Old World & New World Fairy Tales

by Amabel Williams-Ellis

Other authorsWilliam Stobbs (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1966

Status

Available

Publication

Blackie (1966), 359 pages. B&W illustrations.

Language

Local notes

A collection of story-telling adventures that start in Britain and circle the globe, including tales from Europe, Asia and the Americas.

• The Lambton worm (England)
• Guleesh and the princess of France (Ireland)
• The story of Prince Ahmed (Morocco)
• Don Lopez of Spain (Spain)
• The knight of the almond blossom (Spain)
• The magic bird (Africa)
• The rain-god's daughter (Bantu)
• Little fish and big fish (Africa)
• Tutu bird (Africa)
• Bahmoo and the frog (Indians of Guiana / South America)
• The three oranges (Brazil)
• Anansi an' de cherries (Jamaica)
• Tar-Baby (African-American)
• Painted skin (China)
• Learning magic (China)
• The golden prince of the conch shell (Thailand)
• How the rajah got rich (Lombok, Indonesia)
• The story of silly Cham-ba (Tibet)
• The country of the mice (Tibet)
• Four tales of Rama and Sita (India)
• Nastasya and the whirlwind (Russia)
• St. George and the dragon
• An emir and two thieves (Arab)
• The baby that was sold (Crete)
• The mouse hole (Czech)
• How Urseli became a princess (Austria)
• The giant's bride (Lapland)
• The sea knight (southern France)
• Wayland Smith (England).

Terrible condition dustjacket. 8 colour illustrations with b&w illustrations.
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