Tales of the Mushroom Folk, Hardcover - Signe Aspelin

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

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...

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. 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, ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Reducere. The Fiends in the Furrows II: More Tales of Folk Horror is a collection of short stories of Folk Horror, honoring its rich and atmospheric traditio...

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

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...

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that suc...

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...

Reducere. The Jataka Tales are the Buddhist equivalent of Aesop's Fables. They are morality stories. In the Buddhist cultures of that time, these were the st...

A wonderful collection of traditional Scottish stories for children, full of animals and ogres, kings and broonies, fairies and ordinary folk.

Folk tales from the north of Ireland, selected for children by a professional storyteller

Traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and IrelandPublisher: Th...

Traditional tales retold by a professional storyteller

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...

Reducere. Five classic tales of unsettling horror and nameless dread to keep you awake at night. Featuring: Pallinghurst Barrow by Grant Allen, The Black Rea...

Traditional folk tales from all over Britain in which song or dance shapes the actionIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, unspecified

Folk tales inspired by geology, archaeology and history

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 ...

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

Reducere. What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that g...

This enchanting anthology of classic European folk tales, featuring dwarfs, gnomes, fairies and more, includes sumptuous illustrations by Daniela D...

The stories in this book are of animals, beasties and monsters that are fast and cunning and scary and big.

Reducere. Treasury of 64 tales invites readers into the shadowy, twilight world of Celtic myth and legend. Mischievous fairy people, murderous giants, priest...

A collection of traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the woodlands and forests of Britain and Ireland....

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, ...

Reducere. A goldsmith's daughter who eludes the Prince of Darkness, three wandering brothers born from a walnut tree, the Princess of Fantasistan, the case o...

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food MovementPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): T...

Reducere. First published in 1934, this collection of tales was recorded and edited by Thelma Adamson (1901-83), a student of Franz Boas and one of the first...

Traditional tales with strong messages retold with relevance for the 21st centuryPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Mike O'ConnorIllustrati...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elsie Spicer EellsSome three-fourths of the distance between America and Europe there is a group of nine beautiful islands ...

Reducere. Slithering stoorworms, mischievous brownies, fierce kelpies and magical selkies are exquisitely brought to life for children in Theresa Breslin's e...

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

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

The Essex coastline has endured invasion by plundering and bloodthirsty Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and this mysterious landscape is still ha...

Worcestershire is a county of contrasts, with one face turned to the modern buzz of Birmingham and the other turned towards the quiet rural landsca...

the silver city and surrounding farm lands, the forested and mountainous terrain through which the River Dee flows, the rolling, gentler land surro...