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Irving Hancock was an American chemist and writer. He wrote literature for children and juveniles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Irving Hancock is also an author of a fictional depiction of a German invasion of the USA. "The High School Boys in Summer Camp" is a book about  the...

Harrie Irving Hancock was an American chemist and writer of children's literature in the late 19th-20th centuries. A prolific author was also known as a successful journalist and wrote for the New York Journal. Being a talented and sensitive person Hancock wrote fantastic stories for the children....

The Snow Queen is an original fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1844. The main characters are Gerda and Kai, her friend who get into struggle between good and evil. This is the longest and most highly appreciated of Andersen’s stories. It is frequently...

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist,literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.    Andrew was born in Selkirk. The writer's  family was big, he was eldest of eight children. Andrew's mother named Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was...

Brothers Grimm were popular collectors of fairy tales though their activity covered different areas. Their collection "Children's and Household Tales" belongs to treasures of the world literature. "Mother Holle" is a popular fairy tale by brothers Grimm. One widow had two daughters;...

One day a famous hunter who lived in a remote part of the North went for hunting. He had a wife and two sons. The two sons were still too young to follow their father in the hunt, and they were in the habit of diverting themselves within reach of the lodge. One day the eldest son told his mother:...

"Bokwewa the Humpback" is the Indian fairy tale about two brothers. Bokwewa and his brother Kwasynd lived in a wild area. Bokwewa was the elder brother. He was considered a manito in the mortal shape. His younger brother was inquisitive and strong. They hadn't neighbors and lived happily....

Joseph Jacobs was a notable collector of English fairy tales. He popularized such stories as: The Cat and the Mouse, Jack the Giant Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk. Three little Pigs is one of the most popular English fairy tales, it has been translated to many languages. Jacobs published the first...

Every kid enjoys stories about animals and nature. When reading and listening to this tales children learn to love and take care of nature. Through the fairy tales kids get to know about human relationship and the world in general. They teache kindness, friendship, faithfulness, morals, honesty, courage...

A fantastic world of jungles is waiting for you in the Jungle World Tales collection. Here are adventurous and fascinating stories of different nations. Enjoy the African fairy tale "Kalulu Outwitted" and learn it's moral. "Kalulu Outwitted" teaches children that bad actions cause...

"The Crab and the Monkey" is a Japanese tale. A crab finds rice and wants to eat it. A monkey offers the crab to exchange the rice for a persimmon seed. The crab agrees, but then it understands that it was deceived. After that, the crab plants the seed and a fruit tree grows. One day the...

The Brothers Grimm were German collectors of folklore. "The Sparrow And His Four Children" is an educative fairy tale. A sparrow had four children. When the time came, his sons had gone out into the world. In the autumn the old sparrow met his sons. He asked them where they had spent the...

The Six Swans is a fairy tale written by German brothers, academics, linguists, and cultural researchers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm and collected under number 49. They were among the best-known storytellers of folk tales, and popularized stories such as "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel"...

Start your familiar with the enigmatic world of Far East with the Chinese Fairy Book – the collection of seventy-four traditional Chinese folk tales. Beautiful princesses, kind and evil sorcerers, anthropomorphic animals, otherworld ghosts and other characters are waiting for you to present the...