Yorkshire Folk Tales for Children

Where in Yorkshire can you walk on a dragon's backbone?

Who goes dancing at the Spot Bottom Hops? Which very old story gives advice about loading a dishwasher?

Which mischievous child invented Yorkshire pudding? And is it safe to offer a gift to a small-toothed dog?

Yorkshire has a rich heritage of fantastical folk stories, traditional tales and words of wisdom handed down through generations.

These tales are beautifully retold here for 7- to 11-year-old readers, written and illustrated by storyteller and artist Carmel Page -a southerner by birth but who has lived in Sheffield for so long that she now uses her backdoor as her frontdoor and has started to eat her dinner at lunchtime.