This is a beautiful treasury of picture books perfect for young children. It contains five stories from the Picture Books" series: " The Twelve Dancing Princesses" " The Three Little Pigs" " Little Red Riding Hood" " The Frog Prince" & " Goldilocks & the Three Bears". Each story is beautifully illustrated & perfect for either reading aloud or for more confident readers to tackle alone." ...

From the land of fantastical castles vast lakes & deep forests the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk & fairy stories full of giants & dwarfs witches & princesses magical beasts & cunning children. From classics such as The Frog Prince" & " Hansel & Grettel" to the delights of " Ashputtel"
- the original " Cinderella"
- all hold a timeless magic which has enthralled children for generations. Illustrators Quentin Blake Raymond Briggs Axel Scheffler Helen Oxenbury Oliver Jeffers & Emma Chichester Clark have each chosen their personal favourite fairytale to illustrate & their individual styles make this a unique treasury for everyone to enjoy."

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This is a compendium of the Brothers Grimms most beloved fairy tales newly translated & accompanied by an array of vintage illustrations. This book brings together twenty-seven of the most beloved of the famous Grimms fairy tales including all the classics such as Cinderella" " Snow White" " Sleeping Beauty" & " Hansel & Gretel" in an all-new translation specially commissioned for this publication. Containing a painstakingly-researched selection of illustrations by some of the most famous illustrators from the 1820s to the 1950s-including golden age legend Kay Nielsen bestselling author Gustaf Tenggren British darlings Walter Crane & Arthur Rackham & giants of nineteenth century German illustration Gustav Sus Heinrich Leutemann & Viktor Paul Mohn as well as many new discoveries-this compilation also

Includes:: beautiful silhouettes culled from original publications from the 1870s & 1920s that run throughout the entire layout. Interlaced in the book are also dozens of entirely new silhouettes designed & created especially for this book. In addition to the tales the book also

Includes:: an introduction to the Grimms legacy brief introductory texts for each tale & extended artists biographies in the appendix. For adults & children alike this classic addition to any library brings to life the never-ending magic of the Grimms fairy tales & their delightful illustrations. The following fairy tales are featured in the book: " The Frog Prince"; " The Wolf & the Seven Little Goats"; " Little Brother & Little Sister"; " Rapunzel"; " Hansel & Gretel"; " The Fisherman & His Wife"; " The Brave Little Tailor"; " Cinderella"; " Mother Holle"; " Little Red Riding Hood"; " The Bremen Town Musicians"; " The Devil with Three Golden Hairs"; " The Shoemaker & the Elves"; " Tom Thumbs Travels"; " Sleeping Beauty"; " Snow White"; " Rumpelstiltskin"; " The Three Feathers"; " The Golden Goose"; " Jorinde & Joringel"; " The Goose Girl"; " The Twelve Dancing Princesses"; " The Star Coins"; " Snow White & Red Nose"; " The Hare & the Hedgehog"; " Puss n Boots"; & " The Golden Key"."



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Connie is not a child who likes books. So shes not too pleased when shes sent to stay with her eccentric author aunt. But then Connie meets Ruby ---- a book-fairy ---- in the dusty old library. Ruby is in trouble: she has broken fairy-law by trying to take something ---- a piece of jewellery ---- back to fairyland through the gateway of a fairy-dust-sprinkled book. & now the jewellery has disappeared & Ruby cant get back home! Can Connie help Ruby find the missing jewellery before the doorway to fairyland is closed forever? ...

Olympic fever has reached Fairyland! The Health & Safety Goblins have checked all of the venue details the opening ceremony has been planned with music from the Mermaids of the Seven Seas Choir the Fairy-Godmother-designed decorations are in place & of course the invitations have now been delivered through the Robin Post. Dont miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity to see the very best cloud surfers wand wavers rainbow relay racers & much more! ...

Ellie Summer & Jasmine are all ready for some storytime fun with the book brownies at Fairytale Forest. But Queen Malice is up to no good again & she casts a spell to wither all the books buds growing on the trees. Can the girls find a way to break her spell & get the book buds they need to stop King Merry from becoming a stink toad? ...

Join Kitty Lacey the fairytale hairdresser as she tames the wildest of locks deals with the most demanding & unusual of customers ultimately foils the Witchs evil plan & plays cupid to the newly coiffed Rapunzel. (A decent haircut really can work wonders!). ...

Are happy-ever-afters made in Manhattan? Find out in this gorgeous debut perfect for cold winter nights. Once upon a time an English girl went to New York to live out her very own fairytale... Florist Rosie Duncans life couldnt be better she has a flourishing business on New Yorks Upper West Side & fantastic friends. Moving to Manhattan feels like the best decision she ever made. Even though at the time it was her escape route from heartbreak.. . For the past six years Rosie has kept her heart under lock & key despite the protests of her closest friends
- charming commitment-phobic Ed unlucky in love Marnie & the one-woman tornado that is Celia. Then a blossoming friendship with publishing hot-shot Nate begins to shake Rosies resolve at the same time as her brother arrives in the Big Apple hiding a secret. But a chance meeting brings Rosie face to face with her past unravelling the mystery behind her arrival in New York. Rosie is forced to confront questions she has long been trying to ignore including will she ever get her very own happy-ever-after? A sparkling romantic comedy about an English girl who finds herself in the city where dreams can come true
- or so she thinks...

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This entrancing collection of seven classic fairytales is organized around the theme of the fairytale princess. Each fairytale is illustrated by photographs of intricate paper sculptures cut from the pages of one of seven books one for each of the fairytales in the collection. Su Blackwells beautifully photographed paper sculptures summon up a magical world of beauty & mischief while Wendy Joness retellings of these favourite stories are fresh & lyrical. Each fairytale has its own particular visual flavour: for example the story of Sleeping Beauty" is blue & dreamy while " The Princess & the Pea" is green & summery." ...

Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful & certainly one of the richest plastic surgeons in the business. Such a man would expect his wife to be perfect
- & why not? After all he has spent enough hours in surgery to get her that way. But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine & her arid marriage & seeks help from the world of alternative medicine & a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation. For Ransome this is the ultimate betrayal. It defies logic & Ross Ransome is a profoundly logical man. Logically he can see no reason why any man should have his wife when he cant. Its all completely rational...
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