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Fairy Tales from the British Isles

by Amabel Williams-Ellis, Pauline D. Baynes (Illustrator)

Publisher: Blackie & Son LTD.

Hardcover, 344 pages

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As the title of this book suggests, fairy tales representing all parts of our islands are here retold; some are old favourites and some will be new to most children.

Among those from England are Cap o' Rushes, The Three Sillies, Kate Crackernuts, and Childe Rowland. From Scotland come the Wee Wee Mannie and Finlay the Hunter, from Wales, The Lake Lady and A Mouse from the Mabinogian, and from Ireland, The King, the Saint and the Goose and Clever Oonagh.

There are plenty of others to prove that, in our islands, we have a splendid store of traditional tales and legends. Both in quality and in number these can stand beside those gathered by the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, and others.

Amabel Williams-Ellis has always been especially interested in traditional fairy tales, and has shown, in the companion volumes, Arabian Nights and Grimm's Fairy Tales, that she knows just how to retell them for the children of today. Each of these stories has been approved by a jury of children. Our native tales are her real favorites and she has made a varied and inspiriting selection.

Pauline Baynes, illustrator of Narnia and many other books, decorates the volume with many black and white drawings and eight lovely full-color plates.

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