ONC1~1 LONG AGO FOLK & FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD Retold by Roger Lancelyn Green Illustrated by Vojtéch Kuba~ta I I
ONCE AGO FOLK AND FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD rn he range and variety of this magnificent new collection of folk tales and fairy stories distinguishes it immediately from all prcvious ventures in this field Here are no les~than seventy entrancing stories selected from fifty different lands, some of them dating back as far as Ancient Greece and Egypt Roger Lancelyn Green, the well-known writer for children, retells these traditional tales in characteristically fresh and engaging manner, while fully retaining the distinctive national flavour of the original versions; and the bold and witty full-colour illustrations ~y ~Tojtêch Kubaita brilliantly match the excitement and fantasty of the Stories In addition to long-established favourites such as Cinderella, SnowWhite and Puss in Boots, there are a host of new characters whose marvellous adventures will absorb the most demanding and knowledgeable fairytale addicts like Sedna thn Eskimo girl, Yannikas and Marika the Greek children, and the Wonderful Twins from Meyico All the essential ingredients of folk and fairy lore will be found in these pages witches from Estonia and Russia, giants from England and Spain, fairies from China and Wales, strange monsters from Arabia, Australia, B~sutolandand Rhodesia There are magic birds,magic horses, magic carpets, magic fish and magic apples from Sicily, Poland, Sweden and Polynesia from every part of the world, in fact, where children are still enraptured and spellbound by the magic words Once Upon a 25/-
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ONCE LONG AGO FOLK AND FAIRY TALES OF THE WORLD Retold by Roger Lancelyn Green Illustrated by Vojtbch Kubalta GOLDEN PLEASURE BOOKS LONDON
CONTE-NTS 7 I AMERICAN INDIAN 2 4 AMERICAN INDIAN AMERICAN NEGRO ARABIAN 5 6 ARMENIAN AUSTRALIAN 7 BASUTO 3 L*4#Ø) 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 BRAZILIAN CHINESE CHINESE CRETAN CZECH DANISH DANISH EGYPTIAN ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ESKIMO ESTONIAN FINNISH FLEMISH FLEMISH FRENCH FRENCH FRENCH GERMAN GERMAN GERMAN GERMAN ANCIENT GREEK ANCIENT GREEK MODERN GREEK MODERN GREEK HUNGARIAN 37 ICELANDIC The Boy and the Wolves The Son of the Wolf Chief The Blacksmith and the Devil The Prince and the Fairy Zoulvisia The Bunyip The Nyamatsanea The Story of Yara The Fairy Wife The Nung-Guama The Young Man and the Sea Maid Long, Stout and Sharpeyes Hana, the Mermaid s Son The Magic Book The Treasure Thief Jack and the Beanstalk Coat of Rushea The Three Bears The Six Siliies Sedna and the Hunter The Dragon ofthe North The Hungry Beasts The Twelve Dancing Princesses Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose The Sleeping Beauty Puss in Boots Cinderella Little Snow White The Singing, Soaring Lark The Three Treasures The Fisherman and his Wife The Hungry Prince The Princes Atsianta Yannikas and Marika The Boy and the Dragon The Grateful Animals The Witch in the Stone Boat 9 12 16 18 28 34 36 38 42 46 50 52 62 68 74 78 82 88 90 92 98 102 109 112 120 124 128 134 138 142 148 152 156 160 164 168
P 38 INDIAN 39 IRISH 40 IRISH 41 ITALIAN 42 JAPANESE 43LAPP 44 LITHUANIAN 45 MEXICAN 46 NIGERIAN 47 NORSE 48 NORSE 49 PERSIAN 50 PERUVIAN 51 POLISH 52 POLYNESIAN 53 PORTUGUESE 54 RHODESIAN 55 RHODIAN 56 RUMANIAN 57 RUSSIAN 58 RUSSIAN 59 SCOTTISH 60 SCOTTISH 61 SERBIAN 62 SICILIAN 63 SPANISH 64 SPANISH 65 SUDANESE 66 SWEDISH 67 SWISS 68 TUNISIAN 69 TURKISH 70 WELSH The Lucky Adventurer The Black Thief The Leprechaun The Frog Princess The Cat Lovers The Foolish Giant The Three Princes The Wonderful Twins The Cunning Tortoise Why the Sea is Salt Soria Moria Castle The Magic Bird The Prince and the Maiden The Glass Mountain The Bones of Djulung The Prince and the Dove The Magic Mirror The Two Kings The Voice of Death Koshchei the Undying The Witch in the Wood Childe Roland The Brown Bull of Norrowa The Three Beggars The Cunning Shoemaker The Half-Chick The Water of Life The Coward The Prince and the Fox The Griffin Abu Nowas and his Wife Madschun The Fairy of the Lake ~ First published 1962 This impression 1966 Published by GOLDEN PLEASURE BOOKS LTD Dnsry House Russell Street London WC2 1962 Golden Plessure Books Ltd a lilustestions 1962 by Vojtich Kubsks Printed in Czec/wslevakia by PolygrafiaPrague T 1606 a- 172 176 182 184 186 188 192 198 202 204 208 212 218 220 224 226 230 232 238 240 248 252 256 264 268 272 274 278 282 286 290 294 298, 4 :~:~ ~M~i
~lore COI1CCt1Ojs ~f fairy tales f children of all ~ N ~ray r~ap~~s This colourfully illustrated selection of tales from the Panchatantra (300 AD) contains all the wisdom, humour and drama of the world s first and finest animal fables As in the fables of Aesop, the animal world reflects the human world: animals behave as humans do, and the moral principles which their stories illustrate are always intended for the human world 5 ~ierican INDIAN s~esand LFGFNI)~ Like other peoples of the world, the Ainerican Indians created many legends to explain the natural mysteries of the universe But their great wealth of animal lore is unique and simply reflecta their love of animals Both legend and tale have been delightfully combined in this beautifully illustrated volume ~ANS CHRIS 11 A~ 3 ~ S ~-~N PA p y Twenty-six favourite tales by one of the world s greatest storytellers The magnificent illustrations rtflect the delicate fantasy and dreamlike qualities ofandersen s hauntjog and appealing tales L~MM S i~ry 1AI A selection from the rich and varied stories published in 1812 by the brothers Wilheh8 and Jakob Grimm The pictuiss form si admirable c nplement to these beautfi ii and imagi ~2 polk tales