Books published by publisher Animedia Company

«A Green Tulip» is a beautiful and romantic fairy-tale. This is a story of pure love, beauty and courage. A young artist presents an unknown old woman with his painting, and receives magic paints as a gift in return. Everything he depicts using these paints comes to life. The artist falls in love with a beautiful princess, but she is kidnapped by the evil and cunning Queen of the arid kingdom. The brave young man sets off on a dangerous journey in search of the princess. Subsequent events develop at a dizzying pace. At some point, it seems that nothing can help rescue the princess, but thanks to the small but brave flower elves, the good still wins!Age Range: 6-12 years.

The e-book “Chinese fairy tales: forty stories told by almond-eyed folk” (Illustrated) is a fabulous compilation of the Chinese fairy and folk tales, collected and narrated by Adele Marion Fielde (1839-1916), who is also famous for “A Corner of Cathay,” “Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect,” “Pagoda Shadows”.“Chinese fairy tales: forty stories told by almond-eyed folk” were originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1912.The “Animedia Company” e-book edition (2013) contains 25 original black-and-white illustrations by Chinese artists, which were carefully restored by a publisher. This edition is modified especially for the e-book format.The e-book “Chinese fairy tales” includes 41 Chinese fairy tales, such as: The strayed arrow, The five queer brothers, The three talismans, The origin of ants, The mistake of the apes, The moon-cake, The fool of the family, A fool who tried to be like his brother-in-law, A dreadful boar, The two melons, The blind boy’s fall, The fairy serpent, What the birds said, The man in a shell, The young head of the family, Prospect and retrospect, A foreordained match, Marrying a simpleton, Baling with a sieve, The widow and the sagacious magistrate, A lawyer as a debtor, The singing prisoner, Self-convicted, The ladle that fell from the moon, A wife’s vengeance, Stolen garlic, Two frugal men, The most frugal of men, Misapplied wit, Similar diseases, A dream inspired, A fortuitous application, Jean Valjean in Cathay, A polite idiosyncrasy, Verified predictions, The three sworn brothers, The peasant-girl’s prisoner, Crabs in plenty, False economy, The thriftless wife, A wife with two husbands.

«A Christmas Carol» is a novell by English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens), first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol). The story tells of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novell met with instant success and critical acclaim.The ebook edition of «A Christmas Carol» from Animedia Company is magnificently illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rackham) and John Leech (1817-1864) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leech_(caricaturist)).

“There was once” is a collection of fairy tales, stories and nursery rhymes retold by Constance Wilde (Constance Lloyd), the wife of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. Constance Wilde (January 2, 1859 – April 7, 1898), born Constance Mary Lloyd, was the wife of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde.“There was once” includes such fairy tales and nursery rhymes as: Little Red Riding Hood, Puss-in-boots, Little Bo-peep, Cinderella, Old Mother Hubbard, The three bears, Babes in the wood, Jack the giant killer, The three kittens.“There was once” was originally published in 1888 by Ernest P. Dutton & Company.The “Animedia Company” e-book edition (2013) contains the original colorful illustrations by John Lawson (1865-1909), which were carefully restored by a publisher. This edition is modified especially for the e-book format.

«Tales from Shakespeare» also known as «All the Tales from Shakespeare» is an English children’s book written by Charles Lamb with his sister Mary Lamb in 1807. The 2015 ebook edition from Animedia Company contains illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Artur Scheiner.The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies; they wrote the preface between them. Next to his essays, this book is his best-known work; yet its success is attributable more to Mary, whose name did not appear on the title page of the first few editions, than to Charles.«Tales from Shakespeare» from Animedia Company includes the following tales: The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Othello, Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

“Jack and the bean-stalk. Humpty Dumpty.” is a collection of the two most famous English folktales and fairy tales, which was retold and illustrated by William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Denslow).The tales were originally published separately from each other by G. W. Dillingham Co in 1903 (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085956/00001/citation), (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085960/00001/citation).The “Jack and the bean-stalk” summary:“After climbing a vine sprouting from magic beans, Jack encounters an apparently fearsome giant who had stolen money from Jack’s late father; Jack calls the giant’s bluff and convinces him to become a side show in a circus, with Jack as his manager”The “Humpty Dumpty” is written in prose:“Humpty-Dumpty was a smooth, round little chap, with a winning smile, and a great golden heart in his broad breast. Only one thing troubled Humpty, and that was, that he might fall and crack his thin, white skin; he wished to be hard, all the way through, for he felt his heart wabble when he walked, or ran about, so off he went to the Black Hen for advice,” also includes the famous rhyme“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the king’s horses and all the king’s menCouldn’t put Humpty together again.”The “Animedia Company” e-book edition (2013) contains the original extraordinary colorful illustrations by William Wallace Denslow, which were carefully restored by a publisher. This edition is modified especially for the e-book format.

“Tales of The Friendly Forest” is a colorfully illustrated collection of fairy tales for children. The book contains ten instructive fairy stories about the adventures of kind and funny inhabitants of the forest: the traveling Hedgehog, the hare Turbo, the wolf Straight Tail and other great beasts. These tales teach the children friendship, humanity and respect to each other, the ability to perceive everything in positive manner and create good mood.

«David Copperfield» is the common name of the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Its full title is «The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account).»Like most of his works, it originally appeared in serial form during the two preceding years. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens’ own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens wrote, «like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield.»The ebook «David Copperfield» from Animedia Company contains more than 40 black-and-white and color illustrations by «Phiz» (Hablot Knight Browne) and Harold Copping.