50 bedtime stories
By: compiled by Tig Thomas
Publisher: Published by Sandy Creek by arrangement with Miles Kelly Pub.; Miles Kelly Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781435119017; 9781848101555
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Tales; Fairy tales; Short stories; Folklore
Other titles: Fifty bedtime stories
Description: Presents fifty fairy tales, including both traditional tales from around the world from such sources as the Brothers Grimm and original stories by L. Frank Baum and other authors.
Table of contents: title: Bold lads and brave girls. Jack the cunning thief ; The fish and the ring ; Cap o' rushes ; The four clever brothers ; Tattercoats ; The clever apprentice ; The ogre's bride ; The wise girl; title: Strange and magical tales. The three heads of the well ; The enchanted head ; The broad man, the tall man, and the man with eyes of flame ; Empty bottles ; The three aunts ; The husband of the rat's daughter ; The swineherd; title: Along the road. Hans in luck ; The wind and the sun ; Honourable Minu ; Straw, coal and bean ; The two sisters ; I wonder ; Rosy's journey ; The Meester stoorworm; title: What nonsense! Nail soup ; The haughty princess ; Nasreddin Hodja and the smell of soup ; The box of robbers ; The husband who was to mind the house ; The six soldiers of fortune ; Nasreddin Hodja and the pot ; Sir Gammer Vans ; Lazy Jack ; The three sillies ; Tikki Tikki Tembo; title: Birds, beasts, and dragons. My lord bag of rice ; The girl who owned a bear ; The two frogs ; How the rhinoceros got his skin ; The tiger, the Brahman and the jackal ; The seven little kids ; Singh Rajah and the cunning little jackals ; The sagacious monkey and the boar ; How the camel got his hump ; Why the swallow's tail is forked ; The white cat; title: Good and bad wishes. Carrie's three wishes ; Good luck is better than gold ; The fisherman and his wife ; The golden snuff box ; Woman's wit.