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"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting-from all over the world-fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."-Kirkus Reviews The...

My Stars: Cancer is a perfect gift for children born between 21st June and 22nd July. Children will learn all about their star sign, including: Science: Children will discover their constellation in the night sky and a die-cut finger trail to trace.Myth:...

"This charming pourquoi tale tells of an Eskimo girl and her magic. Sloat's pictures are vibrant and engaging, befitting the land of the northern lights. . . . Delightful, playful and beautifully written." School Library JournalLong ago, the only berries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172063Author Munro LeafFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint NYRB Children'sPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams) 392gDimensions(mm)...

Princess Arnica is so sweet and gentle that when she smiles even wolves and bears forget their fierceness. Everyone loves her, but she loves only Poor Johnny. Luckily, he loves her too, and even more luckily she has a very sensible king for a father, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068338762Author Georgina SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint JOBA LtdPublisher JOBA LtdWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433355240Author Leah OseiFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Teacher Created Materials, IncPublisher Teacher Created Materials, Inc

In these beloved stories we meet a Kenyan lion named Simba, a snake with seven heads, and tricksters from Zulu folklore; we hear the voices of the scheming hyena, and we learn from a Khoi fable how animals acquired their tails and horns. Creation myths...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874833096Author Richard YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint August House PublishersPublisher August House PublishersWeight(grams)...

With unique and playful illustrations this multicultural children's book is a classic Japanese fairy tale that young children and parents alike will love.The Last Kappa of Old Japan is a warmly written and beautifully illustrated bilingual Japanese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946270122Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hoopoe BooksPublisher Hoopoe BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937371111Author Alina NiemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Alina's Pencil PublishingPublisher Alina's Pencil PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416975991Author Christopher GregorowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint AladdinPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 94gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

When her widowed father remarries, beautiful Cinderella is left to cook and clean for her cruel stepmother and jealous stepsisters. On the day of the King's dance, Cinderella weeps when she is left behind. Hearing her sobs, her friends the birds bring...

Zomo the rabbit, a trickster from West Africa, wants wisdom. But he must accomplish three apparently impossible tasks before Sky God will give him what he wants. Is he clever enough to do as Sky God asks? 'The tale moves along with the swift concision of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399215346Author Tomie dePaolaFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

The town of Hamelin is infested with rats. The people are at their wits' end. Then a strange man arrives at the town gates...The Pied Piper promises to help rid the town of the rats. But will they keep their promise to pay him?This classic version of the...

Christopher is playing with a ball in his garden when a magical adventure begins. An unusual boy called September introduces him to the garden folk as they search for Christopher's lost ball. He meets the playful gooseberry boys, kind Mrs Bramley, grumpy...

From night walks and moon reading to puppet shows and storytelling, this kid-tested resource provides users with everything necessary to learn about the nocturnal world.Book InformationISBN 9781555911775Author Joseph BruchacFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857143928Author Sheila MacGill-CallahanFormat HardbackImprint Ragged BearsPublisher Ragged Bears

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942698098Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hoopoe BooksPublisher Hoopoe BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823403851Author Tomie dePaolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Travel to the Philippines without leaving home!From the author of Filipino Children's Favorite Stories comes a book for young children that features a Filipino-American boy visiting the Philippines for the very first time. Each watercolor illustration is...

The first three books in the "Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales" series from Iron Circus Comics is now available in an attractive box set! Including The Girl Who Married A Skull, The Nixie of the Mill-Pond, and Tamamo the Fox Maiden, the Cautionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786057876393Author R Nisbet BainFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest BooksPublisher E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623719166Author Joan RankinFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Crocodile BooksPublisher Crocodile BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 221mm *...

Introduce your little one to fables and fairy tales from around the world with this spellbinding series of board books for children.The power of kindness is a tale told all over the world! Introduce children to the charming telling of a North American...

With its shocking-pink jacket and swirls of brilliant designs, McDermott's retelling of this rain forest tale is visually arresting but narratively a bit colorless. The reputed trickster Jabuti gets his comeuppance when a jealous Vulture offers to fly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780698118898Author Hudson TalbottFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786069225301Author Sophie Rostopchine Comtesse de SegurFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint MediamorphosisPublisher MediamorphosisWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944493646Author Palwasha SalamFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hoopoe BooksPublisher Hoopoe Books

The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales. These tales are filled with the mystery and adventure of a land of lonely country roads and isolated farms, humble cottages and lordly castles, rolling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416960805Author Robert SabudaFormat HardbackPage Count 12Imprint Little SimonPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946270184Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Hoopoe BooksPublisher Hoopoe BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

My Stars: Pisces is a perfect gift for children born between 19th February and 20th March. Children will learn all about their star sign, including: Science: Children will discover their constellation in the night sky and a die-cut finger trail to trace...

This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal...

This is a book like no other: a magical tapestry of folk tales, woven together to build a world that is as strange yet familiar as a half-remembered dream. It is an old world, a world of enchanted corn dollies and wild dances in poppy fields, a world of...

Taken from sources that draw on ancient traditions, these tales from the Celtic lands of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man, have been handed down for centuries by word of mouth. Now retold for a modern readership, with an...

My Stars: Gemini is a perfect gift for children born between 21st May and 20th June. Children will learn all about their star sign, including:Science: Children will discover their constellation in the night sky and a die-cut finger trail to trace.Myth:...

Introduce your little one to fables and fairy tales from around the world with this spellbinding series of board books for children.Discover the Greek myth about the greedy King Midas! A popular tale told for centuries that will teach children about the...