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  • THE THIRD BOOK OF DRAGONS - 12 more tales of dragons

    The THIRD BOOK OF DRAGONS is the third instalment following in the footsteps of Edith Nesbit’s “The Book of Dragon’s” and John Halsted’s compilation “The Second book of Dragons”. Here, John Halsted, author and folklorist, has compiled “The Third Book of Dragons” from numerous sources as before.In this book you will find 12 illustrated tales of dragons and serpents drawn from the mists of time. ... Read more

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  • THE BOOK OF NOODLES - Stories of Simpletons Fools and their Follies

    THE BOOK OF NOODLES or Simpletons Fools and Their Follies is a book filled with unique collection of Noodle-tales for children from around the world.But what is a Noodle? After a fashion, the typical noodle in popular tales "points a moral". These poor fellows follow their instructions only too literally, and with a firm conviction that they are thus doing a very clever thing. But the consequence ... Read more

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  • FAIRY TALES FROM MANY LANDS - One of the most read children's book of all time

    15 Illustrated Children's Stories from around the world

    “FAIRY TALES FROM MANY LANDS” is one of the all-time children’s classics. Between 1911 and 1938 it was reprinted on no less than 7 occasions – a record for a children’s book.Like the Grimm Bros. and Andrew Lang before her, Katherine Pyle has collected 15 stories from around the world, then edited and illustrated them.Herein you will find the stories of:The Seven Golden PeahensMishosha, The ... Read more

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  • THE SHOEMAKERS APRON - 20 Czech and Slovak Childrens Stories

    Twenty Illustrated Slavic Children's Stories

    THIS book contains 20 Czech and Slovak folk and fairy tales translated and retold in English by Parker Fillmore, with excellent illustrations and decorations by Jan Matulka.Drawn from original Slavic sources, and chosen for their variety of subject and range of interest with tales like The Twelve Months, Zlatovlaska The Golden-Haired, The Shepherd's Nosegay, Smolicheck, The Nickerman's Wife, ... Read more

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  • A BOOK OF GIANTS - 25 stories about giants through the ages

    Giants and Giantesses through the ages

    Mankind has ever been fascinated by extraordinary aspects of humanity, but none so much as giants.Many ancient gods, and indeed kings and emperors, were said to be vast in size: witness, for instance, the colossal statues of Egypt, China or the South Seas. But the palm for bigness must go to those giant beings whom we find amid the chaos in the East: like that Tiamat from whom the Babylonian god ... Read more

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  • MANX FAIRY TALES - 45 Children's Stories from the Isle of Mann

    45 stories from Elian Vannin or Mona's Isle

    THERE is at least one spot in the world where Fairies are still believed in, and where, if you look in the right places, they may still be found, and that is the little island from which these stories come Elian Vannin, or the Isle of Mann.But they are never called Fairies by the Manx, instead they are called the Little People. These Little People are not the tiny creatures with wings who flutter ... Read more

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  • POLISH FAIRY TALES - illustrated children's tales from Poland

    Herein are classic folklore selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far and distant past and may even date from primitive Aryan times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces formerly known as White Russia.In this 148 page volume, with 19 exquisite and beautiful ... Read more

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  • The CHILDREN of ODIN

    The Book of Northern Myths

    Padraic Colum (1881 - 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore and was one of the leading figures of the Celtic Revival. In his retelling of these Norse myths and legends he speaks directly to children. So good and colourful was his retelling of these Norse Myths and Legends, that the storytellers at Marvel were quick to realise their value and create a ... Read more

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  • PATRAÑAS - 50 Illustrated Legendary and Traditional Spanish Stories

    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 ... Read more

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  • THE HIGH DEEDS OF FINN and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland

    20 Celtic tales, myths and legends from the Emerald Isle

    Herein you will find 20 tales, from the Emerald Isle. There are seven bardic romances like, The Children of Lir, The Secret Of Labra, The Vengeance Of Mesgedra and five more besides. Also contained herein are thirteen legends, each a tale in itself, tracing the life of Finn mac Cumhal from boyhood through adulthood including the The Birth Of Oisín and his Visit To The Land Of Youth only to return ... Read more

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  • ANANSI STORIES - 13 West African Anansi Children's Stories

    13 Anansi, or Aunt Nancy, Stories for children

    The 13 ANANSI stories in this short volume were originally, and unusually, includes as an appendix to Popular Tales from the Norse by Sir George Webbe Dasent. Abela Publishing has elected to re-publish these as a volume in their own right as an aide to Edgbarrow School’s fundraising campaign supporting the SOS Children’s Village in Asiakwa, Ghana.The Stories in this volume are:Anansi And The Lion ... Read more

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  • A RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER’S WONDER TALES - 50 Children's Bedtime Stories

    More folklore from Mother Russia

    An ancient Hopi parable states “He who tells stories, rules the world.” The stories which this Russian grandmother tells can be found, with many others, in a collection of “Tales and Legends of South Slavonia.” Here they have been sketched with the background of Russian peasant village life as it existed in some parts of Southern Russia. Because of this, the narrator has been careful to clothe ... Read more

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