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Margaret Read MacDonald
Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald travels the world telling stories....always on the lookout for more great folktales to share. She shapes these found stories into tellable tales which anyone can share with ease. Filling her folktale collections with these delightful tales, she creates perfect... show more



Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald travels the world telling stories....always on the lookout for more great folktales to share. She shapes these found stories into tellable tales which anyone can share with ease. Filling her folktale collections with these delightful tales, she creates perfect read alouds for you and your family. MRM wants everyone to experience the joy of a beautifully told tale. She hopes you will read them a few times...then put down the book...put down the electronic device...and just TELL the story to your children! Some of her favorite folktales she expands into picture books...hopefully with delightfully readable language while will roll right out of your mouth. Share them with your children and then....act the tales out! Revisit the tales by TELLING them! At bedtime. While on the road. Fill your pockets with great stories to share wherever you go. Joining her Folklore Ph.D. with her 30 plus years as a children's librarian, Margaret brings folktales to life in playful, lilting language which should delight both reader and listener. See her performance schedule at: www.margaretreadmaconald.com

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Fallen Over Book Reviews
Fallen Over Book Reviews rated it 9 years ago
We received this book to give an honest review. Oh A and I had a blast reading this book to the point of every time I would say "Land on my Knees" A would want to say it instead of me. This is a really adorable book that I think children from ages 3 on up would really enjoy. You have a young girl...
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog) rated it 9 years ago
Genre: Animals / Manners / Folktale / Hungary / Magic Year Published: 2007 Year Read: 2015 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Now, I have read many unusual and creative folktales over the years, but I have never read a folktale quite like this one! “Little Rooster’s Diamond Button” is a ...
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog) rated it 10 years ago
Genre: Family / Animals / Trickery / Folktale / Africa Year Published: 2001 Year Read: 2015 Publisher Albert Whitman & Company I have read many African folktales over the years and I have enjoyed almost every single one of them! So, I stumbled upon this new African folktale retold...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 11 years ago
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. Pickin Peas is the beautiful retelling of folktale that originally appeared, according to MacDonald, in Southern Workman. A girl is out picking peas in her garden and confronts a rabbit who, like most rabbits, starts to take the remaining peas. ...
Injoy's Blogs + Book Reviews
Injoy's Blogs + Book Reviews rated it 11 years ago
Pickin' Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald & Pat CummingsI received an free e-copy of this book from NetGalley for review. I gave it two stars.While restoring a tale from the past is an admirable concept, this story was VERY difficult to follow because of the spacing of the letters. The singing rabbit ...
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