| ID | 017727 |
| Call Number | FIC/GAR |
| Title Proper | Once upon a time, though it wasn't in your time and it wasn't in anybody else's time |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gardner, Alan |
| Publication | London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1993. |
| Description | 29p Off White Spine |
| Note | Alan Gardner reminds us that the true function of the storytelling phrase, 'once upon a time' is to transport the reader or listener to a universal time. This time beyond time belongs to one in particular and is therefore universal. This is the time of the folktale. Gardner has retold three folktales in a text that brings them to fresh life. These stories also represent three different types of cumulative tales that are seen in many cultures around the world. |
| Standard Number | 075137007X |
| Price. Qualification | £7.99(Hb) |
| Classification Number | FIC |
| Key Words | Folktales ; Cumulative stories |