Devon Folk Tales for Children

Devon Folk Tales for Children gathers stories rooted in the county’s rivers, farms, moors and wild coastline. Its cast includes goblins tinkering in old ore mines, pixies playing along pack routes trodden by Dartmoor ponies, and a changeling hare-woman who runs beneath the moon. The tales draw on Devon’s landscape as a setting where human paths meet older traditions and folkloric beings.

Leonie Jane-Grey, a professional storyteller, writer and artist with strong connections to Devon, presents the collection for younger readers. Her illustrations accompany stories shaped by the county’s local lore, from its ancient moorland tracks to its coastal sands. The result is a book of regional tales that keeps Devon’s named places, creatures and storytelling traditions at its centre.