Tell Me a Story: Timless Folktales from Around the World

by Amy Friedman (Contributor)

Stories for the Tell Me a Story series also available on Kindle. Eight exquisite multicultural folktales from the popular newspaper feature, Tell Me A Story by Amy Friedman (Universal Press Syndicate). Read by talented performers of stage and screen and with music by the wondrous Laura Hall.

Book Details: Format: Audio Book Publication Date: 5/15/2006 Pages:

Genres: Fantasy

Audio CD

First published July 1, 1994

About the author

My most recent books are Desperado's Wife: A Memoir (as soon on Katie Couric on July 9, 2013) and the soon-to-be-released story of Anne Willan's life, the memoir One Souffle at a Time, with Anne Willan (St. Martin's Press, September 2013).

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, inspired first by trying to give voice to those who are voiceless. This has been the unconscious impetus behind all three of my memoirs and much of the fiction and short stories and thousands of essays I've written.

I worked for years as a newspaper columnist in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and I still write (since 1992) the internationally syndicated newspaper feature Tell Me A Story that has spawned two books and three audiobooks.

I now live in Los Angeles and teach memoir and personal essay classes at UCLA Extension, The Skirball Cultural Arts Center, Idyllwild School of the Arts Summer Program, and PEN USA's Pen in the Classroom program.

Reviews

[Millie Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so much fun and I was sad when it ended. The storytellers did a fantastic job of conveying the different emotions and I could just imagine the happy faces of kids listening to them tell the different tales. There were several different stories, such as the two frogs from Japan and the magistrate's wife (which was my favorite) but the last story of Sam Fink had me laughing out loud. It was a much needed bright spot after the clunker that I'd just finished listening to.

[Nicole Ankenmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook: 1h.10m.

This is a brief, kid-friendly survey of folk stories from around the world. The narrators are appropriately animated for a young audience, and would probably be ideal for listeners between five and eight? Maybe up to ten? The tales are still charming, but I suspect their peak appeal would be for children in primary school, read one or two stories at a time.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good listen. I hope to listen to the follow ons.

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mostly added this to my list just so I’d have a short book to help even out the incredibly long Sanderson series I’m also reading.
But it was a fun collection of folk tales! I listened to most of them with my 7-yr-old daughter and she enjoyed listening to them too. 😍

[Don Gubler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good collection of bedtime stories to read to kids.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute short stories read by a variety of narrators.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dax and I enjoyed listening to this in the car. The short stories were the perfect length for our trips to and from school.

[Nicole Geub · Rating 1 out of 5]

not for me. this is a kids book through and through. oh well.

[Ttm33 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite delightful! A fast listen and very entertaining.

[Terry]

Our daughter just about wore out this CD. We listened to it home, car, everywhere we went. See what she loved most in our review.