The Golden Phoenix and Other French-Canadian Fairy Tales
Retold by Michael Hornyansky marius Barbeau, Arthur Price
Hardcover
(Henry Z. Walck, March 15, 1967)
From our neighbors to the north comes this exciting collection of eight French-Canadian fairy tales, stories the French colonists brought with them three hundred years ago. Young American readers will meet many fabulous people, including the bold and resourceful Petit Jean, a probable ancestor of our own Paul Bunyon. Here are all the best ingredients of fabledom: the crafty Sultan who almost--but not quite--outwits Petit Jean; the wicked princess who is properly punished for her deceptions; the handsome prince who is turned into a fox by the evil fairy. Stories include "The Golden Phoenix," "The Princess of Tomboso,""The Fairy Quite Contrary,""Scurvyhead,""Sir Goldenhair,""The Fountain of Youth,""Jacques the Woodcutter,""The sly Thief of Valenciennes."