Where the stories come from

New stories of small, ordinary kindness, written for Somnus.

English fairy tales, and a few much-loved English storytellers.

Gentle nature writing and nature myths: meadows, rivers, birds and weather.

Jataka tales and old Indian legends, where animals are often the wisest ones.

The classic European fairy tales, from Grimm and Andersen to Perrault and old Russia.

Old tales from Japan, retold slowly.

Fables and fairy stories from old China.

Fables and wonders from Greece, Rome and Arabia.

Short, quiet stories from the Zen and Taoist traditions.

Folk tales from old Korea.