Books with title Fairy Tale Treasury

From a great giant to a tiny child and from a wicked stepmother to a kindly granny, all of the characters in these classic folktales are African Americans. Children will delight in the timeless pleasures of these six fairy tales: Rapunzel, in which the heroine's long hair forms a ladder for her rescue; Cinderella, a tale of patience and humility rewarded; Beauty and the Beast, the triumph of true love over appearances; Little Red Riding Hood, involving a close call with a crafty wolf; the search for what is "just right" in Goldilocks and the Three Bears; and a foolish boy's transformation into a hero in Jack and the Beanstalk.

This beautiful 383 page book contains eighteen favorite children's fairy tales, such as Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, Snow White, Thumbelina, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, The Velvet Rabbit and more. Accompanied by beautiful full-color, full-page illustrations, this book is a wonderful addition to any child's book collection.

This Little Grasshopper Book presents charming retellings of traditional fairy tales, as well as Mother Goose rhymes that will engage children. From toddlers who listen to the stories read by a caregiver to each story’s app, to older kids on the road to reading.Whimsical illustrations bring to life the stories of Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, Puss in Boots, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Frog Prince, and Jack and the Beanstalk.The child can hear each story read aloud, see the words of the story changing color on screen as they are read, hear fun sound effects that enhance the story, and play interactive learning games based on the story.For an extra layer of interactive learning and fun, the stories are paired with digital content. Parents can download the Little Grasshopper Library app to a smartphone or tablet, iPhone or Android, and then access the app for content for each story.160 pages

A gently entertaining and charming fairy story that also deals cleverly with a young child's real problems and emotions. Connie is not a child who likes books. So she's not too pleased when she's sent to stay with her eccentric author aunt. But then Connie meets Ruby - a book fairy - in the dusty old library. Ruby is in trouble: she has broken fairy law by trying to take something - a piece of jewellery - back to fairyland through the gateway of a fairy-dust-sprinkled book. And now the jewellery has disappeared, and Ruby can't get back home! Can Connie help Ruby find the missing jewellery before the doorway to fairyland is closed forever? Gwyneth Rees is half Welsh and half English and was brought up in Scotland. She is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and has worked in various places, including Birmingham and London. The author of Mermaids, The Mum Hunt, My Mum's from Planet Pluto and Fairy Dust, Gwyneth is now writing full time. She lives in London with two cats.

AFaerie Treasury is a comprehensive, insightful, and magical guide to the world of the fae! You'll find a wealth of facts, real-life faerie stories, tips, advice, and faerie inspiration. This detailed yet fun book explains the hierarchy of faerie, their culture, religion, and lives, and is designed to be dipped into whenever you need inspiration – the perfect gift for anyone wanting to know how to bring faerie wisdom and magic into their lives! You will discover: •Amazing real-life stories of contact with the faerie folk from all over the world •The flowers and trees favoured by the little people, and the best oils, crystals, and candle colours to encourage faeries into your space. •Use the remarkable A-Z reference of faeries to find out which faeries are good… and which are just plain naughty! •Discover the faeries’ secret hide-outs •Find out how to turn your home and garden into magical faerie spaces •Have fun with magical faerie craftsHistory, myths, and real-life accounts are combined in this fascinating book, for all those who are intrigued by the enchanting, magical, and mysterious realm of faeries!This is a repackage of A Faerie Treasury (ISBN: 9781401915537)

Aurora returns to Paradan ashamed and heartbroken.Cassius wants to pretend the Dragon’s scale quest never happened, and Areit disappears. Unaware if Areit survived, she is thrown into one celebration after another. Feeling un-worthy of Cassius, she starts to shut off her heart. Tommit, gathers dangerous mercenaries, dedicated to returning hin to his throne.Greya and Lote plot to replace Aurora as bride-to-be. A masquerade ball, brings about deceit, confessions and stolen kisses. As they prepare for the up-coming royal wedding, Paradan is invaded, bringing death and destruction. Will Aurora succumb to Tommit’s plot? Or will her life, finally become a fairy tale?

This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It: explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.

A captivating and witty dark fantasy that will have girls lusting after it.Morgan Sparks has always known that she and her boyfriend, Cam, are made for each other. But when Cam’s cousin Pip comes to stay with the family, Cam seems depressed. Finally Cam confesses to Morgan what’s going on: Cam is a fairy. The night he was born, fairies came down and switched him with a healthy human boy. Nobody expected Cam to live, and nobody expected his biological brother, heir to the fairy throne, to die. But both things happened, and now the fairies want Cam back to take his rightful place as Fairy King.Even as Cam physically changes, becoming more miserable each day, he and Morgan pledge to fool the fairies and stay together forever. But by the time Cam has to decide once and for all what to do, Morgan’s no longer sure what’s best for everyone, or whether her and Cam’s love can weather an uncertain future.