Books with title The One-Footed Fairy: And Other Stories

"Listen and Play" encourages pre-school children to observe the world with theirs ears! Each audiobook contains an exciting mix of songs, nursery rhymes, sound puzzles, and tongue twisters, and finishes with a short story. The "Listen and Play" approach offers more than just songs, more than just stories, more than just rhymes. It takes children on a journey through sound that offers the opportunity to interact with the audio. Ideal for young children listening at bedtime or in the car, this audio includes such favourites as "The Wheel on the Bus"; "On the Farm"; and "Beside the Seaside".

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Excerpt from The One-Footed Fairy: And Other StoriesNow when they were dancing, they found there was a gap in the ring, and they all stopped short. They knew at once how it was. Some fairy was not there.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.

These stories explore Buddhist themes, while introducing the Western reader to the richness of Vietnamese culture. Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the world’s most popular teachers of Buddhism and meditation. He is also the author of many works of poetry and fiction. The Stone Boy is a new collection of his short fiction. Thich Nhat Hanh’s clear, contemplative spirit illuminates these stories, which are mostly of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people. Combining traditional Vietnamese tales with accounts of the contemporary suffering of the Vietnamese people. Now, at a time when America has opened up again to Vietnam, this important collection can inform and illuminate readers. Seven of the stories have appeared in previous collections, The Moon Bamboo and The Pine Gate, which are both now out of print.

In this electronic era of mobiles and laptops, let’s take a halt and give your children the true essence of short bedtime stories which are completely exclusive yet with hints of folktales our grandparents used to tell us. Dive into the magical world of fairies, mermaids, beasts and princes and princesses through this collection of bedtime stories and let them have a feel of our Daadi Naani ke kisse. This book is all about having fun along with moral lessons so that your child can learn while having fun and diving into his/her fantasy world. This book contains ten fabulous short stories about magical beings in the simplest of words.

Fairy Tales and Other Stories is a collection of stories by Penelope Delta who, using the language of a fairy tale, provides entertainment as well as food for thought. The author touches upon issues like solidarity, devotion, death as an equalising agent, love for one's country, compassion, the difference between external and internal beauty and of course how subjective the meaning of happiness is.

I was sick of Gordon Barraclough. Sick of his bullying. And I was sick of him being a good footballer. 'Listen, Barraclough. My uncle is Bobby Charlton.' 'You're a liar.' I was. 'I'm not. Cross my heart and hope to die.' I spat on my hand. If I'd dropped down dead on the spot I wouldn't have been surprised. 'Funny and moving.... a rare gift.' Guardian