In their shoes
Subtitle: fairy tales and folktales
By: selected by Julia Nicholson and Anne-Laure Mercier ; illustrated by Lucie Arnoux
Contributors: Duan, Chengshi, -863, author; Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703, author; Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863, author; Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, author; Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, author; Afanasʹev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1826-1871, author; Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908, author; Szac, Murielle, author; Gripari, Pierre, author; Juvenile Collection
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9781782691013
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Fairy tales; Folklore; Non-Fiction 7+; People and Places; Society
Description: Red shoes, golden slippers, seven-league boots ... Just step into the shoes of princes and princesses, ogres and orphans, cats and rabbits, and discover a fascinating fairy-tale world of footwear. Did you know that long ago Cinderella lived in China? That dogs in America wear boots? And that a small pair of shoes in France can fall in love? With original illustrations by Lucie Arnoux, this is a timeless and captivating collection of fairy tales and folktales, whose footprints have lasted through the generations, over the centuries, and all around the world.
Table of contents: title: Story of Yexian  -- Duan Chengshi; title: Puss in boots  -- Charles Perrault; title: Hop o' my thumb  -- Charles Perrault; title: Twelve dancing princesses  -- Brothers Grimm; title: Red shoes  -- Hans Christian Anderson; title: Story of Chernushka  -- Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev; title: Brer Rabbit and Mr. Dog  -- Joel Chandler Harris; title: Perseus and the winged sandals  -- Murielle Szac; title: Pair of shoes -- Pierre Gripari.