
Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Among the eight popular tales included here are "The Fate of the Children of Lir," a haunting narrative of four children turned into swans by a wicked stepmother; "The Shepherd of Myddvai," in which a beautiful woman, risen from the sea, orders her husband-to-be to observe certain rules; and "Beth Gellert," a touching tale of a brave dog that dies after saving a child's life. Five additional stories include "The Tale of Ivan," "Morraha," "The Story of Deirdre," "The Llanfabon Changeling," and "The Sea-Maiden."
Reset in large, easy-to-read type, these engaging stories are enhanced by six new illustrations.
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Old Mother West Wind
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The The Adventures of Reddy Fox
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African Folk Tales
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The The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
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The The Adventures of Grandfather Frog
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Aesop's Fables
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The The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse
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Favorite Russian Fairy Tales
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Adventures of Don Quixote
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The The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver
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Nonsense Poems
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The Adventures of Buster Bear
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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North American Indian Tales
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Robin Hood
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The The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat: Unabridged, in Easy-to-Read Type
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The The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
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The The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon
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Heidi
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The The Adventures of Johnny Chuck
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Lightfoot the Deer
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The The Adventures of Prickly Porky
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The The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
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The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
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The The Adventures of Old Man Coyote: Unabridged, in Easy-to-Read Type
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Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories
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The Secret Garden
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Huckleberry Finn
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Children'S Christmas Stories and Poems
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Favorite North American Indian Legends
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Irish Fairy Tales
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The The Three Musketeers
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The Story of the Nutcracker
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A A Dog of Flanders
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African Myths and Folk Tales
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Cinderella and Other Stories from the Blue Fairy Book
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Pinocchio
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Mrs. Peter Rabbit
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Frankenstein
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Scottish Fairy Tales
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Bowser the Hound
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Buster Bear's Twins
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The The Story of King Arthur
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Chinese Fairy Tales
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Kidnapped
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Billy Mink
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Mother West Wind's Neighbors
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The The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Read-Aloud Stories
Joseph Jacobs was born in Australia in 1854 and spent the majority of his adult life in England, where he co-founded the English Folk Lore Society with Andrew Lang in 1878. He spent ten years gathering fairy stories from storytellers and printed sources, which were first published in two volumes in 1890 and 1894 and are currently available in one volume in the Everyman's Library. Jacobs was a cheery man who had a practical approach to fairy tales, which he saw as primarily colloquial rather than romantic. Though he used a rigorous approach to collecting and recording material, he told the stories in a way that was intended for young audiences, and he tested them on his own three children. In 1916, he passed away.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780486283524 |
| ISBN 10 | 0486283526 |
| Title | Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales |
| Author | Joseph Jacobs |
| Series | Children's Thrift Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Year published | 2000-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |
















































