{"product_id":"2940158413469","title":"ZLATOVLASKA THE GOLDEN-HAIRED - THE SLOVAK TALE OF YIRIK AND THE SNAKE","description":"ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Issue 74 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Slovak tale of Zlatovlaska the Golden-Haired, also known as Yirik And The Snake. Yirik, a palace cook, disobeys his king and tastes a meal to a magic recipe and learns the speech of animals. His animal speaking triggers adventure, and the empathy he feels and shows to the animals secures his ultimate success.\u003cbr\u003eYou'll have to download and read the story to find out what happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach issue also has a \"Where in the World - Look it Up\" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE DOWNLOADS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as \"Father of Stories\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.","brand":"Abela Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071505023216,"sku":"2940158413469","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158413469_p0.jpg?v=1764111572","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158413469","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}