Summaries+of+tales


 * = SUMMARIES OF TALES =


 * Author: ** Constance Allen
 * Illustrated by: ** David Prebenna

All characters wake up in the Sesame Street, it is time to prepare biscuits in the bakery, wake up the laziest, gets ready to milk the cows in the farm, to chose the correct wear for today and to take a bath... Always with a smile in the face, rise and shine the characters say. Very good story, it can be use to work the different professions which we can find in a normal day. Also we can work with the daily routines, wake up, take a bath, brush your teeth, and comb your head... Always being happy and rise and shine every day. I find this tale very useful; in addition pictures are easy to understand for work with children who are three years or less.
 * Title: ** Rise and Shine
 * Characters: ** monsters, birds, grouches
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 * Author: ** Eric Carle
 * Illustrated by: ** Eric Carle



The chameleon's life was not very exciting, he dedicated his time in changing his colour, with the tree or the flowers. One day when he went to the zoo, he discovered he could change not only his colour but his shape and size, too. He saw the wonderful animals in the zoo and he started to change his appearance because he wishes to be like them. But finally he didn´t feel happy, and his appearance was really strange so strange and uncomfortable that he couldn’t catch the fly. In the last leave Chameleon decides to be himself and he caught the fly.
 * Title: ** The Mixed-Up Chameleon
 * Main character: ** Chameleon
 * Characters: ** polar bear, flamingo, fox, fish, deer, giraffe, turtle, seal, people, fly
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I think this tale it is perfect to work animals, colours, changes and imagination. Teachers can ask what will happen in the next leave, why chameleon wishes to change his appearance. Also we can work the emotions, he feel happy changing but why? The pictures are easy to understand for work with children who are three years or less.
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 * Author: ** Sarah Hayes
 * Illustrated by: ** Helen Craig



This story it is about one boy who has one bear and one dog, they are always together. But one day the dog pushed the bear into one bin. The boy starts to research for his toy, which went to the dump. The boy decided to take one bus and he go to the dump, there the dog smell the bear and they found it. The boy is very happy, also the dog which has found one bone. The man who works in the dump brings the boy, the dog and the toy to home. Very simply story with a lot of significant, the love that children have with his toy. Children can see identified whit it. Also this tale has rhyme and it is easy to do a song, and learn easily the vocabulary.
 * Title: ** This is the Bear
 * Characters: ** bear, dog boy, different mans
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 * Author: ** Judy Hindley
 * Illustrated by: ** Jo Burroughes



Baby´s morning start normally, he looks his sister who is sleeping, and his toy hippo! The baby´s mom gives him hugs and kisses, the father plays with he and his sister makes him laugh. He plays in the grass, with his father again. He cries because he can´t find the hippo, but her sister find it and the baby clams. I think it is a good tale for children who are three or less, you can interact asking what are doing the baby here, and also with the materials which appear in the story.
 * Title: ** What´s in Baby´s morning?
 * Characters: ** Baby, sister, mom, dad and hup
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 * Author: ** Kristina Stephenson
 * Title: Sir ** Charlie Stinky Socks and the tale of two Treasures



Sir Charlie Stinky Socks is a bold, brave boy who one day he found a puzzling map in which had a treasure. He decided to go to fetch it, accompanied with this faithful cat, Evelope and his good grey mare. A lot of adventures happen during their travel, but they are bold together. In the end one unexpected character appeared, she was the blacksmiths daughter who helps Sir Charlie Stinky Socks to gain the treasure. This book has four gigant flaps which call the attention of children. This book can be good for children who are 6-7 years; it has wide range of vocabulary. It contains incredible drawings, with it you have to follow the story. The phrases appeared a bit disorder, it follow the drawings.
 * Characters: ** Sir Charlie, Mare, Evelope, blacksmiths daughter, blacksmiths,
 * Web page: **[|**www.sircharliestinkysocks.co.uk**]
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 * Author and illustrator: ** Eric Carle
 * Title: ** Hello, Red Fox



It is a book that works with colours and the optical illusions. It is an interactive book, which tells a story about a frog who invited lots of animals to his birthday party. He calls them a different colour than his mother sees them. The reader is supposed to stare at the picture for ten seconds and then move their eyes and they will supposedly see the same picture in a different colour. In the first page appear one red heart with one dot inside, the first step is to count slowly to ten without moving your eyes, only looking at the dot. Then you have to move your eyes to the dot which is in the next blank page, count to three and a faint a green heart will appear around the dot. The book is best enjoyed being read by one child at a time. Children can interact with this book.
 * Characters: ** Red fox, Purple butterfly, Orange cat, Green snake, Yellow bird, Blue fish, Dog with black spots, Frog and Mommy´s frog.
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 * Author: ** Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
 * Illustrated: ** David slonim



