Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
Author: first_name: George
last_name: MacDonald
Language: English
Year: 1893

George MacDonald claimed that he did not write for children, but for the child-like. Some of his longer works are clearly intended for adults, and this fantastic fiction influenced later writers such as G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. But you can find some of his best writing in the stories aimed squarely at children, and these are three of the finest.<br><br>

<em>The Light Princess.</em> A wicked aunt curses her baby niece so that gravity has no effect on her, and she floats th