EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON and Other Moon Stories for Children

By Compiled and Edited by John Halsted

Contained within this volume are the stories of East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Monica the Moon Child and The Swan Maidens – all classic children’s stories from yesteryear which, even today, children want to hear and read. Also included are two poems which relate to the moon - The Man in the Moon and Hey Diddle, Diddle – which can also be considered classic children’s rhymes.

While the stories are entertaining and enjoyable to read, the numerous illustrations will fire children’s imaginations and take them into fairy land, where, of course, anything is possible. Nowhere has this “firing of the imagination” been made more apparent than in the entertainments industry with the advent of Green Screen-CGI technology which has enabled big children’s imaginations to run wild and bring all sorts of apparitions to life - especially in the fairy and folk tales genre where we have seen a wholesome revival of interest.

The most thoughtful, progressive educators and parents have come to recognize the cultural value of folklore and fairy tales, fables and legends, not only as means of fostering and directing the power of the child's imagination, but as a basis for literary interpretation and appreciation throughout life not to mention increasing the literacy ability of children.
So, find that comfy chair, have your child snuggle in and set fire to their imagination with this short collection of MOON STORIES for CHILDREN.  

10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities,
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: Feb 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9788827573051

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East of the Sun

and West of the Moon

and other Moon Stories

for Children

Raising funds for Charities

Compiled & Edited by

John Halsted

Published by

Abela Publishing, London

[2018]

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

and other Moon Stories for Children

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2018

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Abela Publishing,

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United Kingdom

2018

ISBN-13: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

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And then she lay on a little green patch in the midst of the gloomy thick wood.

Introduction

In recent years there has been a wholesome revival of interest in old and forgotten folklore and tales and the ancient art of story-telling. The most thoughtful, progressive educators and parents have come to recognize the cultural value of folklore and fairy tales, fables and legends, not only as means of fostering and directing the power of the child's imagination, but as a basis for literary interpretation and appreciation throughout life not to mention increasing the literacy ability of children.

This in turn, has given rise to a demand for the best material available in this genre. Some editors have gleaned from one field; some from several. It is the aim of this book to bring together only the very best from the rich cultural plethora of folklore, and forgotten folklore which is now available.

In preparing the stories for publication, the aim has been to preserve, as much as possible, in vocabulary and idiom, the original folklore language, and to retain the conversational style of the teller of tales, in order that the sympathetic young reader may, in greater or less degree, be translated into the atmosphere of the old-time story-hour.

John Halsted

Abela Publishing

The Man in the Moon

(Anon)

The man in the moon

Came down too soon,

And asked the way to Norwich.

He went by the south,

And burnt his mouth

With eating cold pease porridge.

Man in the Moon (1872)

The Man in the Moon came down too soon.

East of the Sun

and West of the Moon

nce on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness.

So one day, ’twas on a Thursday evening late at the fall of the year, the weather was so wild and rough outside, and it was so cruelly dark, and rain fell and wind blew, till the walls of the cottage shook again. There they all sat round the fire, busy with this thing and that. But just then, all at once something gave three taps on the window-pane. Then the father went out to see what was the matter; and, when he got out of doors, what should he see but a great