Folk and Fairy Tales

by Ruth Manning-Sanders

Other authorsRobin Jacques (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1978

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Publication

Methuen Children's Books (1978), Hardcover, 254 pages

Language

ISBN

0416862705 / 9780416862706

Local notes

A collection of 25 classic fairy tales, collected and retold by Manning-Sanders. Includes stories pulled from A Book of Dragons, Mermaids, Witches, Dwarfs, Devils and Demons, Kings and Queens, Magic Animals, Giants, Ogres and Trolls, Wizards, Enchantments and Curses and Monsters. Also includes five new stories (chapters 21-25).

Includes:
1. My Lord Bag of Rice (Japan)
2. Merman Rosmer (Scotland)
3. The Old Witch (England)
4. The Skipper and the Dwarfs (Jutland)
5. Something Wonderful (Finland)
6. Selim and the Snake Queen (Greek Isles)
7. Jon and His Brothers (French Canada)
8. The Monster with Seven Heads (Madagascar)
9. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway)
10. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs (Germany)
11. The Silver Penny (Hungary)
12. Vasilissa Most Lovely (Russia)
13. Fin M'Coul and Cucullin (Ireland)
14. King Josef (Czechoslovakia)
15. Long, Broad and Sharpsight (Bohemia)
16. The Knights of the Fish (Spain)
17. The Girl in the Basket (Italy)
18. The Monster in the Mill (Macedonia)
19. The Lost Prince (Iceland)
20. Lilla Rosa (Sweden)
21. Smoke Bones (North American Indian)
22. The Magic Roots (South America)
23. The Sailor and the Devil (Holland)
24. Sausages (Transylvania)
25. The Caribou Wife (Alaska)

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