Description:Herein are 19 folk and fairy tales gathered from around the world, illustrated and retold by Katharine Pyle. You will find tales from ancient Bohemia, Norse, France, Germany, Hindu, American Indian, Russia and more.Included are children’s classics like the Three Billy Goats Gruff, Dapplegrim and even a Russian Baba Yaga tale. While some of the titles maybe less familiar, you will find the tales, like Princess Rosetta and The Crow Peri, are of superior quality and were the favourites of Victorian and Edwardian children.The stories in this volume LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT - BohemiaTHE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD - SlavonicTHE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS - NorseTHE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF - NorseTHE STONES OF PLOUVINEC - BrittanyTHE KING OF THE BUFFALOES - American IndianTHE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR - HinduTHE BABA YAGA - RussiaTAMLANE - A Story From An Old Scotch BalladTHE FARMER AND THE PIXY - EnglishRABBIT’S EYES – KoreaMUDJEE MONEDO - American IndianDAPPLEGRIM - NorseTHE FISH PRINCE - HinduTHE MAGIC RICE KETTLE - KoreanTHE CROW PERI - PersianTHE FOUR WISHES - GermanWHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR SHEEP - French CreolePRINCESS ROSETTA – French The publisher has included a number of extra illustrations, not done by Katherine Pyle, to the Norse story of Dapplegrim, which add to the 8 colour plates done by Katherine Pyle.About the Compiler and IllustratorKatharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's writer. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, the youngest offspring of William Pyle and Margaret Painter, she was the sister of author and artist Howard Pyle. She was educated at the Women's Industrial School and the Drexel Institute, then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the New York Art Students' League. She lived in Wilmington her whole life, except four years in New York during the 1890s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wonder Tales from Many Lands: 19 Children's Stories from Around the World. To get started finding Wonder Tales from Many Lands: 19 Children's Stories from Around the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
226
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
—
ISBN
8827580239
Wonder Tales from Many Lands: 19 Children's Stories from Around the World
Description: Herein are 19 folk and fairy tales gathered from around the world, illustrated and retold by Katharine Pyle. You will find tales from ancient Bohemia, Norse, France, Germany, Hindu, American Indian, Russia and more.Included are children’s classics like the Three Billy Goats Gruff, Dapplegrim and even a Russian Baba Yaga tale. While some of the titles maybe less familiar, you will find the tales, like Princess Rosetta and The Crow Peri, are of superior quality and were the favourites of Victorian and Edwardian children.The stories in this volume LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT - BohemiaTHE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD - SlavonicTHE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS - NorseTHE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF - NorseTHE STONES OF PLOUVINEC - BrittanyTHE KING OF THE BUFFALOES - American IndianTHE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR - HinduTHE BABA YAGA - RussiaTAMLANE - A Story From An Old Scotch BalladTHE FARMER AND THE PIXY - EnglishRABBIT’S EYES – KoreaMUDJEE MONEDO - American IndianDAPPLEGRIM - NorseTHE FISH PRINCE - HinduTHE MAGIC RICE KETTLE - KoreanTHE CROW PERI - PersianTHE FOUR WISHES - GermanWHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR SHEEP - French CreolePRINCESS ROSETTA – French The publisher has included a number of extra illustrations, not done by Katherine Pyle, to the Norse story of Dapplegrim, which add to the 8 colour plates done by Katherine Pyle.About the Compiler and IllustratorKatharine Pyle (November 23, 1863 – February 19, 1938) was an American artist, poet, and children's writer. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, the youngest offspring of William Pyle and Margaret Painter, she was the sister of author and artist Howard Pyle. She was educated at the Women's Industrial School and the Drexel Institute, then studied at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the New York Art Students' League. She lived in Wilmington her whole life, except four years in New York during the 1890s.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wonder Tales from Many Lands: 19 Children's Stories from Around the World. To get started finding Wonder Tales from Many Lands: 19 Children's Stories from Around the World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.