Tales from Silver Lands
by Charles J. Finger
illustrated by Paul Honoré
Age: 7+
Interests: folk tales, fairy tales, South America, animals, magic
Tales from Silver Lands
28 Jan 2014 1 Comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: animals, Fairy Tale, folktales, giants, Magic, South America, witches
The Little Bookroom
06 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: fairies, Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, helping others, Magic, morality, prince, Princess, romance, satire, short stories
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
Age: 6 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: short stories, updated fairy tales, satire, magic, romance, princesses and princes, helping others, morality
Collected Stories for Children
18 Jun 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 11+, books 8+ Tags: adventure, animals, cats, fairies, Fairy Tale, folktales, horror, Magic, monkeys, romance, travel
Collected Stories for Children
by Walter de la Mare
Age: 8+ (read to); 11+ (independent reading)
Interests: folk tales, fairy tales, animals, magic, romance, fairies, spooky stories, adventure, travel, cats, monkeys
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
05 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: adventure, castle, fairies, Fairy Tale, Magic, monsters, ogres, prince, Princess, royalty, violence
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1982
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
Angela Carter, translation
Michael Foreman, illustrations
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1982
128 pp. – 12 stories
Age: 7 +
Interests: fairy tales, adventure, magic, princesses, princes, castles, ogres
The Book of Dragons
09 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, Classics Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, Magic, Princess, short stories
by E. Nesbit
North-South Books, originally published 1900
172 pp, 8 stories
Age: 6+ independent reading age: 9+
Interests: dragons, fairy tales, adventure, princesses
Also by this author: The Enchanted Castle, Five Children and It, The Railway Children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Rapunzel
07 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Fairy Tale, Magic, Princess, romance, witches
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1998
by Paul O. Zelinsky
Dutton Children’s Books, 1997
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: fairy tales, princesses, witches, magic, romance
Also by this author/illustrator: Rumplestiltskin, The Wheels on the Bus
Duffy and the Devil
16 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: country life, devil, England, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1974
text by Harve Zemach
illustrated by Margot Zemach
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973
36 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Great Britain, country life, magic, fairy tales
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
10 Jan 2012 6 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: boats, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, Russia
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1969
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
retold by Arthur Ransome
illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968
44 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Russia, magic, ships, flying
Also by this author: Old Peter’s Russian Tales, Swallows and Amazons series
Also by this illustrator: The Treasure, Snow, How I Learned Geography, SoSleepyStory
The Kingdom Under the Sea
28 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, mermaids, Princess, Russia, witches
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1971
written by Joan Aiken
illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Jonathan Cape, 1971
104 pp. – 11 stories
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales, Eastern European folklore, magic, princesses, princes, mermaids
Also by this illustrator: Haunted House, Meg and Mog series
Also by this author: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
Kiss Me! (I’m a Prince!)
21 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Canadian books Tags: Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, frogs, Magic, strong girls
BLUE SPRUCE nominee 2012
by Heather McLeod
illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2011
30 pp.
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, frogs, magic, fairy tale updated, strong girls
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