Books with title The Rainbow Fairy Tale Book

Written by a first grade class, The Book Fairy takes you on a whimsical journey with a loveable fairy who encourages children to read and expand their imaginative capacities. In this tale, the book fairy rewards children around the world who have done good deeds with a book under their pillows. When a delivery goes terribly awry during a terrible snowstorm, the book fairy is left with only her spirit after crashing and losing her precious books. Join her on her path of recovery as she overcomes her obstacles and continues to bring joy to children who love to read. Perhaps other children will be inspired to write their own stories and keep the joy of reading alive.

THE RAINBOW BOOK - Tales of Fun & FancyBy Mrs. M. H. SPIELMANNIllustrated byArthur RackhamHugh ThomsonBernard PartridgeLewis BaumerHarry RountreeC. Wilhelm CONTENTSPREFACEADVENTURES IN WIZARD-LANDCHAPTER 1. A KNOCK AT THE RED DOORCHAPTER 2. THE WIZARD AT HOMECHAPTER 3. THE BIRD-FAIRY SPEAKSCHAPTER 4. THE LOST CATSEYECHAPTER 5. IN THE FISH-KING’S REALMCHAPTER 6. THE MYSTERY OF THE CRABCHAPTER 7. THE MAGIC BRACELETSCHAPTER 8. THE SPELL--AND HOW IT WORKEDTHE OLD-FANGLED FATHER AND HIS NEW-FANGLED SONSTHE LITTLE PICTURE GIRLTHE SLEEPING BEAUTY’S DREAMTHE GAMEKEEPER’S DAUGHTERALL ON A FIFTH OF NOVEMBERMORNINGNOONNIGHTFATHER CHRISTMAS AT HOMETWILIGHTSTARLIGHTMOONLIGHTDAYLIGHTA BIRTHDAY STORYLITTLE STARRYCEDRIC’S UNACCOUNTABLE ADVENTUREChapter 1.Chapter 2.ROSELLATHE CUCKOO THAT LIVED IN THE CLOCK-HOUSECHRISTMAS AT THE COURT OF KING JORUMONE APRIL DAYChapter 1. A QUEER GODMOTHERChapter 2. THE LITTLE FLOWER GIRLTHE STORM THE TEAPOT BREWEDMONICA THE MOON CHILDChapter 1. THIS SIDE OF THE MOONChapter 2. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOONPREFACEIt’s all very well--but you, and I, and most of us who are healthy in mind and blithe of spirit, love to give rein to our fun and fancy, and to mingle fun with our fancy and fancy with our fun.The little Fairy-people are the favourite children of Fancy, and were born into this serious world ages and ages ago to help brighten it, and make it more graceful and dainty and prettily romantic than it was. They found the Folk-lore people already here--grave, learned people whose learning was all topsy-turvy, for it dealt with toads, and storms, and diseases, and what strange things would happen if you mixed them up together, and how the devil would flee if you did something with a herb, and how the tempest would stop suddenly, as Terence records, if you sprinkled a few drops of vinegar in front of it. No doubt, since then thousands of people have sprinkled tens of thousands of gallons of good vinegar before advancing tempests, and although tempests pay far less attention to the liquid than the troubled waters to a pint of oil, the sprinklers and their descendants have gone on believing with a touching faith. It is pretty, but not practical.But what is pretty and practical too, is that all of us should sometimes let our fancy roam, and that we should laugh as well, even over a Fairy-story. Yet there are some serious-minded persons, very grave and very clever, who get angry if a smile so much as creeps into a Fairy-tale, and if our wonder should be disturbed by anything so worldly as a laugh. A Fairy-tale, they say, should be like an old Folk-tale, marked by sincerity and simplicity--as if humour cannot be sincere and simple too. “The true Fairy-story is not comic.” Why not? Of this we may be sure--take all the true humourless Fairy-stories and take “Alice”--and “Alice” with its fun and fancy will live beside them as long as English stories are read, loved for its fancy and its fun, and hugged and treasured for its jokes and its laughter. The one objection is this: the “true Fairy-story” appeals to all children, young and old, in all lands, equally, by translation; and jokes and fun are sometimes difficult to translate. But that is on account of the shortcomings of language, and it is hard to make young readers suffer by starving them of fun, because the power of words is less absolute than the power of fancy in its merrier mood.(continued)

