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Favorite Fairy Tales
Favorite Fairy Tales Told Around the World
A compendium of stories from the author's previous books, with several tales from each of sixteen countries.
Czechoslovakia (The wood fairy ; The twelve months) ;
Denmark (Ee-aw! ; The wonderful pot) ;
England (Jack and the beanstalk ; Tom Thumb ; Dick Whittington and his cat) ;
France (Puss in boots ; The sleeping beauty in the wood ; The twelve dancing princesses) ;
Germany (Rumpelstiltskin ; Hansel and Gretel ; The Bremen town musicians) ;
Greece (Constantes and the dragon ; The fairy wife) ;
India (The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey ; The valiant chattee-maker) ;
Ireland (The bee, the harp, the mouse, and the bum-clock ; Billy Beg and the bull) ;
Italy (Cenerentola ; Bastianelo) ;
Japan (The Tongue-cut sparrow ; The white hare and the crocodiles) ;
Norway (Why the sea is salt ; The three Billy goats gruf) ;
Poland (About the hedgehog who became prince ; The jolly tailor who became king) ;
Russia (Snegourka, the snow maiden ; The flying ship) ;
Scotland (The page boy and the silver goblet ; The Brownie o' Ferne-Den) ;
Spain (Four brothers who were both wise and foolish ; Juan Cigarron) ;
Sweden (The old woman and the tramp ; Lars, my lad).
Czechoslovakia (The wood fairy ; The twelve months) ;
Denmark (Ee-aw! ; The wonderful pot) ;
England (Jack and the beanstalk ; Tom Thumb ; Dick Whittington and his cat) ;
France (Puss in boots ; The sleeping beauty in the wood ; The twelve dancing princesses) ;
Germany (Rumpelstiltskin ; Hansel and Gretel ; The Bremen town musicians) ;
Greece (Constantes and the dragon ; The fairy wife) ;
India (The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey ; The valiant chattee-maker) ;
Ireland (The bee, the harp, the mouse, and the bum-clock ; Billy Beg and the bull) ;
Italy (Cenerentola ; Bastianelo) ;
Japan (The Tongue-cut sparrow ; The white hare and the crocodiles) ;
Norway (Why the sea is salt ; The three Billy goats gruf) ;
Poland (About the hedgehog who became prince ; The jolly tailor who became king) ;
Russia (Snegourka, the snow maiden ; The flying ship) ;
Scotland (The page boy and the silver goblet ; The Brownie o' Ferne-Den) ;
Spain (Four brothers who were both wise and foolish ; Juan Cigarron) ;
Sweden (The old woman and the tramp ; Lars, my lad).
327 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1985
About the author
Virginia Haviland
60 books12 followersVirginia Haviland was for many years the Director of the Children's Literature Center at the Library of Congress and was also author of more than two dozen books. She was graduated from Cornell University, and for her dedication to children's literature, she was awarded the Regina Medal in 1976.
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September 9, 2010
very interesting to read all the fairy tales from different cultures
December 8, 2009
Great book that shows how fairy tales differ from different countries. The Illustrations are different and the story line changes a little from the US version on some of them.
September 16, 2011
These are great fairy tales with originals stories.
May 24, 2013
I simply ADORE this book. :)
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