Magic Wanda's Travel Emporium
Tales of Love, Hate and Things in Between
Joshua Searle-White
"In a wet and cold streambed, underneath a big bridge, lived a troll named Arg. Now, in case you don’t remember about trolls, let’s do a bit of review. What are trolls like? Well, they are smelly and dirty, and they love to lounge in muddy, disgusting water under bridges. It’s even better if the water is cold. And they eat gross, repulsive things, like worm fricassee and snail sauce and snake-bladder stew. And, of course, they’re irritable. You would be too, if you ate that kind of stuff every day."
—from “Arg and Tharg"
In this collection of fifteen colorful stories, award-winning storyteller Joshua Searle-White presents off-the-wall characters—from pirates and trolls, to a sorcerer and an enchantress, to a red rubber ball from a distant planet and more. Magic Wanda’s Travel Emporium provides children with a wonderful way to understand the richness of life and the importance of relationships through the art of storytelling. Searle-White’s unique combination of rhyme, alliteration and wordplay make this an ideal collection for reading aloud. Suitable for story hour, church groups, children’s sermons and home. For ages nine and up.
Joshua Searle-White has performed and led workshops nationwide, including at General Assemblies and in districts and congregations around the country. He has recorded three storytelling CDs, Dad School, Letter Poker and Magic Wanda’s Travel Emporium. Searle-White is a professor of psychology at Allegheny College and a member of the Unitarian Church of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
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Last updated on Wednesday, June 2, 2010.
