Check out this extraordinary compilation released next month, the 23rd May 2024, written by Caroline Rowland, illustrated by Alette Straathof and published by Noodle Juice.

A tale for every week of the year.

A year full of stories from around the world.

Once upon a time… a long, long, time ago, a story was told. Then, over time, that story was shared with many, becoming a mythical, legendary tale. The building blocks of our cultural heritage, tales of adventure and wonder exist in every society around the globe.

For as long as humans have existed, we have entertained and educated each other with such tales. Ancient stories that are sometimes based on fact, but other times are pure fiction, have been shared from generation to generation by word of mouth, written text, through songs and dances and even in sculptures and paintings. Tales of adventure and wonder exist in every culture.

Celebrate these tales in this amazing hardback compilation of a year full of stories from around the world. From cautionary fairy tales such as Perrault’s, Hans Christian Anderson and the Bothers Grimm, Norse sagas, myths and legends, Scheherazade’s 1001 Arabian Nights, as well as Shakespeare’s comedies to North American, Inuit, Indian and African folk tales. The stories in this new collection from across the ages come together in a glorious collection of 52 retellings of the stories that build our world.  

Illustrated in sumptuous watercolour by Alette Straathof, these are tales that deserve to be brought into the light and shared as they would have been around fires centuries ago.