A collection of nine fairy tales including: The Last Slice of Rainbow / Clem's Dream / A Leaf in the Shape of a Key / The Queen with Screaming Hair / The Tree that Loved a Girl / Lost - One Pair of Legs / The Voice in the Shell / The Spider in the Bath / Think of a Word.

    When the original version of this book was published in 1985, Publishers Weekly called it "a treasure for all ages," and The New York Times declared, "Fairy-tale aficionados will be mesmerized." For this hardcover reissue, Susan Jeffers retouched her pen-and- ink and dye illustrations, making them even richer. Her brilliant artwork is showcased in a new interior design featuring a fifth-color gold border. Embossed gold foil type on the jacket of this large-format picture book trumpets the arrival of the girl who went from rags to riches.

    A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode.

    In this absorbing story his courage and chivalry are tested to the full when he swears to save the honour of his King by marrying the Loathly Lady.Winner of the 1985 Kate Greenaway Medal.

    An illustrated collection of thirty-three traditional tales from Russia.

    Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winner Lisbeth Zwerger brings her singular vision to a glorious picture-book adaptation of the haunting story of an enchanted swan princess. She has based her version on Tchaikovsky's original 1877 ballet, which had a happy ending, unlike the later, better-known, 1893 version. Her illustrations, luminous, lyrical, filled with grace and beauty, evoke the brilliance of the ballet and the universal appeal of this beloved fairy tale.

    Bert, Ernie, and other muppets spend the night in a strange house where each room is decorated in a different color.

    A collection of traditional tales from around the world each of whose main character is female.Contents:The woman in the moon (Chippewa, North America) A mother's yarn (Saami, Lappland) The nagging husband (Tallinn, Estonia) Gulnara the Tartar warrior (Tartar, border region of west Siberia and Mongolia) Caterina the Wise (Sicily, Italy) Oona and the giant Cuchulain (Ireland) Aina-kizz and the black-bearded Bai (Soviet Central Asia) A pottle o' brains (Lincolnshire, England) The maid who chose a husband (Ghana) Three strong women (Japan) The wonderful pearl (Vietnam) The squire's bride (Norway)The Aztec sun goddess (Aztec)

    Two well-known stories are printed so that each is read in an opposite direction.

    Twin Whimsies Blossom and Sprout, under a spell from the Switch Witch, ignore the foods that are good for them and stuff themselves with sweet desserts.

    Then Gertrude conceives the child which has long eluded her, and the spell breaks into foreboding, menace and madness.

    Until the 1980s, however, there was a distinct lack of scholarship in the area, so in 1985, Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together some of the most ambitious and distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally fill the void of a comprehensive guide to the field.The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: eddic and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Taken together, their judicious and well-written essays, each with a full bibliography, make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English - a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readership.This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and twenty years later, is now being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field.

    Relates the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

    A compendium of stories from the author's previous books, with several tales from each of sixteen countries.Czechoslovakia (The wood fairy ; The twelve months) ; Denmark (Ee-aw! ; The wonderful pot) ; England (Jack and the beanstalk ; Tom Thumb ; Dick Whittington and his cat) ; France (Puss in boots ; The sleeping beauty in the wood ; The twelve dancing princesses) ; Germany (Rumpelstiltskin ; Hansel and Gretel ; The Bremen town musicians) ; Greece (Constantes and the dragon ; The fairy wife) ; India (The blind man, the deaf man, and the donkey ; The valiant chattee-maker) ; Ireland (The bee, the harp, the mouse, and the bum-clock ; Billy Beg and the bull) ; Italy (Cenerentola ; Bastianelo) ;Japan (The Tongue-cut sparrow ; The white hare and the crocodiles) ; Norway (Why the sea is salt ; The three Billy goats gruf) ; Poland (About the hedgehog who became prince ; The jolly tailor who became king) ; Russia (Snegourka, the snow maiden ; The flying ship) ; Scotland (The page boy and the silver goblet ; The Brownie o' Ferne-Den) ; Spain (Four brothers who were both wise and foolish ; Juan Cigarron) ; Sweden (The old woman and the tramp ; Lars, my lad).