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It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Old witches in cloaks of gold, giants that turn into dwarfs, tears that become birds, monsters and magicians, ogres and fairies — these are the companions who thrill boys and girls of all lands and times, as Andrew Lang’s phenomenally successful collections of stories have proved.
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Mother's Nursery Tales was written by Katharine Pyle. This is a 398 page book, containing 69858 words and 40 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
IT was evening,—a good, old-fashioned winter evening, cold without, warm and merry within. The snow was falling lightly, softly, with no gusts of wind to trouble it and send it whirling and drifting hither and thither. It covered the roof with a smooth white counterpane, tucking it in neatly and carefully round the edges; it put a tall conical cap on top of the pump, and laid an ermine fold over his long and impressive nose.
This is a story of a king who loved music and decides that he can, indeed must, sing.
Wonder Tales from Many Lands is a classic , illustrated collection of folk tales.
Enjoy the sixth adventure in the Little Jack Rabbit Series, as Little Jack Rabbit ventures out of the Old Bramble Patch and through gentle lessons learns about nature and how to avoid his enemies.
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The worst of being a Christmas Child is that you don’t get birthday presents, but only Christmas ones. Old Naylor, who was Father’s coachman, and had a great gruff voice that came from his boots and was rather frightening, used to ask how I expected to grow up without proper birthdays, and I thought I might have to stay little always. When I told Father this he laughed, but a moment later he grew quite grave.
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Based upon the 12th-century retelling by Marie de France from "The Mouse Who Sought at Wife."
