Martha Begley Schade

The crowds cheer as the President of Ireland welcomes the beautiful Johanna onto the stage in Eyre Square in Galway, Now rich and world famous, she ponders on how she came to be in this position. She thinks back to when she was growing up and how she had a source of great advice in the Listening Tree in Merlin Woods. She remembers fondly the advice she received from her friend and how she took it all on board. With old Irish sayings interweaved, this quaint story shows the importance of finding that source of advice you can follow in life - and to know the difference. 
Galway Fairytales are a range of books that aim to nurture children's wellbeing through Irish storytelling. These books enable discussions on topics such as bullying, friendships, kindness, teamwork, finding your source of good guidance in life, persevering as a friend, the importance of saying sorry and owning up to wrongdoing, the limits to pranking others, social inclusion, family breakup and coping with anxiety. Each story comes complete with a discussion list and sets of interesting facts about some character or aspect in the story. 
The Listening Tree is the fourth book of the Merlin Woods Series and comes complete with a discussion list as well as interesting ideas about how good trees are for us. 
Social-emotional learning through enjoyable Irish stories. "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein

Galway Fairytales

The Listening Tree. Befriending Nature.: Merlin Woods Series. Book 4.

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