Includes The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, Puss in Boots, Thumbelina, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Beauty and the Beast.

    Eight European fairy tales brought from France that have become part of French-Canadian folklore.

    the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." --Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." --Volkskunde"An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " --Reference & Research Book NewsIndiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.

    

    Ruth Manning-Sanders, a born storyteller, has related some of the traditional stories of these folk with a telling simplicity, a most delightful feeling for humour, and a rich sense of poetry which vividly captures the magical qualities of their Celtic origins. From the moving tale of Lutey and the Mermaid to the nonsense story of the Two Sillies and the light-hearted gaiety of Peter's adventures with the Piskies, the story will delight all children whether they read them themselves or have them read alive. —From the dust jacket end flap. Includes 34 folktales.