Collected Folk Tales, Hardcover

Enjoy a collection of classical stories, culled from the greatest storytellers of all time, offering up tales of animals and other enchanted creatu...

Reducere. For thousands of years, Chinese storytellers have delighted listeners with stories about the value of virtues like honesty, respect, courage and se...

From crowded train stations to quiet woods, and from city centers to our own back gardens, birds remind us that nature is everywhere. As children w...

Reducere. It was Hans Christian Andersen who brought us the story of "The Little Mermaid, " "The Ugly Duckling, " "The Emperor's New Clothes, " and other cla...

It's early spring and the mushroom folk are emerging into the bright sunshine. Meet the mischievous Fly Agaric Toadstools, the sleepy Slippery Jack...

Description-Little-known stories and illustrations by 19th century artist Elena Polenova, supported by Polenovo Estate near Moscow -Companion to Wh...

Reducere. Collected here are Gogol's finest tales--stories that combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticis...

Reducere. DescriptionTrolls and Hidden Folk are a part of daily life in Iceland. This collection of Icelandic folklore and legends comes from the days of the...

A shape-shifting tiger and a pretentious rat.A generous goddess and a powerful demon.A clever princess and a prince who returns from the dead. This...

Enter a world of magic and adventure in this stunning series based on traditional Russian folklore.Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Reducere. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) is a collection of stories edited by W.B. Yeats. Compiled at the height of the Celtic Twilight, ...

Level 5: World Folk Tales - Kathy Burke

A beautifully illustrated collection of twenty-three classic folk horror stories by Shirley Jackson, M. R. James, Robert Aickman and Thomas Hardy a...

Reducere. DescriptionFolk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society is a collection of ballads and folk songs f...

Reducere. CONTENTS: The Old Man's Mitten The Little Straw Bull with the Tarred Back Sir Cat-o-Puss The Cat and the Cock The Wolf, the Dog and the Cat Nibbly-...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionA new centenary gift edition of the much-loved collection of folk and fairy tales from Sweden, illustrated by acclaimed artist John Baue...

A collection of fine Japanese tales and legends passed down through generations. The 28 tales in this collection reflect the breadth of Japanese wi...

DescriptionAn elegantly packaged new edition of a classic Chinese folk tale collection that responds to the contemporary fascination with the ancie...

Reducere. Oh, what a fine collection of tales That's what you will say when this collection of fine Spanish tales and legends is delivered to you. The tales ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A long-awaited set of traditional tales focusing solely on the queer community, showing princesses can fall in love with lady bards, warriors with ...

Reducere. Saxo Grammaticus was a Danish historian, theologian and author, thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost ...

Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and the later death of his mo...

A collection of intriguing and eccentric Norfolk folklore reworked for children, carrying a sense of the quirks of the people, the places and the d...

The school for wizardry that keeps its pupils prisoner. A forest which springs up from a single thorn, and a loch that grows out of a drop of water...

There is everyday magic in the tales of London. Some stories are swirling in the waters of the Thames; some are hidden in the old stones that lie b...

DO you know what Áine's tiny spoon was used for? What was hiding up Mrs O'Flaherty's chimney? How did the fairy man help the tailor's apprentice? W...

These children's folk tales from Cornwall as selected by a professional storyteller cover the spectrums of fantasy, adventure and humour, depicting...

Traditional folk tales from Longford retold by a professional storytellerIllustrations: 25 Illustrations, black and white

The best tales from around the country, chosen from our popular series of Folk Tales

The old kingdom of Gwynedd - the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia), Ynys (Anglesey) and the Llyn Peninsula - may be the most mythic landscape in Britain.