This tale is about the interesting and hard work of tooth fairy. The tale is telling by the main character who is the own tooth fairy. She said that for this job you need take skill, and to be tough. The tooth fairy also is smart because she has invented the tooth-o-finder, which she can find the baby teeth. She has also to avoid all the obstacles like dogs or cats who want to chase her. If you follow her schedule all will be okay. This book is for children who are 5 years, because they will be who start to have this natural experience.
 * Title: ** you think it´s easy being the tooth Fairy?
 * Web page: ** [|www.bell-rehwoldt.com][|www.davislomin.com]
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 * Author: ** Kathryn White
 * Illustrated: ** Vanessa Cabban



One evening while Pecan and Hickory was playing, a shiny brown nutty suddenly burst up from the ground. Both of them wanted to eat the nut. They started to argue and with the noises from the discussion all the forest´s animals started to arrived. After that, everybody wanted to eat the nut, Badger decided that they will must to do a race and the winner will get the nut. The race turned into a nutty nut chase... Mole was trying to put out the nutshell which was trapped on his head. For this reason the nutty was jumping and hopping. Finally there were nuts for everybody and all the forest´s animals were happy. In my opinion this tale is good for children who are 4 years, with it we can develop the rules which they can follow in different games, also the importance of sharing things.
 * Title: ** The Nutty Nut Chase
 * Web page: **www. goodbks.com
 * Characters:** Pecan, Hickory, Badger, Littlest Rabbit, Hedgehog, Cuddliest, Blackbird, Shrew, Mole
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 * Author: ** Jonathan Emmett
 * Illustrated: ** Vanessa Cabban



One night Mole was digging... when he left the ground suddenly he saw the moon in the sky and he thought that it was the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. He wanted to bring down the moon, he tried with a stick, jumping, throwing nuts, climbing a tree... He never gave up. But bringing down the moon is not easy... When he was in the top of the tree he fell down into a puddle, and in this moment he could see the moon reflected in it. He though he was the culpable that moon was there, he though the moon has been fell down too. After he started to cry and quickly his friends arrived, and they said Mole that the moon was in her place bright as much as he likes.
 * Title: ** Bringing down the moon
 * Characters:** Rabbit, Mole, Squirrel, Hedgehog
 * Explanation: ** i think this book is useful to children learn in some cases they want to get something which they can gain.


 * Author: ** Anne Civardi
 * Illustrated: ** Stephen Cartwrigth




 * Title: Moving Hause **
 * Characters: Spark´s family**
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 * The Spark´s family are moving into a new house. They have to prepare their new house and also packed all their things to move it in their new house. Sophie and Sam the children of the family are very exciting with their new rooms. When all things are ready the Spark´s family have a time in the street meeting their new neighbours.**
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 * This is a perfect tale to learn new vocabulary because appear a lot of things which children can recognize because it are in their house. Also there are a little yellow duck hiding in the pages, which we can ask questions to guess where it is.**


 * Author ** **and** **Illustrated:** Eric Carle
 * Title: ** Little Cloud



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One day the little cloud decided separated of the other clouds, and to enjoy the time touched the tops of the houses and trees. Suddenly little cloud changed into a giant cloud, after that she changed into a sheep... Along the tale the cloud changed into a aeroplane, into a shark, into two different trees, into a rabbit, a hat and also a clown who needed the hat... In the end the little cloud went with the other clouds. They changed into a big cloud and in this moment rained. This tale represent the autonomy of the little cloud, he was enjoy alone changing all time. We can work with children to look for new forms or other similar objects which changes too.
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 * Retold by: Sue Arengo **
 * Illustrated: ** Caroline Anstey



It’s a story about three goats who are trying to cross a bridge to go eat some grass on the other side, and there is this troll in the bridge who wants to eat them. So as he goes across, each goat tricks him by promising he can eat the next goat who is even bigger. The troll’s greedy so he waits for the next one, but the biggest goat pushes him in the water, so they all get across safely. This tale it is good for children who are three years old, because is all time the same structure. They can learn easily the colours from the goats, the vocabulary like verbs and prepositions. Also is a funny story, there is a bad troll who went to the water at the end.
 * Title: ** Three Billy-Goats
 * Characters:** the big red goat, the little goat and the very big goat
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 * Author: ** Martin Waddell
 * Illustrated: ** Barbara Firth



It´s time to sleep, but the little bear can´t get to sleep. Around their cave is dark and little bear needs some light. The big bear gives some lantern but even with it, little bear can´t get to sleep. The little bear still think in the dark, the darkness which is outside. Big bear finds the perfect way to help him fall fast asleep... Perfect tale to evaporate the fear of the dark. Teacher can develop activities through the dark and the light. Is a fantastic story with a lot of honey.
 * Title: ** Can´t You Sleep Little Bear?
 * Characters:** little bear and big bear
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