Dancing with Trees: Eco-Tales from the British Isles
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The History Press |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 192 |
| Price | £9.99 |
| ISBN | 9780750978873 |
- This book consists of retellings of traditional stories, intended in turn as sources for oral storytelling. They were selected by the authors because of a connection to ideas about ecology and living with nature.
- Besides the contents indexed here, the book also contains: a Foreword by Donald Smith, the director of Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (page 7); Acknowledgments (pages 8-9); two notes about storytelling, "Bringing Stories Together" (pages 21-23) and "Telling Stories with the Seasons" (pages 169-170); "About the Authors" (pages 24-25); "Natural History Index to These Stories" (pages 171-175); "Source Notes for the Stories" (pages 176-187); "Further Reading" (pages 188-192).
- The stories are divided into the thematic sections "Air" (pages 28-49), "Fire" (pages 50-69), "Water" (pages 70-89), "Earth" (pages 90-117), "The Web of Nature" (pages 118-141), and "Living in Harmony" (pages 142-168).
- Illustrated with thirty drawings by Tessa Wyatt.
- Data from Amazon UK, with preview of the first printing, as of 2017-02-27.
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