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New York, Exeter Books, 1984.
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| Description |
416pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
This anthology provides a delightful introduction to over sixty famous and well-loved stories and poems, every one of which is beautifully illustrated in colour.
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| Contents |
Rumpletstilskin - The Brothers Grimm
Widdecombe Fair - Anonymous
A house for Eeyore - A.A. Milne
The fox and the rook - Aesop
The enchanted horse - Arabian nights
The kite, the frog and the mouse - Aesop
Hansel and Gretel - The Brothers Grimm
The crow and the mussel - Aesop
The farmer and the stork - Aesop
The dog and the cock - Aesop
The tortoise and the eagle - Aesop
The travellers and the bear - Aesop
The fox and the monkey - Aesop
The jackdaw of Rheims - Thomas Ingoldsby
What Katy did - Susan Coolidge
Smuggler's song - Rudyard Kipling
The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann Wyss
The mice meeting - Aesop
The town mouse and the country mouse - Aesop
The fox and the goat - Aesop
The bees, the drones and the wasps - Aesop
The fox and the lion - Aesop
The charger and the ass - Aesop
Rapunzel - The Brothers Grimm
The ballad of Jenny the mare - E. Fitzgerald
The twelve labours of Hercules - Nathaniel Hawthrone
The wolf and the crane - Aesop
The hare and the tortoise - Aesop
The astrologer and the traveller - Aesop
The cat and the mice - Aesop
The settlers in Canada - Captain Marryat
Lochinvar - Sir Walter Scott
The seven voyages of Sindbad - Arabian nights
The dog in the manger - Aesop
The fox and the stork - Aesop
Beddgelert - A legend retold by Hilda A.E. Roberts
The thirty-nine steps - John Buchan
The blue light - The Brothers Grimm
The old hound - Aesop
The leopard and the fox - Aesop
The frog and the ox - Aesop
The ass, the fox and the lion - Aesop
The ugly duckling - Hans Andersen
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Lorna Doone - R.D. Blackmore
The starfish - The Brothers Grimm
John Gillpin - William Cowper
Gulliver's travels - Jonathan Swift
The horse and the stag - Aesop
The ass and the frogs - Aesop
The cat and the fox - Aesop
The arab and the camel - Aesop
Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi
Aladdin and his wonderful lamp - Arabian nights
The lazy tortoise - Aesop
The miser's gold - Aesop
The miller, his son and the ass - Aesop
The fairy cobbler - Thomas Crofton Croker
Little Harry Twigg's picnic - Mary Howitt
The selfish giant - Oscar Wilde
The wild swans - Hans Andersen
Robin Hood and the Widow's three sons - Anonymous
Snow-white - The Brothers Grimm
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| Standard Number |
0671070495 Hb.
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