| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
134 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-132) and index. |
| Summary |
A collection of poems, short stories, folk tales and fairy tales from a variety of cultures about these elusive and magical creatures. |
| Contents |
Fairy bread / Robert Louis Stevenson -- Little elf / John Kendrick Bangs -- Leelinau / Native North American/Ojibwa -- Fairy dance / Katherine Davis -- Lusmore and the fairies / Irish -- Leprecaun / William Allingham -- Thumbelina / Hans Christian Andersen- Danish -- Dairies / Rose Fyleman -- Dwarf of Uxmal / Mexican/Mayan -- Fairy man / Mary Gilmore -- Sir Buzz / Indian -- Cradle-song / Sarojini Naidu -- Little One Inch / Japanese -- Ariel's song / William Shakespeare -- Moss-green princess / Southeast African/Sweasiland -- Fairy went a-marketing / Rose Fyleman -- Elves and the shoemaker / German -- Elf and the dormouse / Oliver Herford -- Laka and the Menehunes / Hawaiian -- Grouse / Ros Fyleman -- Tom Thumb / English -- Minnie and Winnie / Alfred Lord Tennyson -- Goblin's cap / Korean -- Hist whist / E.E. Cummings -- Vasilisa the beautiful / Russian -- Evening shadows / Erik Gustaf Geijer -- Anna and the tomten / Swedish -- Little olf man of the barn / Trad. -- Little land / Robert Louis Stevenson. |
| Subject |
Fairies -- Literary collections.
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| ISBN |
0803714580 trade |
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9780803714588 trade |
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0803714599 library binding |
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9780803714595 library binding |
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