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Fairy tales from many lands / illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Egmont, 2013Description: 154 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781405267410 (hbk.)
  • 1405267410 (hbk.)
Genre/Form:
Contents:
English: Jack the giant-killer -- Scottish: The battle of the birds -- Welsh: Lludd and Llevelys -- Irish: Guleesh -- French: The sleeping beauty -- Italian: Cesarino and the dragon -- Portuguese: What came of picking flowers -- Japanese: The adventures of Little Peachling ; The fox's wedding ; The tongue-cut sparrow -- Russian: Frost -- Serbian: The golden apple tree and the nine peahens -- Belgian: The last adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel.
Summary: "This enchanting collection of fairy tales from around the world includes some well-known - and some lesser known - magical tales. From England comes the tale of Jack the Giant-Killer, from France Sleeping Beauty. From Italy we have Cesarino and the Dragon, The Adventures of Little Peachling from Japan and The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens from Serbia. Accompanied by the unmistakable illustrations of Arthur Rackham, this collection will delight a whole new generation of readers. "The Rackham style, with its grotesque trees and ghoulish creatures, the fairy tales of sylvan glades and classical maidens, have charmed, terrified and delighted generations of adults and children alike" -- Publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2 F172 Available 33111008085199
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This beautiful collection of fairy tales includes stories from around the world. Alongside familiar tales from England and France - "Jack the Giant-Killer" and "Sleepy Beauty" - are lesser known fairy tales, such as: "Cesarino and the Dragon" from Italy, Japan's "The Adventures of Little Peachling," the Serbian tale of "The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens," and many more.Accompanied by the distinctive and imaginative illustrations of Arthur Rackham, this collection is sure to delight a whole new generation of readers.

"This enchanting collection of fairy tales from around the world includes some well-known - and some lesser known - magical tales. From England comes the tale of Jack the Giant-Killer, from France Sleeping Beauty. From Italy we have Cesarino and the Dragon, The Adventures of Little Peachling from Japan and The Golden Apple-Tree and the Nine Peahens from Serbia. Accompanied by the unmistakable illustrations of Arthur Rackham, this collection will delight a whole new generation of readers. "The Rackham style, with its grotesque trees and ghoulish creatures, the fairy tales of sylvan glades and classical maidens, have charmed, terrified and delighted generations of adults and children alike" -- Publisher description.

English: Jack the giant-killer -- Scottish: The battle of the birds -- Welsh: Lludd and Llevelys -- Irish: Guleesh -- French: The sleeping beauty -- Italian: Cesarino and the dragon -- Portuguese: What came of picking flowers -- Japanese: The adventures of Little Peachling ; The fox's wedding ; The tongue-cut sparrow -- Russian: Frost -- Serbian: The golden apple tree and the nine peahens -- Belgian: The last adventure of Thyl Ulenspiegel.

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