This classic early reading book for Steiner-Waldorf schools is now available again in a newly edited edition.
The stories and poems range in style and content from the fairy-tale elements of Class 1 (age 6-7) to the legends and animal fables introduced in Class 2 (age 7-8).
Rhythmical repetition of words, sounds and phrases is used throughout the book but especially widely in the tales for younger children.
It includes
The Prince Who Kept Pigs
,
The Tree of Three Cries
The Giant and the Child
The Fork-Tail and the Rams
, and
The Monkey and the Pea
.