Singing to the Sun

This is a collection of eight original tales in the fairy-tale tradition, which will make them popular with many young listeners. In the tale which provides the book's title, a tabby cat and a court jester assist a young lord to make the choice between power, love and wealth. The nursery rhyme, 'There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Basket' is the inspiration for 'Under the Moon', featuring an obsessive cleaner who tries to remove cobwebs from our illuminated satellite. 'The Thistle Princess' sees a lone thistle demonstrating the wisdom and courage to help a childless royal couple. My favourite is 'Little Beekeeper', the little girl who ultimately succeeds where her foolish and arrogant brothers fail, by filling the Royal Castle's Great Hall, leaving no nook or cranny unfilled. Unfortunately, having failed in their quest, the three brothers live the rest of their lives as croaking toads.