THE RAIN FAIRY And Other Baba Indaba Children's Stories

THE RAIN FAIRY And Other Baba Indaba Children's Stories
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2016-12-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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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 EARLY DAYS OF KING ARTHUR - An Arthurian Legend

THE EARLY DAYS OF KING ARTHUR - An Arthurian Legend
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-10-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8828345012
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 441 In this 441st issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Fairy Tale ? ?The Early Days of King Arthur? Here the story of how Arthur became King is told? While at a tourney on Christmas day, Arthur?s brother forgot his sword at home. As Arthur was too young to compete, his brother asked him to ride home and collect it for him. This he did but could not gain entry to the house. On the way he had seen a sword in a stone so, without any other options, rode to that and tried drawing the sword, which came out very easily. He rode back to the tourney and presented the sword. When his father saw the sword all pandemonium broke loose. What had Arthur done? Was he in trouble? What did the drawing of the sword mean? Well, what happened next you ask and just how did everything turn out in the end? Well, you?ll have to download and read the story to find out for yourself. ------------ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of 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. It is our hope that in looking up these place names, using Google Maps, that young people will be able to see images and read about other peoples and cultures from around the world. Through this activity, it is also our hope that young people will not only increase their world geography but also increase their understanding and tolerance of other people and cultures. VIEW ANY of the 440+ BABA INDABA CHILDREN?S STORIES here on Google Play or at https://goo.gl/65LXNM 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Baba Indaba, Children?s stories, Childrens, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, happiness, laughter, angry, Archbishop, Arthur, Ban, barge, Baron, battle, beast, Bors, boy, Britain, brother, brought, Cameliard, Candlemas, Canterbury, Carlion, Christmas, Church, churchyard, counsel, country, daughter, Day, destroy, dismount, Easter, Ector, enchanted, England, evildoer, Excalibur, faithful, fast, father, fight, foster-brother, fought, fourscore, gallop, gentlemen, gentlemen-at-arms, Great, gryphons, Guenevere, handle, hart, healing, hermit, horse, horseman, hounds, Igraine, justice, Kay, King, kingdom, kneel, knees, Knight, Lady, Lady of the lake, lake, land, London, lord, lords, lying, magician, maiden, Merlin, might, monsters, mother, mounted, naked, obedience, over-run, Pellinore, Pendragon, Pentecost, pulled, quest, rode, scabbard, Seneschal , serpents, Sir, slay, son, squire, steward, stone, straight, sword, swordless, thoughtful, tournament, tourney, town, tree, Twelfth, twelvemonth, underfoot, Uther, Uther Pendragon, water, wizard, world, wounded

A FRENCH PUCK - A fairy story from Central France

A FRENCH PUCK - A fairy story from Central France
Author: Anon E Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 53 In Issue 53 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an old French tale called The French Puck. Among the mountain pastures and valleys that lie in the centre of France there dwelt a mischievous kind of spirit, whose delight it was to play tricks on everybody, and particularly on the shepherds and the cowboys. They never knew when they were safe from him, as he could change himself into a man, woman or child, a stick, a goat, a ploughshare. He was eventually found out when he tried to turn himself into a needle and thread. Download and read the story to find out just what happened! 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. INCLUDES LINKS TO 5 FREE DOWNLOADS Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". 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 HAPPY PRINCE - An Eastern Fairy Tale

THE HAPPY PRINCE - An Eastern Fairy Tale
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 336 In this 336th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE HAPPY PRINCE”. In an Eastern town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there is a lot of misery, a swallow is left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter. As he flies about the city, he meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who on reality had never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow isn't allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his high monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. What happens in the end? Do the people realise what the Happy Prince has done with the help of the swallow? Are they rewarded for their efforts or do the people simply not care? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! 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 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 SON OF THE SOAP SELLER - A Fairy Tale from Persia

