Books with author Jacqueline Mair

Bessie, the middle daughter, is always the one who gets in trouble with their father when he moves the family to London after their mother's death, but she and her sisters must figure out how to survive on their own when he walks out of the house and never comes back.Bessie's father moves the family to London after her mother's death, but she and her sisters must figure out how to survive on their own when he walks out and never comes back

This exhilarating book brings together some of the best classic stories told in the United States. Many of the tales were brought to the USA from Europe, and their origins can be traced in English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish or German tradition. But wherever they spring from, the tales are filtered through an American consciousness, and told in a rich American voice. These vivid stories, full of magic, humour, and wisdom have been minimally retold by the editor, whose introduction and notes set them securely in their folklore context. Aunt Lizbeth Fields’ thoroughly American tale of ‘A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad,’ for example, is identified as a version of the Grimms’ ‘Snow White’. Read about Cold Feet and the Lonesome Queen, Lady Featherflight, The Gold in the Chimney, and The Cat That Went a-Traveling. These stories are ideal to read aloud or for older readers to enjoy discovering by themselves. Jacqueline Mair’s delightful illustrations, based on American folk art, have the stitched and embroidered texture of a much-loved family quilt.‘Watch storytellers and students of American Folklore in search of fresh material fall on it with glad cries.’ ALA Booklist