Books with title The Classic Fairy Tales

This collection of stories takes you around the globe on an incredible journey. The characters you will meet are as varied as the countries they come from, whether the icy Arctic or the steamy rainforest. You will meet wise baboons and foolish merchants, beautiful maidens and ugly trolls. There are funny tales, magical tales, love stories and adventures. Retold for children, this book is perfect for reading together or for new readers to enjoy by themselves.

Excerpt from The Old Fairy TalesIN the latter part of the reign of Queen Bess there was an honest, industrious countryman named Meanwell. Liv ing upon a small farm which he held under Sir Peter Gripe, a very hard, covetous landlord, who was per suaded by one of his richer tenants, Hugh Graspall, as greedy as himself, to take away the lands held by Mean well and other poor tenants, and let him have them to increase his own large farm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Many of these stories have been told for centuries, enchanting children and adults alike with their mixture of magic, mystery and truths older even than the stories themselves. Here twelve best-loved tales by the famous German storytellers, the Brother Grimm are retold for the enjoyment of children today. Delightfully illustrated throughout with intricate and imaginative drawings.