Golden Press, Inc., New York, Deluxe Golden Book "760" (number on spine), 1958. Hardcover no jacket issued, 1958. Adrienne Segur (illustrator). SEE our 7 photos on main page under "Suze". Overall Book Condition: VG+/G. Book Interior: Very Good+ The pages are clean and bright, no tears or writing. Binding is tight. Illustrations are clean & bright. Boards are securely attached. Contents with beautiful full page color and mono-tone plates (SEE our photos). Book Cover Boards Condition: Oversized (folio) illustrated pictorial boards have wear at corners & on spine ends. Corners have edge-wear, rubs, edge bumps. Some small scratches on back. Cellophane/laminate book covering is separating/loosened next to spine & along edges. (Not serious but we mention everything). 100% Refund Guaranteed. Smoke-free home. Personal childhood copy & was the favourite of all my books.

A delightful fantasy-adventure-in-rhyme about a girl named Isabel who loves coffee, punky stuff, her pet iguana, and hates going to ballet class. There are fairies to lend a helping hand and a dark sorcerer Rashkai to battle. Will she complete the Fairy Book in time for... In this book good old quatrains are blended with haiku, cinquains, senryu and a few other styles. You and your child can have lots of fun identifying different styles of poetry through out the story or just relax and let the story take you on an exciting adventure. Here is just a taste of what great lines you can find in a book: "...They both dive for the bag. After an extra large cappuccino, Isabel has an unfair advantage. There are some things in our world that rival fairy dust."

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

One of the earliest collections of fairy tales from different countries, first published in 1863. Carefully selected and rendered anew in language close to the oral tradition. Includes old English tales, such as Jack the Giant-killer and Tom Thumb, as well as German stories from Grimm, and French tales of Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy, and many other delightful and time-honored fairy tales. Numerous black and white illustrations by Louis Rhead complement the text. Suitable for ages 8 and up.

Once there was a royal couple who grieved excessively because they had no children. When at last, after long waiting, the queen presented her husband with a little daughter, his majesty showed his joy by giving a christening feast, so grand that the like of it was never known. He invited all the fairies in the land—there were seven altogether—to stand godmothers to the little princess; hoping that each might bestow on her some good gift, as was the custom of good fairies in those days. After the ceremony, all the guests returned to the palace, where there was set before each fairy-godmother a magnificent covered dish, with an embroidered table-napkin, and a knife and fork of pure gold, studded with diamonds and rubies. But alas! as they placed themselves at table, there entered an old fairy who had never been invited, because more than fifty years since she had left the king's dominion on a tour of pleas[12]ure, and had not been heard of until this day. His majesty, much troubled, desired a cover to be placed for her, but it was of common delf, for he had ordered from his jeweller only seven gold dishes for the seven fairies aforesaid. The elderly fairy thought herself neglected, and muttered angry menaces, which were overheard by one of the younger fairies, who chanced to sit beside her. This good godmother, afraid of harm to the pretty baby, hastened to hide herself behind the tapestry in the hall. She did this, because she wished all the others to speak first—so that if any ill gift were bestowed on the child, she might be able to counteract it. The six now offered their good wishes—which, unlike most wishes, were sure to come true. The fortunate little princess was to grow up the fairest woman in the world; to have a temper sweet as an angel; to be perfectly graceful and gracious; to sing like a nightingale; to dance like a leaf on a tree; and to possess every accomplishment under the sun. Then the old fairy's turn came. Shaking her head spitefully, she uttered the wish that when the baby grew up into a young lady, and learned to spin, she might prick her finger with the spindle and die of the wound. At this terrible prophecy all the guests shuddered; and some of the more tender-hearted began to weep. The lately happy parents were almost out of their wits with grief. Upon which the wise young fairy appeared from behind the tapestry, saying cheerfully "Your majesties may[13] comfort yourselves; the princess shall not die. I have no power to alter the ill-fortune just wished her by my ancient sister—her finger must be pierced; and she shall then sink, not into the sleep of death, but into a sleep that will last a hundred years. After that time is ended, the son of a king will find her, awaken her, and marry her." Immediately all the fairies vanished.