The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book by Isabel Wyatt

This enchanting collection of tales, charmingly told by Isabel Wyatt, takes us through the highlights of the year as Sylvia + her friends celebrate festivals + birthdays. But one of the Greek heroes, Odysseus, offends the Sea-God, who sends storms and waves to keep him from arriving. But as she comes closer to her special seventh birthday, there is one extraordinary adventure left. After nine years of siege and fighting, the Greeks are finally returning home. During the day, Sylvia also has her own adventures: planting a fairy tree, meeting St Nicholas + venturing into the deep woods. They weave magical stories of clever princesses, far-away kingdoms, courageous knights, kind children + graceful fairies. There is nothing Sylvia loves more than stories so every day she asks her mother, the old woodsman + even her fairy friend Sister-in-the-Bushes to tell them to her. In the morning her Wonder Book is filled with beautiful pictures and poems of her adventures + the extraordinary stories she has heard. She wrote many books for children, including The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book, The Eight-Year-Old Legend Book, Norse Hero Tales, The Legends of King Arthur, Legends of the Norse King, and Hay For My Ox.Every night, before Sylvia goes to sleep, she whispers a magic spell to the rhyme-elves. She spent many years teaching young children and was then, until her retirement in 1965, co-director of studies at Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire. Amazon TV show originals include the award-winning comedy Marvelous Mrs. About the Author Isabel Wyatt (1901-1992) was born in England. You get unlimited access to both licensed and original TV shows and movies. The Eight-Year-Old Legend Book - by Isabel Wyatt (Paperback) 16.99. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. A new revised edition, previously published as King Beetle-Tamer. Read reviews and buy The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book - 3rd Edition by Isabel Wyatt (Paperback) at Target. Suitable for children aged seven and up, this is a classic collection from the author of The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book. The stories are full of magic and unicorns, fairies and palaces, roses and gold, which will transport children to a world of faraway places and heroic deeds. These magical tales take us through the highlights of the year, through festivals and birthdays. King Beetle Tamer is just one of fifteen magical wonder tales in this collection by master storyteller Isabel Wyatt. Then one day, he agrees to help a jackdaw return a ruby ring to a princess. And so Orfeo sleeps in the meadow and bes friends with the animals, birds, insects and beetles. Book Synopsis If Orfeo is to be king, his mother decides, he must sleep outside. About the Book A collection of fifteen magical wonder tales from master storyteller Isabel Wyatt, for children aged seven and up.

The Seven-Year-Old Wonder Book by Isabel Wyatt