The Lion Book of Five-Minute Animal Stories

Author: John Goodwin

John Goodwin lends his amusing storytelling style to ten animal stories that express an important moral value consistent with Christain faith. Stories are drawn from a range of countriesChina, India, Germanyas well as giving a passing nod to the fables of Aesop.

Stories included are: The Musicians of Bremen; Party Time; The Nightingale; The Cheeky Monkey; The Lion and the Mouse; Princess Petunia and the Pig; The Hare and the Hedgehog; Fish Girl; The Talking Bear; and Chauntecleer the Cockerel.

Each story extends over two double-page spreads and contains around 600 words. The accompanying CD has lively sound effects and music to bring the stories to life.

Author:

John Goodwin has held a number of teaching and university posts including senior lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth. He has also written children’s fiction for publishers including OUP and Hodder and over forty radio plays for the BBC. His fiction ranges from picture books to fast moving narratives for middle readers to educational books for struggling readers. For Lion he has written An Arkful of Animal Stories and Five-Minute Animal Stories.

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