Read to your toddler every day - folktales

Read To Your Toddler Every Day by Lucy Brownridge, Science tells us that young children develop best when they are read to. In this follow-up to Read to Your Baby Every Day, soothe your toddler with retellings of traditional folk tales, fairy tales and fables from around the world paired with images of Chloe Giordano's charming hand-embroidered illustrations on cloth.

Every tale is the perfect length to read aloud to your toddler before bedtime and carries a message of empathy, friendship and care for the world around us. Bond with your toddler and help them grow as you read to them these timeless stories:

THE THREE WISHES -Scandinavia, THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER - Ancient Rom,BRER RABBIT AND THE WELL - North America, HOW THE BEAR LOST HIS TAIL - Iroquois,THE MAGIC PEAR TREE - China, WHY THE BANANAS BELONG TO THE MONKEY - Brazil,THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE - Syria, THE STONECUTTER - Japan, THE RAINBOW SERPENT - Indigenous Australia, THE CLEVER LITTLE TURTLE - Mexico, THE SCRUFFY DUCKLING - Denmark, THE LION AND THE THORN - Ancient Greece, ANANSI AND THE TURTLE - Caribbean, KING MIDAS - Ancient Greece, A BAG FULL OF STORIES - Cambodia,THE MICE AND THE ELEPHANTS - India, SNOWFLAKE, THE SNOW CHILD - Russia, WHY CATS CHASE MICE - Nigeria, HOW THE WREN BECAME KING OF THE BIRDS -Ireland, THE FEAST - Mali

Hardcover, 64 pages