Books with title The Trees of the Dancing Goats

Sandra Skelton is a 67-year-old mother of four, with eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Sandra was born and raised in the country town of Ballymena in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. She began writing short children's stories for her first grand-daughter Lauren, who is now 25 years old and has a beautiful daughter of her own. Like any grandmother, Sandra loves spending time with the grandchildren and over the years she has enjoyed using her own childish imagination to write stories they all love to hear. After years of thinking about it, she has now decided to put some of those stories into her new book "The Dancing Tree" which contains great stories from her imagination bringing exciting tales of adventure and fun!

The Legend of The Dancing Trees is the story of Kalil Taylor, a young man growing up in 1960 s Mississippi. The story follows Kalil s special, or should we say magical relationship with his grandfather, and how that relationship leads him to the discovery of an old African-American legend. The story of four slave women that turned themselves into trees to escape slavery fuels Kalil s desire to learn more. In search of the truth Kalil is taken on a magical journey. He discovers much more than he bargained for.

Trevor is an African baobab tree who dreams of being able to dance. On full moon nights, while his family is sleeping, he watches the people in the valley below dance, twirl and clap around their campfire and he is filled with longing. But Trevor's roots anchor him so strongly into the soil that he doesn't think he would ever be able to free himself. Until, that is, he gets a strange visitor who asks him a question: how does he know he can't dance until he has really tried?

The Dancing Tree is an enchanted story of a wood cutter named Jasper, who had become detached from those in his life. He allowed himself to become obsessed with his role as provider, to the point of forgetting the simple act of love. During a wood cutting expedition the wood cutter experienced an encounter with a tree that danced. The tree's mystical dance transforms Jasper's heart and life.

Trevor is an African baobab tree who dreams of being able to dance. On full moon nights, while his family are sleeping, he watches the people in the valley below dance, twirl and clap around their campfire and he is filled with longing.But Trevor's roots anchor him so strongly into the soil that he doesn't think he would ever be able to free himself. Until, that is, he gets a strange visitor who asks him a question: how does he know he can't dance until he has really tried?

Sprig has just one night to choose her forever spot in the Fairy Forest. There'll she grow big, strong and magical. Where will her forever spot be?Welcome to the magical world of Fairy Forest, full of fairies, elves, pixies, unicorns and glow guards! Young readers love these whimsical ‘fairy tales’ about courage, perseverance, trust and friendship.This book's Lexile measure is 590L. Search for other books in the Fairy Forest series!Perfect for ages 6–9Short chapters and age-appropriate length (1300-1700 words)Gorgeous illustrationsFairy Forest is published by Reading Eggs, the educators with more than 30 years' experience publishing quality literacy resources for children all over the world.