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Available
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Publication
Hodder Children's Books (1987), Hardcover, 196 pages
Description
A collection of tales-- some well known, others unfamiliar-- that brings readers into enchanted worlds of people of many countries.
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Physical description
196 p.; 9.8 inches
ISBN
0340376031 / 9780340376034
Local notes
A collection of 22 folk tales and legends from around the world, with humorous black & white sketches and elegant colour plates.
• Cap o' Rushes
• The Great White Cat
• Childe Rowland
• The King, the Saint and the Goose
• The Country of the Mice
• The Well of the World's End
• The Magic Brid
• The Master-Thief
• Johnny-Cake
• My Berries
• Baba Yaga
• The Three Sisters
• Mr Miacca
• The Laidly Worm of Spindlestone Heugh
• White-Faced Siminy
• Anansi and Mrs Dove
• Tamlane
• The Waterfall
• The Fifty Red Night-Caps
• The Bear in the Coach
• The Great Greedy Beast
• Tom-Tit-Tot
Most tales taken from earlier collections, with The Master Thief, The Three Sister and The Waterfall being new for this volume.
Ex-library.
• Cap o' Rushes
• The Great White Cat
• Childe Rowland
• The King, the Saint and the Goose
• The Country of the Mice
• The Well of the World's End
• The Magic Brid
• The Master-Thief
• Johnny-Cake
• My Berries
• Baba Yaga
• The Three Sisters
• Mr Miacca
• The Laidly Worm of Spindlestone Heugh
• White-Faced Siminy
• Anansi and Mrs Dove
• Tamlane
• The Waterfall
• The Fifty Red Night-Caps
• The Bear in the Coach
• The Great Greedy Beast
• Tom-Tit-Tot
Most tales taken from earlier collections, with The Master Thief, The Three Sister and The Waterfall being new for this volume.
Ex-library.