Bibliograph

The illustrated book of fairy tales, spellbinding stories from around the world, retold by Neil Philip ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry

Type

Label

The illustrated book of fairy tales, spellbinding stories from around the world, retold by Neil Philip ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The illustrated book of fairy tales

Oclc number

37546689

Responsibility statement

retold by Neil Philip ; illustrated by Nilesh Mistry

Sub title

spellbinding stories from around the world

Summary

A multicultural collection of traditional tales from Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America

Table Of Contents

The sleeping beauty (French) -- The shape-changer (Kenyan) -- Little One-Inch (Japanese) -- The frog prince (German) -- The lame fox (Czech) -- Jamie Freel & the young lady (Irish) -- The unknown sister (Surinamese) -- A whale's soul & its burning heart (Inuit) -- Beauty & the beast (French) -- Three magic oranges (Costa Rican) -- Urashima & the turtle (Japanese) -- Why the sea moans (Brazilian) -- Rumpelstiltskin (German) -- Cricket, the fortune-teller (Trinidadian -- Mushkil Gusha ( Iranian) -- I ate the loaf (Spanish) -- The girl who combed pearls (Portuguese) -- That's a lie (Norwegian) -- The boat that sailed on land (North American) -- Lazy Jack (English) -- Prince Nettles (Hungarian) -- The fly (Vietnamese) -- The endless tale (English) -- Shoes that were danced to pieces (Cape Verdean) -- The wonderful brocade (Chinese) -- Easy come, easy go (Dutch) -- The fisherman's wife (German) -- The poor girl who became queen (Irish) --Little Red Riding Hood (French) -- The dancing water (Italian) -- The girl who pretended to be a boy (Romanian) -- Man-crow (Jamaican) -- Kahukura & the net-makers (Maori) -- The demon in the jug (Jewish) -- Baba Yaga (Russian) -- The flying head (Native American) -- Jack & the beanstalk (English) -- A magic whistle (Australian) -- Bluebeard (French) -- The twin brothers (Congolese/Zarian) -- An eating match with a troll (Norwegian) -- Snow White (German) -- Cinderella (French) -- Rapunzel (German) -- The heart's door (Finnish) -- The goodman of wastness (Scottish) -- The snake prince (Indian) -- Falling Star (Native American) -- The snow wife (Japanese) -- The sleeping prince (Greek) -- Ivan & the firebird (Russian) -- The black bull of Norroway (Scottish)

Target audience

juvenile

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