THE SON OF THE SOAP SELLER - A Fairy Tale from Persia
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 325 In this 325thÿÿissue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Persian Fairy Tale "THE SON OF THE SOAP SELLER?. THERE once dwelt a poor but worthy man named Abdullah in Meshed, the Holy City, the place of pilgrimage, whose beautiful mosque with the golden dome is the glory of the kingdom of Persia. He barely managed to get a living by the sale of soap. All day long, from sunrise to sunset, he tramped the city, crying out: "O brothers, buy my pure soap. There is none better in the city, as everyone knows. But it was that there were many days when poor Abdullah did not sell enough to buy sufficient bread for himself and his little boy Ahmed. But the days went on and things became blacker and blacker, when one day an adventure befell little Ahmed. On his way to school a dervish, leading a fine lion by a chain, stopped opposite him. Then there came a palanquin borne on the backs of four mules. The party stopped just opposite to Ahmed, and from the palanquin there alighted a lady closely veiled with the dervish and lion at attention close by. For some reason the lion suddenly broke loose, causing mayhem. Then with a roar the lion sprang upon the princess, and bore her to the ground; but ere he could tear her to pieces, Ahmed had sprang forward, seized a piece of iron, one end of which was red hot, from the shop of a blacksmith, and thrust it furiously into the face of the lion. With a cry of pain and rage the lion left the princess and bounded off to the bazaars, where he did great damage. What happened next you ask? Was Ahmed rewarded for his bravery? What happened to the soap seller? Is that where the story ends? 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

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE - A fairy tale by H C Andersen

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE - A fairy tale by H C Andersen
Author: H C Anderson
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2018-01-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8822810767
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 395 In this 395th issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Mexican legend, "THE GARDEN OF PARADISE? by H C Andersen. Once upon a time, a long, long time ago and far, far away, there was a king's son; nobody had so many or such beautiful books as he. He could read about everything which had ever happened in this world, and see it all represented in the most beautiful pictures. He could even get information about every nation and every country; but as to where the Garden of Paradise was to be found, not a word could he discover, and this was the very thing he thought most about. He walked into the wood one day and soon found himself to be all alone, and this was his greatest pleasure. Evening came on, the clouds drew up and it stormed and rained as if the whole heaven had become a sluice from which the water poured in sheets. Soon it was as dark as the deepest well. Trying to make his way home he slipped on the wet grass, and tripped over the stones and rocks which jutted out of the ground. Looking for shelter, he saw in front of him a big lighted cave. A large fire was burning in the middle over which a stag was roasting. It had huge antlers and was stuck on a spit, being slowly turned round between the hewn trunks of two fir trees. An oldish woman, tall and strong enough to be a man dressed up, sat by the fire throwing on logs from time to time. When she saw him she invited him in to warm up and dry his clothes. He learned he was in the cavern of the winds and the old woman their mother. Soon he met the four winds and thinking quickly he asked the question, ?Has anyone seen the Garden of Paradise?? What happened next you ask? Were any of the four winds angered by this question, or did something else happen? Did the Prince ever find the Garden of Paradise? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out for yourself! Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of 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. Buy any of the 390+ Baba Indaba Children?s Stories on Google Play using the URL listed in the book. ALSO INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.

