Category: Fantasy Fairy Tales

Treasury - Fairy Tales Retold by Sonya Writes

By Sonya Writes

Treasury comprises the entire choice of Sonya Writes' Fairy stories Retold sequence, provided jointly in a single booklet at over a 50% in comparison to paying for all 8 novellas separately.

Lethargy – a Princess and the Pea story
Nicholas is prepared for marriage and uninterested in his mom sending away princesses for the silliest of purposes. So whilst he learns that Princess Penelope has a unprecedented hypersensitivity to peas, he comes up with a plan...

Flattery – a Frog Prince story
Prince Jeffrey and Princess Helena have by no means met one another, yet their marriage ceremony is day after today. Jeffrey's little sister Sari is happy approximately Helena turning into her new sister-in-law.

Helena's plan is to move via with the marriage and paintings on construction a fortunately ever after with this guy she's by no means met. Jeffrey's plan is to vanish for it slow to prevent the wedding. He has a month-long experience all deliberate out, and he is not coming domestic until eventually he is yes the marriage has been canceled. regrettably, he drops the map outlining his experience, and Sari occurs to discover it. Sari does not have a plan, yet by some means it kind of feels handy to inform Helena that Jeffrey has been become a frog. the following factor she is familiar with, she's sending Helena off with the map and a wide frog, with the desire that Jeffrey and Helena may stumble upon one another prior to the journey ends, and that maybe they're going to fall in love alongside the way in which.

Rivalry – a Cinderella story
When the prince involves go back Cinderella's glass slipper, her dual sister Marcella is the one that solutions the door. determined for romance after a tricky formative years, Marcella is worked up to play alongside and fake to be 'Ella' for the prince...

Remedy – a snoozing attractiveness story
Accused of kidnapping the prince and locked excessive in a tower, Laila Rose Thatcher makes use of the one answer she will be able to ponder to prevent the queen's day-by-day questions and accusations: drink a potion and sleep until eventually Prince Thaddeus has again thoroughly domestic.

Liberty – a Rapunzel story
When Princess Rapunzel and her nanny Gisele are locked up in a tower jointly, Gisele quick varieties a plan: they're going to develop their hair jointly until eventually it really is lengthy sufficient that they could use it to flee.

Transparency – a good looks & the Beast story
Adah sees humans for who they're inside of at any time when she touches a rose. So while the royal prince looks as a hideous beast to her, she recognize she needs to hinder her ally from falling in love with him for his outward attraction.

Disparity – a Rumpelstiltskin story
King Cameron regrets the choice he made whilst Marvin Bellemont declared his daughter may spin straw into gold, but when he is going again on his determination he fears he'll glance vulnerable earlier than the dominion. nonetheless, he thinks he is aware how one can make issues correct. he'll spin the straw into gold himself, within the kind of a tiny matted guy named Rumpelstiltskin.

Vanity – a Snow White story
Vanity is the tale of 1 younger woman's ascent to the throne. Cassius has been determined her whole existence to listen to that she's appealing, and whilst the king takes curiosity in her, she simply falls for his charms. After his demise, she reveals herself by myself to elevate a step-daughter and rule a country, a role more challenging than she's ready to handle.

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Routledge Revivals: Scheherezade (1953): Tales from the by A. J. Arberry

By A. J. Arberry

First released in 1953, this translation of a part of the Arabian Nights through A. J. Arberry bargains 4 recognized tales in glossy idiom: Aladdin, Judar, Aboukir and Abousir, and the Amorous Goldsmith. The creation presents a short research of previous translations of the stories and explains their price as signs of the society within which they have been written.


This paintings could be of curiosity to these learning Middle-Eastern literature and history.

