Oxford treasury of fairy tales
An illustrated collection of fairy tales including Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, The Flower of Love and more.
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- ISBN: 0192781286
- Physical Description 240 pages : color illustrations
- Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Sleeping Beauty -- Rumpelstiltskin -- Rapunzel -- The Flower of Love -- Cinderella -- The dancing princesses -- The three gifts of the North Wind -- The old lady next door -- Snow White -- The three oranges -- The thirteenth child -- Tamlin -- The four friends -- The chase -- The frog at the well -- The little mermaid -- Hansel and Gretel -- The tinderbox -- Cap-of-Rushes -- The princess and the pea. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 53.00 |
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Summary
The Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales
This glorious collection includes all your favourite traditional stories, such as Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rumplestiltskin, along with some less well-known stories to discover. The book is sumptuously illustrated and decorated with illustrations on every page, generous page layout, and beautiful traditional calligraphy. The story telling is outstanding. We believe this is an important book for Oxford University Press which will become a classic to keep forever.Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book (twice), the Guardian Children's Book Award, and the Blue Peter Best Book Award. Her retellings of traditional stories and Ancient Myths are acclaimed throughout the world.Sophy Williams studied illustration in London. She was highly commended twice for the Reader's Digest Young Illustrator's Award and was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Prize. She has worked with writer's such as Robert Westall, Michael Rosen and Jill Paton Walsh.
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