This is a collection 18 of the fairy tales that children love best, told in simple language and lavishly illustrated. They have been re-written by various authors, a selection of the best and most popular fairy tales, gathered from many sources and here presented in most attractive form, printed in large clear type, with many pictures, some of them coloured.The fairy tales in this volume are:Little Snow WhiteThe Ugly DucklingAladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

On the borders of the “Land o’ Dreams” and broad daylight, the real and the unreal are so strangely blended that children are puzzled to know where the boundary lies. It is from this land that these 28 illustrated bedtime stories in this volume are taken.Herein you will find stories like:The EatyoupThe Tell-Tale GoblinThe Peacock ButterfliesThe Little China ShepherdessHow The Buttercup Grew YellowInquisitive Mr. Possum...

Herein are 19 folk and fairy tales gathered from around the world, illustrated and retold by Katharine Pyle. You will find tales from ancient Bohemia, Norse, France, Germany, Hindu, American Indian, Russia and more.Included are children’s classics like the Three Billy Goats Gruff, Dapplegrim and even a Russian Baba Yaga tale. While some of the titles maybe less familiar, you will find the tales, like Princess Rosetta and The Crow Peri, are of superior quality and were the favourite...

In this volume of Korean Folk Tales, you will find 53 stories from the ancient Korean kingdoms of Silla and Balhae. Herein you will find stories like Charan, The Story Of Chang To-Ryong, A Story Of The Fox, Cheung Puk-Chang, The Seer, Yun Se-Pyong, The Wizard, The Wild-Cat Woman and many, many more.These stories have their roots in the equally ancient eastern religions of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism and have been translated from an old manuscript of Korean Folklore and transl...

These 4 perennial children’s favourites, retold here in full by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, are exquisitely illustrated by master illustrator Edmund Dulac. Herein you will find 12 full page colour plates plus 5 BnW vignettes which breathe life into these well-known stories, vibrant enough to really fire the imagination of any young person anywhere.The stories in this volume are:The Sleeping BeautyBlue BeardCinderellaBeauty And The BeastWe invite yo...

The 48 Folk-Tales in this book hail from the South East Asian land-locked country of Laos.Herein are stories like The Enchanted Mountain, The Spirit-Guarded Cave, The Monkeys and the Crabs, The Origin of Lightning (a tale which seems to be endemic amongst all the world’s cultures,) The Faithful Husband, The Cheating Priest and many more children’s stories which cover Romance and Tragedy, Temples and Priests, Moderation and Greed, Parables and Proverbs and The Wonders of Wisdom. Ther...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 90In Issue 90 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Aesop’s fable of BELLING THE CAT. A fable about mice who, despite talking a good talk, find it a bit more difficult to implement their plans to confront Belling the Cat. So, what did they talk about and why was it so hard to put into practice? Download and read this story to find out just what went on.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories...

This is the story/saga of a poet, poor and proud, with all the strength of a Viking and all the weakness of genius. He loves a fine lady, a spoiled child; who bewitches him, and jilts him, and jilts him again. In true Viking style he fights for her, kills for her, writes verse for her, and rises, for her sake, to the height of all that a man in his age could achieve.Then, after years, he has her at his feet, and learns of her heartlessness and worthlessness. He bids her farewell; b...

The Indians manifest their poetry in their huge temples; the Persians in their holy books; the Egyptian in pyramids, obelisks and the like; the Hellene in their magnificent statues; the Romans in their enchanting pictures; the Germans in their beautiful music—but the Slavs have poured out their soul and their intimate thoughts in ballads and tales.Herein are 33 Serbian superstitions and national customs, 12 legends of Prince Marko, a Serbian national hero, the epic poem of the hero...

This volume contains 24 tales collected in and around Wales by P. H. Emerson whilst living in Anglesea during the winter 1891-2. With the exception of the French story, they were written as they were told to the collector. In most cases he amended them as little as possible, preferring to record the stories as told, staying true to the original, so that the written story would enchant readers as though it were being presented by the storyteller.Herein you will find stories like...

The literal translation of “Patrañas” is humbug or nonsense. When used in the context of folklore and legends it can be taken to mean tall storiesIn seeking inspiration to create a book, in essence a story, it is seldom found in one item or a single occurrence, but more often when a number of these coalesce into a climax of sorts, resulting in a “Eureka moment”. And so it was with the creation of this volume of 50 illustrated Spanish Traditions.It ...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 235In this 235th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of The Leaf Fairies who live in a forest full of beautiful trees and flowers.Once upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away in a wood, the Leaf Fairies were busy making their leaves. They made them of every shape and size, for each fairy had her own idea of what looked prettiest. Some made them long and narrow, like tall an...