Books by Taffy Thomas

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement

Including a gang of smugglers and an ugly face-pulling competition, not only will children love to read them, or listen to them being read, the tales will also stimulate an interest in the area, and help children engage with their own surroundings wherever they live .

From 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. First World War Folk Tales is a very special collection of legends and folk tales from the First World War era.

In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter.

These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.