Books in the Folk Tales series

Traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and Ireland

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

Stories told in and about gardens, from the smallest back yard to the largest country estate

Traditional folk tales from all over Britain in which song or dance shapes the action

Myths and legends from Warwickshire, retold by a local storyteller

The first collection of folk tales from Lanarkshire, Scotland's most populated region

Norfolk is steeped in story. The collective imagination of countless generations has populated the county with ghosts, saints, witches, pharisees, giants and supernatural beasts. Stories have evolved around historical characters, with Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Tom Paine and King Edmund becoming larger than life in folk-memory.

Folk tales inspired by geology, archaeology and history

A collection of folk tales from around the world about brave and bold girls, to inspire and engage young readers.