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Gianni and the Ogre.

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Retellings of eighteen tales originating in the Mediterranean about kings and princesses, rich men and poor, wizards and dwarfs, fairies, ogres, and fools.

191 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1970

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Ruth Manning-Sanders

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Ruth Manning-Sanders, youngest daughter of an English minister, describes her childhood as “extraordinarily happy. . . with kind and understanding parents and any amount of freedom.” She read omnivorously, and she and her two sisters wrote and acted their own plays. A Shakespeare scholar at Manchester University, she later married Cornish artist George Manning-Sanders. They began married life in a horse drawn caravan, and traveled to all parts of the British Isles.
Mrs. Manning-Sanders has collected folk and fairy stories from around the world and she published more than 90 books during her lifetime.

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February 25, 2024
I'm collecting the Ruth Manning-Sanders "Book of..." series. And while this one does not fit with my collection, I found it for a really good deal on Amazon and decided to give it a go. So glad I did! This was an excellent collection, chock full of good stories, and a lot of fun to read (especially when I was stuck at home sick!) Would recommend.
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January 11, 2011
My intro to Ruth Manning Sanders. Wonderful storytelling if you read it aloud you feel like she's given you all her oral storytelling tricks!
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