{"product_id":"once-there-was-a-story-tales-from-around-the-world-perfect-for-sharing-9781416971726","title":"Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom beloved author Jane Yolen and acclaimed illustrator Jane Dyer a collection of thirty stories from around the world, perfect for sharing and for bedtime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of well-known and not-so-well known stories, fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from Russia to Africa to Korea and beyond includes magic tales, homey tales, and animal tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jane Yolen says in her introduction, \"These are stories that are short, full of remarkable characters, infinitely retellable, and fit for children between three and five years of age. I hope--as you read them with a child on your lap, or snuggled next to you in bed, or sitting with young friends at your feet, their eager faces falling under the story's spell--I hope that you love the stories as well as they do.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Yolen is an award-winning author who has written more than 380 books for children, including the bestseller \u003ci\u003eHow Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?\u003c\/i\u003e and the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner \u003ci\u003eOwl Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. She is known for her beautiful poetry, picture books, fairy tales, novels, and nonfiction, and has even been called \"the Hans Christian Andersen of America\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e). She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Visit her at JaneYolen.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane Dyer is the illustrator of many books for children, including \u003ci\u003eWhen Mama Comes Home Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSophie's Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e by Eileen Spinelli, \u003ci\u003eRoly Poly \u003c\/i\u003eby Mem Fox, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster\/Paula Wiseman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647560356114,"sku":"9781416971726","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e0703bd-8a79-4c96-a83e-18deaaef6cb3.jpg?v=1734802053","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-there-was-a-story-tales-from-around-the-world-perfect-for-sharing-9781416971726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}