BDeBooks
Fairy Tales From All Nations by Anthony R. Montalba, book cover
Childrens Classics PDF EPUB

Fairy Tales From All Nations

by Anthony R. Montalba

Downloads
Under 100
Pages
140
Download

About this book

A queen's splendid garden cannot satisfy her two children until a wondrous bird brings the gift of storytelling. This opening fable sets the tone for Anthony R. Montalba's collection, which defends imaginative amusement as a pleasure with value of its own. The preface describes a selection drawn from more than a hundred volumes of fairy lore, and the contents identify tales from Danish, Arabic, Polish, Sanskrit, Norwegian, and other sources.

Enchanted animals, mysterious strangers, royal children, and difficult tests fill these stories. In one excerpt, a shepherd meets a princess who has spent centuries under a spell and must appear as a serpent. Her appeal makes courage and trust part of the encounter with magic. The volume includes twenty-four illustrations by Richard Doyle. Readers can compare how different storytelling traditions use transformations, promises, and unexpected help, while enjoying the variety of a collection arranged as separate tales.

Contents

About the author

Anthony R. Montalba Open the author page

More from this genre

See all

Discussion

No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.

Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy

Read or download

Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.

No download needed. Text reader: adjustable size, font and theme.
  • EPUB 2.9 MB Best for iPhone, Android, Kobo and tablets
  • KINDLE Send to Kindle Kindle devices and the Kindle app. Uses the same EPUB file. Send
    1. Download the EPUB file to this device.
    2. Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)

    On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.

    You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.

  • PDF 3.8 MB Best for computers, laptops and printing

Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone

Book facts

Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
140
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online