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THE BLUE PARROT - A Children’s Fairy Tale
Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 280
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 280
In this 280th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the fairy tale “THE BLUE PARROT”
Long ago and far, far away, in a part of Arabia where groves of palms and sweet-scented flowers give the traveller rest after toilsome journeys...
ACHOMAWI AND ATSUGEWI MYTHS and Legends - 17 American Indian Myths
Native American Myths and Legends
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Ask anyone anywhere in the world to name an American Indian tribe and the names “Apache” or “Cheyenne” immediately come to mind. We have Hollywood to thanks for this. But ask where in the world the Achomawi or the Atsugewi can be found and you will most likely be given blank stares – unless...
THE SECOND BOOK OF FAIRY TALES - 19 illustrated children's tales raising funds for Children in Need
19 illustrated children's tales raising funds for Children in Need
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
This book has been especially re-published to raise funds for the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal. The stories herein were originally published over a century ago. Some will be familiar fare and others less familiar, but all are entertaining and appealing nonetheless.
The 19 illustrated stories...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French author and courtesan, Ninon de l'Enclos who lived between 1620 and 1705. She was a figure of wit and beauty in the literary salons of the epoch.
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book contains a lovely collection of poetry for children based on nature. Beautifully illustrated and easy to read, this book is a perfect gift for any child with a love of the outdoors
Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales - With Six Coloured Plates, and Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Wood-Cuts by John Gilbert, John Tenniel, Harrison Weir, Walter Crane, W. McConnell, and Others
With Six Coloured Plates, and Four Hundred and Twenty-Four Wood-Cuts by John Gilbert, John Tenniel, Harrison Weir, Walter Cranel, W. McConnell, and Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
‘Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales’ is a collection of classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes, penned by the legendary (and only some claim imaginary), ‘Mother Goose.’ They have inspired many folklorists and illustrators (including Charles Perrault, Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox-Smith...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
‘The Dreamer of Dreams’ was originally penned by ‘Marie, The Queen of Roumania’, and is presented here, alongside the splendid illustrations of Edmund Dulac. The book starts with the enigmatic phrase, ‘And I dream in my waking dreams, and deep in the dreams of sleep’ – and continues...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book contains a lovely collection of poetry for children based on the weather. Beautifully illustrated and easy to read, these poems will delight a small child and are a fun and easy way for them to learn new words.
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations is stunning work, produced in the midst of the First World War, by a true genius of illustration. It was originally published in 1916, and contains a collection of folk and fairy tales from Belgium, France, England, Japan, Italy, and Serbia. It contains ‘The Buried...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This is a delightful and light-hearted account of how a stray dog became the companion of a young English lady. Whilst at first glance a seemingly simple and lovely story, this is actually a riveting account of late 19th century European high society, as we follow 'Ugly' and his mistress on a grand...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Originally published in 1919, Some British Ballads is a collection of verses and narratives illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Many of the songs are taken from Francis James Child’s compilation; The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, which he collected during the second half of the nineteenth century....
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book contains a lovely collection of rebus stories for children. Rebus stories use pictures to replace certain words within the text, and therefore is a great tool for a childs education, being a good vocabulary building exercise.
FOLKLORE AND LEGENDS OF GERMANY - 30 German folk and fairy tales
30 Legends and Folktales from the Rhineland
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
A great read for children and great for reading around a fire on a cold winter night!
Herein you will find 30 old legends and from Germany. Some will be familiar but most less so, and may even seem to be a new find for you the reader. Even if you haven’t read some of these stories, you can rest assured...
by Anon Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Sir Charles Dacre, a wealthy baronet, finds himself spent and wasted by debauchery. Left a widower with three lovely teenage daughters, he seeks underground amusements in Brussels, Vienna and Paris. But Madame Josephine, whose establishment Sir Charles frequents, knows what the baronet wants.