A Year of Fables

By Alessia Delvecchio

This book brings us back the wisdom of the past, twelve unpublished fables, one for each month, with pretty illustrations and traditional tunes for tin whistle that the child will love immediately and the adult will appreciate for their delicacy. Prepare to enter a world populated by funny creatures of the wood and not only, among which a gruff slug, a rude horse, sweet butterflies and a nice starfish that surely will come into your hearts. Have you ever wondered what a snail and a slug say to each other? Or what a horse does to a mischievous dog? And what a blue butterfly thinks? The animals talk to each other and think many wonderful things, you just have to listen to them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9780244900496

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Delvecchio

Contributors

Preface by Marco Tenace

In English translation by Massimiliano Tenace

Dedication

Dedicate to all the children and the child within us

Copyright

Copyright © 2017 by Alessia Delvecchio

ISBN 978-0-244-90049-6

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

First Printing: 2017

Alessia Delvecchio

Preface

The fable can be considered as a point of contact between the adult and the child, the parents read it to their child before bedtime but the teacher often uses it as a learning method to teach pupils. So a story can be playing and recreation time but also a moment of reflection and teaching, hence the importance of the fable.

Nowadays we are losing the habit of telling fantastic stories to children. They spend most of their time in front of the television or computer, thereby reducing the imaginative capacity of the child and losing important moments of confrontation.

This book brings us back the wisdom of the past, twelve unpublished fables, one for each month, with pretty illustrations and traditional tunes for tin whistle that the child will love immediately and the adult will appreciate for their delicacy.

Prepare to enter a world populated by funny creatures of the wood and not only, among which a gruff slug, a rude horse, sweet butterflies and a nice starfish that surely will come into your hearts.

Have you ever wondered what a snail and a slug say to each other?

Or what a horse does to a mischievous dog?

And what a blue butterfly thinks?

The animals talk to each other and think many wonderful things, you just have to listen to them.

And what about the shining star that ends up in the bottom of the sea amongst fishes and starfishes.

Another important element is altruism, just like the little gnome does with the curious fox.

Each of these stories is ready to entertain and teach