Soon she falls in love with this man she has never seen, but in a moment of doubt she betrays his trust. To win back his love, Psyche must show that she is as brave as she is beautiful by performing three impossible tasks.Perhaps the greatest love story of all, Cupid and Psyche is unsurpassed in its richness and drama. Marie Craft's lively, suspenseful retelling of this classic Greek myth will appeal to young and old alike. And these legendary lovers have inspired forty lush luminous paintings by award-winning artist Kinuko Craft.Lavishly illustrated and thrillingly told, here is a book to be treasured forever.

    In Fairies he turns his considerable talent to capturing in breathtaking images characters from such beloved stories as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the wizard Merlin and his muse the intoxicating Nimue, mermaids of the deep as well as his interpretation of fairies from Celtic and Japanese mythology.

    Carol Rose introduces the reader to the little--and not so little--folk, delightfully various and, at the same time, strikingly similar from country to country. Wherever humans have lived, the supernatural beings have dwelt alongside us. People serve to explain the unexplainable--the strange disappearance of a traveler in a dark wood, that odd thumping in the attic, the fresh cream turned sour overnight. Often they reveal the stoic humor with which human societies have faced their difficulties. But whatever their source, our guilts, fears, dreams, or imaginations, the spirits have fascinated and enchanted us through the millennia. Chosen by Library Journal as a Best Reference Source.

    These stories introduce a new generation of readers to age-old Celtic favorites including "The Magic Shoes," "The Pot of Gold," and the great love story "Tír Na N'Óg." Included with each story are lively illustrations, background notes, motifs from the Celtic tradition, and a pronunciation guide.Author Biography: Una Leavy is the author of Harry's Stormy Night and Goodbye Pappa. Susan Field is a television set designer and the illustrator of The Sun, the Moon and the Silver Baboon and The Smallest Whale.

    This is a fantastic retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm tale of the poor little tailor who kills seven flies with one blow, and then uses this fact to trick the king into offering his daughter's hand in marriage.

    When the Looney Tunes are challenged to a game of basketball against a group of intergalactic monsters, they enlist the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan.

    Includes traditional stories reflecting the cumulative wisdom of Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American cultures.Tales from ancient India. Jataka tales. The talkative turtle ; The wise master ; A flock of birds --Tales from the Panchatantra. The lion makers ; The blue jackal who showed his true colors ; The lion and the rabbit --The blind men and the elephant. Tales from China : Taoist parables. Blinded by greed ; The stolen ax / based on a tale by Lieh Tzu --The best fit / based on a tale by Han Fei --The powerful fighting cock ; Whose dream is this? ; The useless tree / based on a tale by Chuang Tzu --A farmer's horse ran off / based on a tale by Lui An. Zen stories from Japan. A monk with heavy thoughts --The wild strawberry --Empty-cup mind --A dispute in sign language --Giving the moon. Tales from ancient Greece. Aesop's fables. Antlers ; Everyone agrees to peace ; Mice in council --Tales of Mount Olympus. Baucis and Philemon ; Echo and Narcissus. Tales from the Middle East : Sufi stories of Mulla Nasrudin. The boatman --The smuggler --Feeding his clothes --Looking for the key. Tales from the Jewish tradition. Feathers (Eastern European, Hasidic) --This too shall pass (Ancient Israel, a King Solomon legend) --The wooden sword (Afghanistan). Tales from the Christian tradition. The legend of St. Genesius --Amazing grace : the story of John Newton (1725-1807) --The prodigal son : a parable from the New Testament. Tales from Africa. Fire, water, truth, and falsehood (Northeast Africa, Ethiopia) --The red and blue coat (Central Africa, Congo) --Tongue meat (East-Central Africa, Swahili) --Why wisdom is everywhere (West Africa, Ashanti). Tales from Asia and Southeast Asia. The parts of the house argue (Philippines) --The tiger's whisker (Korea) --Little Lizard's sorrow (Vietnam). Tales from Europe. The three wishes (England) --The wooden bowl (Germany) --The happy man's shirt (Italy) --The dancing lass of Anglesey (Scotland). Tales from the Americas. How war was ended (North American Arctic, Central Yup'ik Eskimo) --How the quetzal got its red breast (Central America, Maya) --Old Dog and Coyote (Mexico, Otomi) --Paca and Beetle (South America, Brazil) --Gluscabi and the magic game bag (North American eastern woodlands, Abenaki). Proverbs from around the world

