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Edition · 2024-01-01 · Hardcover

Forgotten Fairy Tales of Unlikely Heroes

MSMary Sebag-Montefiore
2024
year of publication
208
pages
English (United Kingdom)
language
Hardcover
cover
Publisher
usborne
ISBN-13
978-18-0131-023-9
EAN
9781801310239
Publication date
2024-01-01
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Forgotten Fairy Tales of Unlikely Heroes · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition

It is the unlikely heroes in stories that are sometimes the most inspiring of all. Stories about someone small, and seemingly unimportant or overlooked, who ends up being the one to stand tall. This collection of seven fairy tales, once much loved, now forgotten, breathes new life into old tales: a farm girl outwits an ogre, an old man wins fame for his kindness, while a girl discovers that what makes her different is also what makes her so special. This magical collection will bring inspiration to a new generation of readers and act as a reminder that anyone, no matter how small, can make a difference. Chapters in this book include:-East of the Sun, West of the Moon (based on a Norwegian fairy tale, first collected by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe)-The Enchanted Forest (based on an Estonian tale, collected by Andrew and Nora Lang and included in " The Violet Fairy Tale Book", as " A Tale of the Tontlawald")-Tatterhood (based on a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe)-The Bag of Dreams (from a book called " The House with the Twisting Passage" by Marion St. John Webb, first published in 1922)-Eagleboy (adapted from " The Crimson Fairy Book", by Andrew and Nora Lang, first published in 1903)-Kate and the Ogre (based on " The Ogre Courting" by Juliana Ewing)-The Gifts of Walidad (based on a story originally from northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, retold in Andrew and Nora Lang's " The Brown Fairy Book", first published in 1904)