Ralf's Stories: Princes, Monsters, and Magic

by Ralph Wallenhorst

Presents a collection of traditional and original fairy and folk tales suitable for reading aloud.

Stories in the collection:

Hi! greeting by the author

Viking Launch
The King's Flea
The Snake King's Gift
Princess Briar Rose
The Creeping Skulls
The Faithful Tiger
The Seven Ravens
The Cream Witch
The Emerald Lizard
Snow White
Broken Window
The Flower Fairy
The Sand Dragon
The Dragon's Egg
The Vulture Mine
Alligator Now Playing second Base


Enjoy 15 great stories:

Meet:
--The Desert Princess who baked coconut-chip cookies--for a dragon
--The cunning, dishonest governor of an Egyptian city.
--A fat Spanish King who makes up dumb riddles--and hangs people who guess the wrong answer.

Laugh at:
--A Chinese policeman trying to arrest a hungry tiger.
--A school team playing baseball around an alligator on second base.

Watch:
--A greedy Swiss farmer trying to steal a witch's spell.
--A weary Arizona prospector's final search for gold.

Adventure with:
--A farmgirl who finds a mysterious egg in the Great Dismal swamp.
--And enchanted princess asleep for 100 years.
--Seven brothers changed into far-flying ravens.

Shiver at:
--A ghostly well filled with skulls.
--A king and queen plotting to murder their son's bride.

(from the flyleaf of the hardback book)

125 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1989

Reviews

[A. Mickey Perkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some great new stories and twists on old ones. (Sleeping Beauty was my personal favorite, alongside Seven Ravens.)