    Encompassing radio plays, and pieces for stage and screen, this volume explores familiar Carter preoccupations: myth and fairy tale; domestic murder and the violence underlying everyday life, and the rebellious victims of the repressive society.It includes the screenplays for "The Magic Toyshop" and "The Company of Wolves"; a draft for an opera of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando"; and reworkings for radio of "Puss in Boots" and "Dracula".

    Familiar stories like Demeter and Persephone are included, along with a host of international tales that will be new to most readers. Full-color illustrations throughout.

    The tale of a little tin soldier with only one leg and a little paper girl who stood on one leg like a dancer.

    Not so in the stories discussed in this book! Chosen from some seven thousand read by the author, these stories focus on mature women and set traditional plots on their pretty little ears. In these stories it is the man who sleeps, and the woman who must break the spell that imprisons both king and kingdom. Psychiatrist A. B. Chinen has collected tales from Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Russia, Siberia, and Swaziland whose themes are the rigors of womanhood rather than the fantasies of adolescence. Their protagonists face challenges that are universally recognized, sometimes shocking, and always catalysts of transformation. Brutalized women transform cruel husbands, and unfaithful wives reform themselves. Trusting daughters are mutilated by their fathers, and clever sisters outwit sultans. There are good men and bad, virtuous mothers and treacherous crones. And always there is complexity and duality, sunlight and shadow, iniquity and redemption. Dr. Chinen has chosen unfamiliar versions of well-known stories to present afresh the ancient wisdom they contain. With commentaries drawn from his clinical experience and literature from around the world, he skewers stereotypes and challenges us to rethink our concept of authentic womanhood. Waking the World reminds readers that there is more to women's culture and mythology than spinning wheels, pricked fingers, and spellbound sleep. There is unwavering vigilance, a passion not only to survive but to prevail, and within every woman'sthroat, a clarion cry to awaken and galvanize the world.

    From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of entrancing folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, magic beasts and cunning boys. From favourites such as The Frog-Prince and Hansel and Gretel to the delights of Ashputtel or Old Sultan, all are vivid with timeless mystery.

    Full color.Ages 6-11.

    

    Discover where the twelve beautiful princesses slip off to every night!

    A childless king and queen are finally blessed with a baby, only to have a vengeful fairy steal her away. Magical frogs, wishing pools, and marbled towers spring to life under the expert touch of Heyer's brushes.

    Here you will find tales of the cat who saved the rooster from the clutches of the vixen, the runaway bun who wouldn't be eaten, Mr Kotsky, the fiercest animal in the forest, and many more.

    But this enchanting new story casts its own unique spell with a delightfully funny, contemporary incantation over the traditional fairy tale genre. Frogs refuse to be kissed; the handsome duke faints when he tries to replace the princess' missing glass slipper, and the dragon changes into a chubby, white bunny.Like her wonderful tale, Leslie Elizabeth Watts' softly glowing illustrations are the perfect blend of fairy-dusted magic and warm realism that will bewitch every young child and their parents too.

    This book includes witches, princes, pirates and saints with sixty-three individual tales in all, each with its own illustration. It provides an explanation of the folk narrative tradition in Wales, and contains a map showing the location of each tale. It is in bilingual format.

    Maitland's interests are as varied as her characters in this stunning collection of short stories about women's lives. From classical mythology and folk stories to inexplicable accidents of history and tales of the supernatural, these narratives "are infused with a feminist awareness and . . . deserve to be read out loud" ("Ms".).

    Included is background information on folktales, fairy tales, novels, and authors as well as practical language arts activities to use with your own class in terms of strategies for Reading, Writing, and Responding.

    These retellings convey the full power and range of Andersen's storytelling.

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    The wonder of each story is gloriously captured by Stephen Fieser's striking full-color pictures. A perfect book for holiday gift giving.