THE CLEVER LASS


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 36 In Issue 54 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the story of a clever lass which also teaches that when solving a problem, brains are better than brawn. The young maiden?s mind is so keen that even the king heard of her and asked her for an audience. It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. This book also has a "Where in the World - Look it Up" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".




ARA AND SEMIRAMIS


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 20 (Electronic)ÿÿ In issue 20 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Armenian tale of how Queen Semiramis desired King Ara for her consort. King Ara rebuffed all her advances. Filled with rage she attacked King Ara?s kingdom, with disastrous results. It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. This book also has a "Where in the World - Look it Up" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".




A DOZEN AT A BLOW - an Old European Folktale


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 44 ÿ In Issue 44 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the old European tale of the tailor who through guile and cunning eventually wins the hand of a Princess. Download and read the story to find out the details of just how he achieved his feats. ÿ This issue also has a "Where in the World - Look it Up" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.




BABA YAGA AND THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE KIND HEART - A Russian Fairy Tale


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 85 ÿ In Issue 85 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Russian tale of ?Baba Yaga and the Girl with a Kind Heart?. A while after the death of his wife, ÿpoor peasant farmer decides to marry again, if only to give his daughter a mother. This he does but when he is out working in the fields and in the forest, all is not well at home. Download and read the story to find out just what was going on. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.




THE RAIN FAIRY And Other Baba Indaba Children's Stories


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 236 In this 236th ÿissue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of ?The Rain Fairy? who is seeking out other fairies to play with. Look out for the moral in this story. Also in this BUMPER issue are the stories: The Rainbow and the Autumn Leaves and The Rain Elves plus a free children?s poem, Springtime The Rain Fairy is out and about and as fairies do enjoy playing, she is looking for someone to play with. But everyone is far too busy doing their work. She goes to see Father Sun who tells her ?There is no time for play here till our day's work is done.? Disappointed she returns to Mother Earth and goes about her tasks, just like everyone else ? with surprising results. An excellent story to teach children that there is plenty of time for play after the work has been done. What are the other stories about you ask, well, you?ll just have to download this issue and read them for yourself. And when you have be sure to email your summary of the story to us and we?ll publish it with as having being written by you. 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".




THE LOST BROOCH - A Tale of Misplaced Property


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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 315 In this 315thÿÿissue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE LOST BROOCH?. ONCE upon a time, a long, long ago and far, far away, there was a young girl sat at her grandmother?s feet hugging her knees. Sensing an underlying problem, the grandmother asked her grand-daughter what was concerning her. The girl said she was upset at having lost her dressmaking scissors. And so begins a hunt for the girls scissors. Were they truly lost or just misplaced? Had a magpie stolen the bright, shining object which were by now firmly ensconced in the magpie?s nest, or, had a member of the house staff picked up the seemingly lost scissors and put them in a place where the girl had not yet looked? Well to find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! ÿ BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN?S STORIES FOR ONLY $1 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". ÿ