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WONDER TALES FROM MANY LANDS - 19 children's stories from around the world
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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 favourites of Victorian and Edwardian children.
The stories in this volume are:
LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT - Bohemia
THE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD - Slavonic
THE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS - Norse
THE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF - Norse
THE STONES OF PLOUVINEC - Brittany
THE KING OF THE BUFFALOES - American Indian
THE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR - Hindu
THE BABA YAGA - Russia
TAMLANE - A Story From An Old Scotch Ballad
THE FARMER AND THE PIXY - English
RABBIT’S EYES – Korea
MUDJEE MONEDO - American Indian
DAPPLEGRIM - Norse
THE FISH PRINCE - Hindu
THE MAGIC RICE KETTLE - Korean
THE CROW PERI - Persian
THE FOUR WISHES - German
WHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR SHEEP - French Creole
PRINCESS ROSETTA – French
NOTE: The publisher has included a number of extra illustrations, not done by Katherine Pyle, to the Norse story of Dapplegrim, which add to the 8 colour plates done by Katherine Pyle.
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About the Compiler and Illustrator
Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's writer.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, the youngest offspring of William Pyle and Margaret Painter, she was the sister of author and artist Howard Pyle. She was educated at the Women's Industrial School and the Drexel Institute, then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the New York Art Students' League. She lived in Wilmington her whole life, except four years in New York during the 1890s.
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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 favourites of Victorian and Edwardian children.
The stories in this volume are:
LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT - Bohemia
THE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD - Slavonic
THE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS - Norse
THE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF - Norse
THE STONES OF PLOUVINEC - Brittany
THE KING OF THE BUFFALOES - American Indian
THE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR - Hindu
THE BABA YAGA - Russia
TAMLANE - A Story From An Old Scotch Ballad
THE FARMER AND THE PIXY - English
RABBIT’S EYES – Korea
MUDJEE MONEDO - American Indian
DAPPLEGRIM - Norse
THE FISH PRINCE - Hindu
THE MAGIC RICE KETTLE - Korean
THE CROW PERI - Persian
THE FOUR WISHES - German
WHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR SHEEP - French Creole
PRINCESS ROSETTA – French
NOTE: The publisher has included a number of extra illustrations, not done by Katherine Pyle, to the Norse story of Dapplegrim, which add to the 8 colour plates done by Katherine Pyle.
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About the Compiler and Illustrator
Katharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's writer.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, the youngest offspring of William Pyle and Margaret Painter, she was the sister of author and artist Howard Pyle. She was educated at the Women's Industrial School and the Drexel Institute, then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the New York Art Students' League. She lived in Wilmington her whole life, except four years in New York during the 1890s.
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TAGS: Folklore, fairytales, myths, legends, childrens stories, bedtime, fables, tales, fairy, around the world, long, broad, sharpsight, bohemia, dwarf, golden beard, Slavonic, great white bear, trolls, norse, three, billy goats gruff, stones, plouvinec, Brittany, king, buffaloes, american Indian, native American, jackal, alligator, hindu, baba yaga, Russia, tamlane, scots, scotch, ballad, farmer, pixy, English, rabbit’s eyes, korea, mudjee monedo, dapplegrim, fish prince, magic rice, kettle, korea, crow peri, Persia, four wishes, germany, animals, fear, creole, princess rosetta, Katharine Pyle
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