Fairy Tales in Latin

Fairy Tales in Latin

by Victor Barocas
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Hardcover, 94 pages
Current Retail Price: $16.95
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  • Tibicen Versicolor (The Pied Piper)
  • Rumpelstiltskin (Rumpelstiltskin)
  • Lacernella Rubra (Little Red Riding Hood)
  • Rapunzella (Rapunzel)
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  • Iax et Fabae Magicae (Jack and the Magic Beans)
  • Nivea et Septem Homunculi (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
  • Auricoma et Tres Ursi (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
  • Hansellus and Gretella (Hansel and Gretel)
  • Cinerella (Cinderella)
  • Bella Dormiens (Sleeping Beauty)

This popular collection of 12 familiar fairy tales in Latin has been a classroom favorite for over a decade now. It provides an engaging alternative to traditional Latin texts for translation and reading comprehension. Aimed at intermediate and advanced Latin students, these stories are not as technically difficult as prose excerpts from authors like Livy and Cicero.

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