected animals. Trigger warning - there is a scene of mutilation at the end of the tale.
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'The Boys and The Giant' is the first of three stories from Canada by Cyrus Macmillan. It's the story of three boys and the adventure of a lifetime.
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In our final story from England for the week, 'A Son of Adam', an overly confident man gets his comeuppance with a truly skillful trick by his master.
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'King John and the Abbot of Canterbury' is an English take on the Italian 'Crab' and German 'Dr. Knowall', but it's my absolute favorite version of the story.
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Our first of three stories from "English Fairytales" and "More English Fairytales" by Joseph Jacobs is 'The Cat and the Mouse' and it's one of my favorite kinds of tales, the progressive tale of a mouse on a quest.
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Our final story from Turkey, 'The Language of Birds', shows us that there are some things we humans just aren't supposed to understand.
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