Fairy Tale Stories for Children, Books for Kids: There are 70 pages of timeless stories of: witches, brave boys, beautiful princess, horrible barons, ... They will amaze and delight our young readers

by Zacharias Topelius, Helena Nyblom (With), J Krohn (With)

The collection of children stories in this book are 100 years old being published in 1916 and are now in the public domain. Being part of the Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls they were written by Finnish authors Zachris Topelius, Helena Nyblom and J. Krohn for the children of Finland and Sweden and then translated to English by Emilie and Laura Poulsson. Edited Rogil @ www.vintagebookshop.co.uk They are 6 stories in total and they are suitable for children from 4 to 10 years old. There are 70 pages of timeless stories witches, brave boys, beautiful princess, horrible barons, enchanted forests and trolls. They will amaze and delight our young readers. I have left the stories in their original version, they are as topical today as they were then, but I have edited a lot of the old style words to make them look and sound modern. I have added some new illustration to make it a much more pleasant experience to the reader The stories The Forest Witch. The Testing of the Two Knights. Sampo Lappelil. Robin Merrymouth (Knut Spelevink in the original). Anton’s Errand, or the Boy Who Made Friends By the Way. Robin and the Trolls.

72 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2016

About the author

Zachris (Zacharias, Z., Sakari) Topelius 14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish.

As a journalist and author, Zachris Topelius took stands on social issues and moulded public opinion. As a university teacher within the framework of the old system of primary and secondary schools, he exercised a long-lasting moral influence, both through his internationally known books of fairy tales and his historical novels, especially Fältskärns berättelser ('Tales of a Barber-Surgeon')

Zachris Topelius had an extraordinarily versatile and extremely productive mind. His influence as an educator and moralist was already considerable in his earlier days, and it reached its peak in his old age. It remained strong, especially within the old system of primary and secondary schools and thanks to his internationally known fairy-story collections and his historical novels, in particular Fältskärns berättelser (Tales of a Barber-Surgeon). In the late 20th century Topelius also attracted interest as a nostalgic author when Boken om vårt land ('A Book about our Country') and Finland framstäldt i teckningar ('Finland Presented in Drawings') were republished, and the Topelius Year celebrated in 1998 to mark the centenary of his death was a great success.