Books By Margaret Read MacDonald - Author

Margaret Read MacDonald is a highly respected, award-winning author of more than 55 books. She is a very popular storyteller and performer who shares her lively retellings of folktales for schools and audiences around the globe. Drawing on her background in folklore (Ph.D. Indiana University Folklore Institute) and her extensive travels throughout the world, MacDonald searches out unusual tales from the world's folk literature and oral traditions. She has a gift for retelling these stories so they appeal to children and adults alike.


MacDonald teaches storytelling courses for the University of Washington School of Information Science and for Lesley University. As a Children's Librarian for the King County Library System, MacDonald kept finding gaps in her library collection. So she wrote books to fill these needs. On her travels, she collected a number of timeless folktales that she adapted into award-winning picture books, resource books and folktale collections from many cultures. She r