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Tales of the Shimmering Sky: Ten Global Folktales With Activities (Tales Alive! Series, Vol 2)

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This collection of ten folktales from around the world (Native America, Slovakia, India, Europe, Canada, Polynesia, Mexico, Africa, and Scandinavia) focuses on the sky--heavenly bodies, the seasons, and the weather. In addition to Milord's colorful and creative stories, this resource also contains background information, science experiments, hands-on projects, games, arts and craft activities, and recipes. Children are invited to learn about the mysteries of the sky through exciting activities such as baking a batch of celestial pretzels, solving a lunar calendar puzzle, making a Beaufort scale to estimate wind speed, and flying an origami-style paper kite.

All three Williamson "Tales alive!" books are great but of the three this is my favourite. The stories chosen are delightful and cover a range of sky related themes, eg. the sun, moon, stars, weather. The stories were not always the best known from a region (I noticed this with the Polynesian entry as that's my part of the world), and this was a definite plus for me. The activities are great - I work with slightly older children than the book is aimed at but could easily adapt them to suit.

Book was in condition as promised and arrived promptly. Great transaction - would definitely use this seller again =)

A good source for teachers to find stories about the myths and legends of the constellations.