John Rankin Wish List: Once Upon a Tune

John Rankin Wishlist: Please select free collection at checkout and we will bundle donated books together and post to the school. Alternatively, if you chose to pay for postage, we will immediately dispatch to the school.

Once Upon a Tune brings you six wonderful stories from many lands, all of which inspired great music. You can battle trolls with Peer Gynt if you go In The Hall of the Mountain King; grapple with a magic broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, meet the evil Witch of the North in The Swan of Tuonela, sail the seven seas with Sinbad the Sailor in Scheherazade; be a prince disguised as a bee in The Flight of the Bumblebee and become a fearless hero in William Tell. The stories are excitingly told and stunningly illustrated by James Mayhew, who is famous for bringing live classical music, art and storytelling to families across the UK.

There are also Musical Notes where you can find out more about the stories and music, plus James’s recommended recordings to download and listen to.

Please note if you are ordering items with different publication dates, we will combine items into one shipment. If you would like to receive your books as they become available, we recommend ordering books with different publication dates separately. If collecting, we will let you know when items are ready for collection. Please add hello@wonderlandbookshop.co.uk to your safe senders list to avoid emails being potentially filtered as junk.