{"title":"Arcturus Illustrated Folk Tales","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781398838925","title":"Stories from the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis beautiful hardback anthology draws together 15 classic sea stories from around the world, as retold by poet and children's author Corinna Keefe and brought to life in full-colour by multi-award-winning illustrator Khoa Le.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeigh anchor and prepare for the voyage of a lifetime with this spectacular collection of sea stories taken from myths, folklore and oral histories from all over the world. Young readers can thrill to the epic voyages of the trickster Maui, who made the islands of Polynesia; swim with dragons alongside China's Lin Moniang; and enjoy the mischievous antics of the Klabautermann, a mischievous German sea-goblin. 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