Simple Act of the month > December – Tell a child a story from another country
December – Tell a child a story from another country
Each month we flag up something which lets you complete a Simple Act and we thought this would be a great Simple Act for December – the weather’s cold, lots of people will be celebrating Christmas or Chanuka, and it’s a great excuse to stay in and swap yarns...
This site has loads of great downloadable stories from across the world - from grumpy tigers in India to cheeky dervishes in Iraq – but to get you started, here we thought we’d tell you some. So, sit back, and let’s begin at the beginning…
Here’s something to warm us up - a tale of an Indian hat seller who outwits some cheeky monkeys:
and here’s short story about friendship between the Sun and the Moon
and here’s a longer one – in fact it’s a ‘Seven Day Story’!
Now it’s your turn.
Let’s start small – take a look at this wonderful tale of trickery from India (with some great illustrations too):
Wasn’t that fun?
Now, here’s a vey old story all about where stories came from:
You can get your mittens on loads of short stories on the ‘tell a child a story from another country’ pages. And you don’t need to wait til you’ve got children around – we’ve happily wiled away the afternoon reading these….
