The Lion book of wisdom stories from around the world

A collection of 15 stories that brings together insights and wisdom from many cultures around the world.

Main Author: Self, David.
Other Authors: Balit, Christina.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Oxford, England : Lion Children's, 2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Tell me a story
  • Spider learns a lesson
  • (from Ghana and, later, Jamaica)
  • The lost coin
  • (from Galilee)
  • The eagle and the jackdaw
  • (from Ancient Greece)
  • How to be happy
  • (from Arabia)
  • Happy ever after under the banyan tree
  • (from India)
  • A bowl of milk
  • (from Persia and India)
  • Don't argue!
  • (from the Middle East)
  • The ant and the grain of wheat
  • (from Italy)
  • A loving gift
  • (from India)
  • Silver on the hearth
  • (from Afghanistan)
  • Not just a pawn
  • (from Germany)
  • Trust the donkey
  • (from North America)
  • Axe porridge
  • (from Russia)
  • Why the wasp can't make honey
  • (from Jamaica)
  • The most precious gift
  • (from the Near East).