Botanical Folk Tales Book Launch

Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland is a collection of folk tales with a difference: all the stories involve trees and plants. The book was written on Dartmoor by storyteller and conservationist Lisa Schneidau, with stunning cover illustrations by Chagford artist David Wyatt. It’s the result of a storyteller’s search for traditional folk tales about the botany of these islands, the wild trees and plants that surround us through the seasons, in countryside, town and city.

The book contains stories for all ages. There are tales about giant pumpkins and travelling trees, fairies that curse bad farmers, willows that talk and an enchanted coat of moss. The book follows the growing year, from the snowdrops braving the Highland winds and piskie tulips by the river Tamar, to bad-tempered dandelions, chattering junipers, fields full of ragwort and magic apple trees.

Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland is published by the History Press on 19th March, priced at £9.99.

Come and help me launch the new book in Chagford, where most of it was written!