Books with title The Green Queen

In order to escape her marriage with a boring scientist (Aristobulus Ursiclos), Helena Campbell requests her uncles, Sib and Sam, to postpone her wedding until she experiences the Green Ray for herself. Indeed, according to some Scottish legends, the Green Ray has elevating effects on the mind and soul, and allows these who see it to find their own true selves...

The early dusk of a December day was fast changing into darkness as three of the young people with whose adventures this story is concerned trudged briskly homeward. The day was a bright one, and Aleck, the oldest, who was a skilled workman in the brass foundry, although scarcely eighteen years of age, had given himself a half-holiday in order to take Kate and The Youngster on a long skating expedition down to the lighthouse. Kate was his sister, two years younger than he, and The Youngster was a brother whose twelfth birthday this was. The little fellow never had had so much fun in one afternoon, he thought, and maintained stoutly that he scarcely felt tired at all. The ice had been in splendid condition, the day calm, but cloudy, so that their eyes had not ached, and they had been able to go far out upon the solidly frozen surface of the lake.

This is the timeless folktale of a young prince who undoes the terrible spell on a castle by accomplishing three impossible tasks with the help of some small creatures he saved from cruelty. The lean narrative moves quickly to its satisfying conclusion and preserves just the essentials to keep a child's attention and interest. Iassen Ghiuselev is a master draughtsman who meticulously executes every nuance of the situation, costumes, and characters. His settings, in the old world beauty of the Renaissance, carry a bearing and weight in sharp contrast to the pastel-pretty designs of other illustrated fairy tales. The rich tapestry colors and lavish attention to detail create an atmospheric mystery and enrich the story with a magic of their own.

Cats, cats and more cats, they are everywhere. But where is the cat that will be queen of the temple? The one with the goddess within her must be found and many people are out looking. Mew-sheri's sisters have told her that even a child can find the Queen Cat, so Mew-sheri is searching harder than anyone. This story about Mew-sheri's determination to find the Queen Cat is perfect for reading aloud or for reading alone.