The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly

Stories, Tales, Myths, Plays and Yarns

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New Stories 

• Der allerschoenste Drache in der Welt  A translation of The Most Beautiful Dragon in the World  from The Festival of Stones.
• The Adventure of Willy Worm Kindergarten and Grade 1.
• The Giant, the Crows, the Cow and the Moon  A humorous (and silly) moon creation myth - kindergarten through grade one (and up, depending on your child). A tale in the nonsense tradition.
• Peter and the Sea Maiden  For late kindergarten through grade three or four. From an unpublished ms.

from Eggs for the Hunting

• The Sun and the Butterfly  All ages
• The World Egg ~ or ~ Creation according to Madam Two Pecks Late kindergarten / Grade 1 and up
• The Salmon's Tale  Late kindergarten and up

from The Starry Bird

• The Starry Bird  Suitable for 7 and up
• The Little Starry Bird  Suitable for all

from The Lost Lagoon

• The Adam Child  Kindergarten to grade 4. Suitable for the Human and Animal block in grade 4 (in my opinion)
• Adam makes a Pot for Evening Star  The 'other half' of The Adam Child
• The Saddest Slug Tale in the Whole Wide World  kindergarten and up
• Long Legs the Spider   A yarn if ever there was one
• The Life of a Leaf  Good for little ones
• The Toad and the Princess   A “pedagogical tale” – antidote to vanity and snottiness
• The Frog and the Dragonfly  A fable – for ages 7 to 9

 from The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly 

• Jack Frost's Tale  kindergarten and up
• The Tale of Crystal Fire  kindergarten and up
• The Firefly's Tale  kindergarten and up

  from The Festival of Stones

• The Most Beautiful Dragon in the Whole World  A Michaelmas tale
• Saint Martin's Light  A Martinmas tale
• The Myth of Ella-jah  An animal creation myth
• The Burden Bull of Scotland  A Christmas tale

 from Big-stamp Two-toes the Barefoot Giant

• Kites A reincarnation tale. Grade one to four
• The Sad Tale of Forget-me-not  kindergarten up to grade 3
• Big-stamp Two-toes the Barefoot Giant  kindergarten and up
• The Legend of Oak Knoll Warren  Good for little ones

  from The Magic Knot ~ and other tangles!

• Tiptoes Tells How She Was Born  kindergarten and up
• The Tale of None  For little ones. It's about a little ladybug without any spots - none at all!

 Tales not yet in print

• The Walnut Tree  Not for little kids – for 8 or 9 years old and up
• King Sangara’s Horse  A shadow puppet play from Ancient India – written for a fifth grade
• The Rambling Rose and the Fir Tree  A Christmas Story
• The Tale of Twice  This tale, as a rule, is not for children (see the journal)
• The Silver Maiden  This tale is not for children
• The Brown Gnome  For little ones. Published in Lilipoh magazine in spring 2011
• The Blue Cave  For little ones
• How the Flat Field became Beautiful  For late kindergarten and grade one/two
• The Green Bird  A sad-sweet tale. On the surface it's late kindergarten and up, but is, in my opinion, connected to the 9 year change, i.e., grade 3.