# Forgotten Fairy Tales of Hope and Happiness

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- Authors: [Mary Sebag-Montefiore](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-sebag-montefiore)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2025-01-01

## Description

This heartwarming collection of fairy tales celebrates the power of hope, and gently encourages questions about what happiness really means. Meet a brave princess who brings happiness to her kingdom by forging her own path, two children on a quest to discover the meaning of happiness, and a magician's daughter who discovers the power of positivity. Featuring diverse, inspiring and empowering characters, each story centers around a celebration of hope and happiness. Beautifully illustrated throughout, these seven stories have been re-imagined to inspire a new generation of readers. Chapters in this book include:- Introduction- The Last Dragon (based on 'The Last of the Dragons' by Edith Nesbit)- The Magic Weather Boy (adapted from 'Fairies Afield' by Mary Louisa Molesworth)- The Bluebird of Happiness (adapted from 'The Blue Bird' a children's play by Maurice Maeterlinck)- The Magician's Daughter (adapted from 'The Spell of the Magician's Daughter' by Evelyn Sharp)- The Wanderings of Caspian (based on Mary De Morgan's fairy tale of the same name)- The Badly Behaved Princess (inspired by 'The Magic Medicine' by Denis Mackail)- Where the Rainbow Ends (adapted from a children's play, by Emilie Mills and John Ramsey)- The Stories and their Writers

## Editions

### Forgotten Fairy Tales of Hope and Happiness

- Publisher: usborne
- ISBN: 978-18-0531-259-8
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2025-01-01
- Language: en_GB