Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Tales for Great Grandchildren: Traditional Tales from Ancient India and Nepal
    Unavailable
    Tales for Great Grandchildren: Traditional Tales from Ancient India and Nepal
    Unavailable
    Tales for Great Grandchildren: Traditional Tales from Ancient India and Nepal
    Audiobook1 hour

    Tales for Great Grandchildren: Traditional Tales from Ancient India and Nepal

    Written by John Jackson

    Narrated by John Jackson

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    Drawing on the folklore and mythology of India and Nepal, which author John Jackson encountered on his travels in the Himalayas, 'Tales for Great Grandchildren' is an enchanting collection of 13 short stories aimed at 7-12 year olds.

    Enter a world filled with magical goats, truculent tigers, hungry giants and a sparrow on an urgent mission to find breakfast!

    Included with the audiobook are image files of illustrations by acclaimed artist Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini. There is also an introduction to the tales by John Jackson, and background interviews with John Jackson and Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Book Audio
    Release dateDec 18, 2012
    ISBN9780956921260
    Unavailable
    Tales for Great Grandchildren: Traditional Tales from Ancient India and Nepal

    Related to Tales for Great Grandchildren

    Related audiobooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Epic Reads

      Jun 8, 2020

      Epic Reads
      2 min read

    • Article

      Expand That Little Brain!

      Oct 1, 2022

      Cloth books are making a comeback! Animals, whether wild or from the farm, are always a popular theme with babies. On each page is a pretty illustration of a South African animal with the animal’s name in Afrikaans and English for little ones to lear

      3 min read

    • Article

      A World of Stories

      Jun 8, 2020

      The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story, dated to roughly 200 BCE, based on older oral tradition. The text’s author is unknown, but has been attributed

      7 min read

    • Article

      Fiction

      Nov 5, 2021

      No writer’s body of work is more densely connected yet sparely wrought than Alan Garner’s – connected to himself and the land, and to myth and folklore, flowing through the children’s fantasies that made his name. In the 1970s, Red Shift and The Ston

      1 min read

    • Article

      50 Best Kids’ Books

      Nov 27, 2022

      50 Best Kids’ Books
      8 min read

    • Article

      Flights Of Imagination Take Wing With Picture Books

      Dec 1, 2021

      With illustrated books, the connection between reader and listener – as well as the interplay of text and image – can create powerful memories. These books are enriched by the experience of sharing them, with read-aloud time spurring a child’s curios

      4 min read

    • Article

      Books And Music

      Sep 29, 2023

      by Tony Park, Macmillan R350 in bookstores Australian author Tony Park has developed a winning recipe for his thrillers set in Africa: a cast of welldeveloped characters, wildlife crime and high-stakes plots that play out at a fast pace. In Vendetta,

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Buzz On These Books!

      Jul 16, 2021

      From aardvark to zebra, this is one of the funniest alphabet books around! We love how many South African animals are included. Oi Aardvark is the latest in the hilarious series by the creators of Oi Frog, and it includes a special fold-out surprise.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Books Are The Answer… To Every Question

      Sep 18, 2020

      We are One by author Refiloe Moahloli and illustrated by Zinelda McDonald is also available in isiZulu and Afrikaans. Like all Moahloli’s books, this one is a story about bringing out the best in the human spirit. Children and the inner child in adul

      3 min read

    • Article

      Call Of The Wild

      Sep 8, 2022

      Two hundred li (100 km), is the Panhou Mountain. There lies a beast, with the form of a bull, with fur growing on its extremities. It is the yak. —The Classic of Mountains and Sea: North Setting the scene: After a wild yak, raised by a herdsman, has

      4 min read

    • Article

      Feast Your Mind on Books

      May 27, 2021

      By Roald Dahl Chapter Book, Grades 3 and up Can you imagine being sent to live alone, atop a faraway hill, with two truly terrible aunts who call you a nasty creature, make you work hard, and punish you often? Now imagine one day an old man appears a

      1 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Dec 12, 2022

      Books
      7 min read

    • Article

      Family Room KIDS’ BOOK

      Oct 20, 2022

      Family Room KIDS’ BOOK
      5 min read

    • Article

      ‘Listen Well’

      Jan 23, 2024

      ‘Listen Well’
      6 min read

    • Article

      Children

      Dec 17, 2021

      Children
      2 min read

    • Article

      Cool Books For Kids

      Jun 9, 2019

      Mauao (Mt Maunganui) stands guard at the entrance to Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour). The legend of this mountain is full of heartbreak and struggle, but it’s also a story of endurance, strength and unity. The collaboration between Tauranga author and h

      4 min read

    • Article

      Annabelle CHANGES HER MIND

      Jan 6, 2021

      Annabelle CHANGES HER MIND
      6 min read

    • Article

      Bright Colors, Warm Messages: Kids’ Books To Read And Give

      Dec 6, 2023

      A stick creature offers an “alien” a tour of his beautiful corner of the world. A package of ramen noodles desperately wants to be popular like spaghetti. A collection of fairy tales from far-flung lands explores cultures and offers unique lessons. T

      4 min read

    • Article

      READER Reviews

      Jun 4, 2021

      by Peter van den Ende Pushkin Children’s Books, £16.99 Review by Amélie PW, age nine This book has loads of gorgeous black and white pictures, which all look like they took days each to draw, but no words. However, this book is not for babies! I

      5 min read

    • Article

      Javanese Jewel

      Jan 24, 2023

      Javanese Jewel
      6 min read

    • Article

      Books Galore!

      Feb 1, 2023

      If your child is in Grade R this year, this set is essential. Homeschoolers and teachers in particular won’t regret spending some money on this, as the extra resources are worth it! This set introduces young children to high-frequency sight words thr

      3 min read

    • Article

      Kids’ Books Of The Year 2021

      Dec 13, 2021

      By Alexis Deacon Illustrated by Viviane Schwarz (Walker Books, £12.99) Well, this is an intriguing little book. Introducing children as young as three to the philosophical ideas of Plato, Descartes, Freud and Lacan is an audacious ambition, to say th

      7 min read

    • Article

      Old Cricket Says

      Sep 1, 2022

      IN 1991 THE well-known Mongolian writer Jambyn Dashdondog established the Mongolian Children’s Library Project to take books to children in the rural areas of Mongolia. He wrote to tell me about his experience as a mobile librarian. “In a country as

      1 min read

    Reviews for Tales for Great Grandchildren

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words