JACKAL OR TIGER - an old fairy tale from India

JACKAL OR TIGER - an old fairy tale from India
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017-02-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 283 In this 283rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Indian story of “JACKAL OR TIGER” In far, far away Hindustan a king and queen lay awake in the palace in the midst of the city. Every now and then a faint air blew through the lattice, and they hoped they were going to sleep, but they never did. Presently they became more broad awake than ever at the sound of a howl outside the palace. ‘Listen to that tiger!’ remarked the king. ‘Tiger?’ replied the queen. ‘How should there be a tiger inside the city? It was only a jackal.’ And so they had a disagreement about what kind of animal it was. When the king asked the guards what kind of animal it was, they replied “Tiger” for the queen had told them to say this as the king always had to be right. The king nodded and made no remark, but sent for a palanquin (a covered litter for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers), and ordered the queen to be placed in it, bidding the four bearers of the palanquin to take her a long way off into the forest and there leave her. In spite of her tears, she was forced to obey, and away the bearers went for three days and three nights until they came to a dense wood. There they set down the palanquin with the queen in it, and started home again. Now the queen thought to herself that the king could not mean to send her away for good, and that as soon as he had got over his fit of temper he would summon her back; so she stayed quite still for a long time, listening with all her ears for approaching footsteps, but heard none. After a while she grew nervous, for she was all alone, and put her head out of the palanquin and looked about her. Day was just breaking, and birds and insects were beginning to stir; the leaves rustled in a warm breeze; but, although the queen’s eyes wandered in all directions, there was no sign of any human being. Then her spirit gave way, and she began to cry. It so happened that close to the spot where the queen’s palanquin had been set down, there dwelt a man who had a tiny farm in the midst of the forest, where he and his wife lived alone far from any neighbours. It was he who heard and found the queen crying, and it is here the story begins. For what the king and queen did not know was that at the time she was left in the forest, she had just conceived. So, what happened, did the king leave the queen in the forest? What of the unborn child? Did the queen make it to full term and did the child survive her labour? If the child did, was it a boy or a girl? It is well documented that many children born into poverty and squalor, often don’t survive, mainly because of the environment they are born into. Lastly, were the king and queen ever reunited or was it really the king’s intent to exile the queen forever? Anyway, to find answers to these questions, download and read the story for yourself. 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 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".

MOTHER HOLLE - A German Fairy Tale

MOTHER HOLLE - A German Fairy Tale
Author: Anon E Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2016-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 107 ÿ In issue 107 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the German folk tale of Mother Holle. A widow has a daughter and step-daughter. The step daughter is made to work hard, cleaning and carrying while the other daughter did very little. One day the step-daughter dropped a spindle into the creek and jumped in after it ? and was transported to a magical world...?? Download and read this story to find out the adventures the step-daughter had after she tried to rescue her lost spindle. ÿ 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, 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 ENCHANTED WREATH - A Yuletide Fairy Tale

THE ENCHANTED WREATH - A Yuletide Fairy Tale
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 373 Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". In this 373rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE ENCHANTED WREATH”. ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, a man and his wife and two girls lived near a forest; one girl was the daughter of the man, and the other the daughter of his wife; and the man’s daughter was good and beautiful, but the woman’s daughter was always cross and repulsive. However, her mother did not know that, but thought her the most bewitching maiden that ever was seen. One day the man called to his daughter and bade her come with him into the forest to cut wood. They worked hard all day, but in spite of the chopping they were very cold, for it rained heavily, and when they returned home, they were wet through. Then, to his vexation, the man found that he had left his axe behind him, and he knew that if it lay all night in the mud it would become rusty and useless. So he said to his wife: ‘I have dropped my axe in the forest, bid your daughter go and fetch it, for mine has worked hard all day and is both wet and weary.’ But the wife answered: ‘If your daughter is wet already, it is all the more reason that she should go and get the axe. Besides, she is a great strong girl, and a little rain will not hurt her, while my daughter would be sure to catch a bad cold.’ And so the good daughter returned through the driving rain and sticky mud to the forest. She found the axe in the place he had left it, but to her surprise, three little doves were sitting on the handle, all of them looking very sad. Why were the doves sitting on the handle looking sad? Did she show kindness and shelter them? If she did what happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some strange, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! 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 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.

EMELYAN THE FOOL - A Russian Fairy Tale

EMELYAN THE FOOL - A Russian Fairy Tale
Author: Anon E. Mouse
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:
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ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 180 ÿ In this 180th issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Russian story of ?Emelyan the Fool?. A peasant, who had three sons, two of whom were clever, but the third, Emelyan, was a fool. In time the peasant died leaving precious little as an inheritance. The two elder brothers decided to manage the meagre amount and go to the city to try and increase their wealth leaving Emelyan to look after their wives and the farmstead. One day Emelyan cuts a hole in the frozen river and catches a pike. The pike asks Emelyan what he is going to do with him. Why take him home to cook and eat. The pike convinces Emelyan that he has magical powers and that if Emelyan returns him to the river he will grant him every wish he asks for..............??. Download and read this story to find out just what happens to Emelyan? Was the pike really magical or did he take Emelyan for the fool he really was? ÿ 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. 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 the Middle East and 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, can be altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture. ÿ