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Para quién es
Parents and grandparents who love reading aloud, children who enjoy kings, fairies and talking animals, and anyone who likes gentle Christmas stories with songs, rhymes and a kindly voice.
De qué trata este libro
The Story-Teller is a book of twelve fairy tales by the American writer Maud Lindsay, who wrote for young children and set the book's welcome in Sheffield, Alabama. She opens by picturing an old traveling teller of tales who knocks at a cottage door with a harp at his side. The children gather, the room goes still, and he begins with the words once upon a time.
What you get is a small company of stories in that spirit. A blacksmith's hammer sings, a prince hunts for a plant, a harper walks through a storm, and a fairy climbs a giant's chimney. Several tales are set at Christmas, and some end with songs. Each is short enough to read aloud in one sitting, and each rests on a plain idea such as keeping a promise, giving up a treasure or trusting a good word. Let us begin with two brothers, and with a hammer that sings.
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- 1A singing hammer and a jar of rosemaryFree
- 2Keeping a promise and obeying a clue
- 3Longing, wonder and a trade of kindness
- 4Good turns and a foolish fright
- 5A song that travels and a fairy's quest
- 6Patience, faith, and the way the tales are told
Idea clave 1 de 6
A singing hammer and a jar of rosemary
The book opens with a short welcome. The Story-Teller arrives, the children settle, and Lindsay says that his tales of smiles and tears taught them to rejoice with the glad and mourn with the sorrowful. After this, the first story begins with two brothers who are never apart as boys.
When they grow up, the elder goes to the king's court and becomes a trusted counselor. The younger builds a smithy beside a road and becomes the Mighty, the Honest and the Master Blacksmith. He envies nobody, because his hammer seems to sing that the one who does his best is fit to serve the king. Years pass, and they do not meet.
Then a neighboring duke threatens the land. Some counselors want war, but the elder brother loves peace and offers to ride to the duke himself. The king gives him until the noon bells on Christmas Eve to bring back a message of goodwill. On the road home, signposts are gone, the night is long, and his horse loses a shoe. He bows his head and weeps, and then a distant sound reaches him through the dawn.
The second tale, The Jar of Rosemary, is about a little prince whose mother, the queen, is getting well after a long illness. He asks what she wants for Christmas, and she answers that she would love a jar of rosemary like the one in her mother's window. The royal greenhouses have roses and lilies but no rosemary, and frost has killed it in the country. At last a plant turns up in the city, in the window of an old woman who will not sell it for silver or for a purse of gold. The prince goes himself, and there he meets her sick grandson and shows him a magic ball that rings like silver bells.
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About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 17,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 1 h 10 min
- Listening time1 h 55 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 10 other languages
Questions about El narrador de cuentos
What is The Story-Teller by Maud Lindsay about?
It is a collection of twelve fairy tales for young readers, including The Two Brothers, The Jar of Rosemary and The Lions in the Way. Each tells of courage, kindness or faith through kings, fairies, animals and country folk.
Is The Story-Teller a book of Christmas stories?
Several of the tales are set at Christmas, including The Two Brothers, The Jar of Rosemary and The Promise. Others take place in spring or in the Enchanted Wood, so the book suits any season.
Who is the Story-Teller in the book?
He is an old traveling teller of tales who comes to a cottage or hall with a harp and a story. Lindsay uses him in her opening to picture how children once listened to tales.
What are the songs in The Story-Teller?
Some tales include songs and rhymes, such as the hammer's tune, The Harper's Song, the Five Brave Knights lullaby and the king's spring song. Lindsay wrote the words, and Elsie A. Merriman wrote music for some of them.
Is The Story-Teller easy to read aloud?
Yes, it is written for reading aloud. The tales are short, use plain words and repeat key phrases, so listeners can join in and follow each story with ease. The songs add a gentle rhythm.