3 Minutes Fairy Tales

Fairy tales sized for six to eight year olds, each one written to be read in about three minutes. The stories turn on friendship, kindness and the small lessons children are working out at that age, delivered through narrative rather than instruction. Colour illustration runs through the book in picture-book format, which keeps the pages inviting for readers still moving between listening and reading alone. Because every tale is self-contained and brief, the collection suits a reader who wants to finish something in one go, and it gives an adult an easy stopping point when the session has to end. Reader notes: • Fairy tales written for the six to eight age band • Colour picture-book presentation throughout • Themes of friendship, learning and everyday moral choices • Self-contained stories that each end in a single sitting Aimed at early primary readers and at parents and teachers choosing short read-aloud material, available at Boipoka.