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FOLK & FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD

Retold by

Roger Lancelyn Green

Illustrated by

Vojtéch Kuba~ta

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rnherangeandvariety of this magnificent

- new collection of folk tales and fairystoriesdistinguishesit immediatelyfrom allprcvious ventures in this field.

Hereareno les~than seventyentrancingstories selected from fifty different lands,someof them datingback asfar asAncientGreeceand Egypt.

Roger Lancelyn Green,the well-knownwriter for children, retells these traditionaltalesin characteristicallyfreshandengagingmanner,while fully retainingthedistinctivenationalflavourof the originalversions;andthe bold and witty full-colour illustrations~y ~TojtêchKubaita brilliantly match theexcitementand fantasty of the Stories.

In additionto long-establishedfavouritessuchas Cinderella,SnowWhite and PussinBoots, thereare a host of new characterswhosemarvellousadventureswill absorbthemost demandingand knowledgeablefairy-tale addicts— like Sednathn Eskimo girl,Yannikas and Marika the Greek children,and the Wonderful Twins from Meyico.

All the essentialingredientsof folk andfairy lore will be found in thesepages—

witches from Estonia and Russia, giantsfrom England and Spain, fairies fromChina and Wales, strange monsters fromArabia,Australia,B~sutolandand Rhodesia.

Therearemagicbirds,magic horses,magiccarpets,magic fish and magic applesfromSicily, Poland, Swedenand Polynesia—

fromeverypartof the world, in fact, wherechildrenarestill enrapturedand spellboundby the magicwords ‘Once Upona

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FOLK AND FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD

Retold by

Roger Lancelyn Green

Illustrated by

Vojtbch Kubalta

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CONTE-NTS

I AMERICAN INDIAN2 AMERICAN INDIAN

3 AMERICAN NEGRO

4 ARABIAN

5 ARMENIAN .

6 AUSTRALIAN7 BASUTO

8 BRAZILIAN .

9 CHINESE10 CHINESEII CRETAN12 CZECH13 DANISH14 DANISH15 EGYPTIAN16 ENGLISH17 ENGLISH18 ENGLISH19 ENGLISH20 ESKIMO21 ESTONIAN .

22 FINNISH23 FLEMISH24 FLEMISH25 FRENCH26 FRENCH27 FRENCH28 GERMAN29 GERMAN30 GERMAN31 GERMAN32 ANCIENT GREEK33 ANCIENT GREEK34 MODERN GREEK35 MODERN GREEK36 HUNGARIAN37 ICELANDIC .

The Boy andtheWolvesThe Sonof theWolf Chief .

The BlacksmithandtheDevilThePrinceandthe FairyZoulvisiaTheBunyip

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TheNyamatsanea 36The Story of Yara 38TheFairyWife 42TheNung-Guama 46TheYoungMan andthe SeaMaid 50Long, StoutandSharpeyes. . . . 52Hana,theMermaid’s Son . . . . 62The Magic Book 68TheTreasureThief 74JackandtheBeanstalk 78Coatof Rushea 82TheThreeBearsThe Six Siliies 88SednaandtheHunter 90TheDragonoftheNorth . . . . 92TheHungry Beasts 98TheTwelveDancingPrincesses. . 102JohnnyNut andthe GoldenGoose 109TheSleeping Beauty 112Pussin Boots 120Cinderella 124Little SnowWhite 128TheSinging,SoaringLark . . . . 134The ThreeTreasures 138TheFishermanandhis Wife . . . 142TheHungry Prince 148ThePrincesAtsianta 152YannikasandMarika 156The Boy andtheDragon . . . 160TheGratefulAnimals 164TheWitch in theStoneBoat . . . 168

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P 38 INDIAN39 IRISH .

40 IRISH .

41 ITALIAN42 JAPANESE43LAPP44 LITHUANIAN45 MEXICAN46 NIGERIAN47 NORSE48 NORSE49 PERSIAN50 PERUVIAN51 POLISH52 POLYNESIAN53 PORTUGUESE54 RHODESIAN55 RHODIAN56 RUMANIAN57 RUSSIAN58 RUSSIAN59 SCOTTISH60 SCOTTISH61 SERBIAN62 SICILIAN63 SPANISH64 SPANISH65 SUDANESE66 SWEDISH67 SWISS68 TUNISIAN69 TURKISH70 WELSH

The GlassMountain 220The Bonesof Djulung 224ThePrinceandtheDove 226TheMagic Mirror 230TheTwo Kings 232TheVoice of Death 238KoshcheitheUndying 240TheWitch in theWood 248Childe Roland 252TheBrown Bull of Norrowa . . . 256TheThreeBeggars 264TheCunningShoemaker . . . . 268TheHalf-Chick 272TheWaterof Life 274TheCoward 278ThePrinceandtheFox 282TheGriffinAbu Nowasandhis WifeMadschun

The Fairyof theLake

TheLuckyAdventurer 172TheBlack Thief 176TheLeprechaun 182TheFrog Princess 184TheCat Lovers 186TheFoolish Giant 188TheThreePrinces 192TheWonderfulTwins 198TheCunningTortoise 202Why theSeais Salt 204SoriaMoria Castle 208The Magic Bird 212The PrinceandtheMaiden. . . . 218

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This colourfullyillustrated selectionof talesfromthe Panchatantra(300A.D.) containsall the wisdom,humourand dramaof theworld’s first and finest animal fables. Asin the fables of Aesop,the animal worldreflects the humanworld: animalsbehaveas humansdo, and the moral principleswhich their stories illustrate are alwaysintended for the humanworld.

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Like other peoplesof the world, the Aine-rican Indians createdmany legendsto ex-plain the naturalmysteriesof the universe.But their great wealth of animal lore isunique and simply reflecta their love ofanimals. Both legend and tale have beendelightfully combined in this beautifullyillustrated volume.

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Twenty-six favourite tales by one of theworld’s greateststorytellers.The magnifi-cent illustrations rtflect the delicatefantasyanddreamlikequalitiesofAndersen’shaunt-jog and appealing tales.

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A selectionfromthe rich andvariedstorieSpublishedin 1812 by the brothersWilheh8and Jakob Grimm. Thepictuiss form siadmirable c

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