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Synopsis
Anyone who teaches, leads, or speaks in public has had the experience of needing to fill short amounts of time in order to hold the attention of the group. The challenge is familiar to Margaret Read MacDonald, who for thirty-five years told stories weekly to preschoolers. MacDonald has assembled 100 simple, short, pithy tales for all occasions holidays, history or nature walks, public speaking and media appearances, and especially for the classroom.
Publishers Weekly
Margaret Read MacDonald gathers riddles, scary stories, folk songs and more in Three Minute Tales: Stories from Around the World to Tell or Read When Time Is Short. A tale from China, "A Lover of Dragons," features a man who professes affection for the creatures (until he meets one) and the Mexican-American story "The Bilingual Cat" stars a feline that catches his dinner by picking up a second language ("Bow wow!"). (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.