The Faber Storybook

NONSENSE STORIES Whoo, Whoo, The Wind Blew - Diana Ross Gone is Gone - Wanda Gag What the Old Man Does is Always Right - Hans Andersen Hereafterthis - Joseph Jacobs The Boy Who Ran Away - Helen Clare The Story of Horace - Alice M. Coats Living in W'ales - Richard Hughes ANIMAL FOLK TALES from many lands The Three Little Pigs (English) The White Pet - N. & W. Montgomerie (Scottish) Scrapefoot (English) Heyo, House! - Joel Chandler Harris (American) Mr. Samson Cat (Russian) The Three Billy-Goats Gruff (Norse) Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail (Norse) Cat and Mouse in Partnership (German) The Little Half-Chick (Spanish) Hedgehog's Waistcoat (Austrian) The Cat and the Parrot (Indian) The Monkey's Bargain (Indian) The Feast of the Durians - Mervyn Skipper (Australasian) The Two Frogs (Japanese) KINGS AND QUEENS AND MAGIC SPELLS Traditional Fairy Tales The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces - Grimm The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat - Grimm To Your Good Health - Andrew Lang King Lawrence and his Goose - Eilís Dillon Beauty and the Beast - Mme Le Prince de Beaumont The Rich Woman and the Poor Woman - translated by M. C. O. Morris The Pricess on the Pea - Hans Andersen, translated by Marie Shedlock GIANTS AND WITCHES Traditional Fairy Tales Billy Beg and his Bull - Seamus MacManus The Drummer - Grimm Jorinda and Joringel - Grimm Molly Whuppie - Walter de la Mare Adventures of Jack The Giant-Killer - from traditional sources ANCIENT TALES OF GODS AND HEROES from Myth and Legend Odin's Sacrifice for Wisdom - Padraic Colum (Norse) The Apples of Iduna - Roger Lancelyn Green (Norse) The Wonderful Quern Stones (a Norse legend) How Theseus Lifted the Stone - Charles Kingsley (Greek) Bellerophon and the Winged Horse - Jo Manton (Greek) How Jason Won the Golden Fleece - Andrew Lang (Greek) How Finn Became the Head of the Fianna - Eileen O'Faolain The Coming of Arthur - Roger Lancelyn Green OLD STORIES OF ANIMALS AND HOLY MEN from Eastern Fable and Medieval Legend The Hare Who Ran Away - Marie Shedlock The True Spirit of a Holy Day - Marie Shedlock Saint Giles and the Snow-White Doe - Eleanor Farjeon Saint Anthony and the Fishes - Mrs Andrew Lang Saint Francis and the Wolf - Mrs Andrew Lang Saint Jerome and the Lion and the Donkey - Helen Waddell Saint Moling and the Fox - Helen Waddell Saint Patrick and the Snakes - Eilís Dillon FABLES FROM AESOP The Ass Carrying Salt The Boy and the Nettle The Bundle of Sticks The Crow and the Pitcher The Country Maid and her Milk-Can The Dog in the Manger The Dog and his Shadow The Fox and the Goat The Fox without a Tail The Frogs Asking for a King The Hare and the Tortoise The Lion and the Mouse The Mice in Council The Shepherd-Boy and the Wolf The Wind and the Sun STORIES FROM HERE AND THERE Whose Shadow? - Aaron Judah The Wild Little House - Eilís Dillon Demerara Sugar - Beatrix Potter The Riddlemaster - Catherine Storr Ladders to Heaven - (abridged) Juliana H. Ewing The Keys of the Trees - Alison Uttley The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde