{"product_id":"2940158471209","title":"A GHOSTLY REHEARSAL - A ghost story from the golden age of railways","description":"ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Issue 54 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an old English tale that occurred during the 1860's. While the Manchester and Milford railway was being constructed (1860 – 1864), many a frugal farmer added to his earnings by boarding and lodging the navvies (labourers) who were constructing the line. Several of these sturdy workers stayed at a farm called Penderlwyngoch. One night when the moon was full, the dogs started barking, strangers were seen in the farmyard, footsteps were heard approaching and the door swung open......\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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":47115627069680,"sku":"2940158471209","price":1.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158471209_p0.jpg?v=1764112291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158471209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}