These Polish folk tales have a delightfully mischievous character all their own. To create his sparkling collection, Richard Monte has gathered some of Poland's favourite stories from all over the country.

 

This book was recognised in the Best Books of the Year category by the Scholastic Awards.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

There are 96 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2011 by Frances Lincoln Ebooks .

Illustrator: Paul Hess studied graphic deisgn before going on to work as an art director in various design studios. Paul began illustrating full-time in 1991 and has illustrated several children's books. Richard Monte is a children's book reviewer who has contributed articles on Poland to BBC History Magazine and History Today. He is married to a Polish wife. This is his first book for Frances Lincoln. Whereabouts: St Albans, Hertfordshire Paul Hess's books include Josephine Poole's Jack and the Beanstalk, Alan MacDonald's Pig in a Wig and Malachy Doyle's The Great Castle of Marshmangle (Andersen Press). He collaborated with Eric Maddern on the critically-acclaimed The King with Horse's Ears, Death in a Nut and Cow on the Roof, published in 2006.