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Histoires autour du Canun: Contes d'Algérie (Patrimoine by Véronique Lagny-Delatour,Arnaud Cayuela

By Véronique Lagny-Delatour,Arnaud Cayuela

« Quel est le mystery qui permet de transformer en alliée fidèle une ogresse redoutable ? » - « remark un loup peut-il faire le bonheur d'un berger ? » - « Pourquoi un homme tout nu devenu vêtu se retrouve-t-il confronté à un homme vêtu devenu tout nu ? ». Lisez sans modération ces 24 contes recueillis pour l'essentiel à Alger et dans les régions de Biskra, Béchar et Béni-Abbès, une invitation au voyage à travers l'Algérie pour découvrir des sultans et des pêcheurs citadel proches des rois et des bûcherons de notre enfance. Ces contes sont les représentants d'un patrimoine oral en perdition motor vehicle happé par los angeles civilisation des jeux vidéo ou par des circonstances politiques dramatiques. los angeles richesse culturelle contenue dans les contes traditionnels reste un témoin majeur de l'originalité d'une tradition par rapport à une autre. Illustrations N&B.

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The Baron Would Be Proud by Mike Jack Stoumbos

By Mike Jack Stoumbos

Mike Jack Stoumbos, a tender Seattle playwright, brings you his debut narrative within the type of this fanciful people story which demonstrates the triumph of affection opposed to even the main daunting whimsy. With its forged of captivating characters, old anecdotes, literary allusions, and a clean farce with every one new day, The Baron will be Proud is unquestionably a narrative for storytellers everywhere.

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A mock people story, set in early nineteenth century England, "The Baron will be Proud" tells the tale of the tiny village of Adleship Isle, which--nestled in a mountain cross alongside the Scottish border--is virtually totally unreachable. not anyone can determine how one can get into or out of town, shop for a veteran touring service provider who has assumed the sacred responsibility of traveling during this city as soon as each year round Christmas.

Now, as destiny may have it, one other guy, additionally touring around the globe, will get misplaced in a typhoon and stumbles blindly into the city. As either the beginner and the veteran and English gents and well-to-do touring retailers, their being snowed in for the wintry weather creates a 'this city ain't large enough for the 2 folks' dynamic.

However, the narrator will inform you that is not what the tale is set; really it truly is concerning the younger guy named Julian who lives within the city and who has grown relatively smitten with the daughter of the mayor. on the way to achieve her cognizance, Julian boldly deals to place up the stranger and his servants for the iciness weeks, and this stranger--a cheeky fellow who is going by way of the identify of the Baron Pan Bordolo--decides that the single apt method to pay off the lad is to aid him win his lady.

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Mystic Gold by Aru Richardson

By Aru Richardson

The mystical and incredible tale of a hero that's confronted with the weight of saving the universe. pushed by way of his spirit and future, the hero faces many demanding situations. Mystic Gold is not like the other publication you've ever learn. it's a sci-fi tale that has motion, love, drama, comedy, and horror that's introduced jointly easily for the reader to take pleasure in and get stuck up within the tale. This publication is ready a man's trip in existence, loss of life, and the rebirth of the human spirit.

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The Devil and the Deadly Peace - Tales of Khaga by Sindhura Chamala

By Sindhura Chamala

PEACE OR DEATH?

The nice countries of Khaga are at the verge of a bloody struggle. The survival of Jalika, a impartial country in exchange with either, is in jeopardy.

After calling the satan to his nation, the king of Jalika has passed on to the great beyond within the useless of the evening. His demise, a trifling week prior to the Peace occasions whilst officers from the 2 international locations have been to come back jointly to signal a treaty that may exempt Jalika from the warfare, has set many wheels in motion.

As Jalika prepares for the Peace occasions below the hot management of the prince and his spouse, all forces converge less than the Devil’s watchful eyes. Will the 7th day upward push on Jalika bearing peace or death?

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Märchen des Versailler Hofes: nach Charles Perrault (German by Louise Bourbon

By Louise Bourbon

»Es waren einmal ein König und eine Königin ...« Diese Worte entführen in eine magische Welt und encumbered zum Träumen ein.
Charles Perrault schuf Ende des 17. Jahrhunderts aus überlieferten Geschichten wundervolle Prosa. Dieser Band mit Perraults Werken in einer neuen Übersetzung von Louise Bourbon stellt bekannte, aber auch nahezu unbekannte Märchen vor: Neben »Der gestiefelte Kater« und den französischen Versionen von Dornröschen, Aschenputtel und Allerleihrauh sind auch »Griselidis« und die Geschichte um »Finette, die geschickte Prinzessin« enthalten - und noch einige mehr.
Perraults Märchen wohnt dabei ein besonderer Kern inne: Sie enthalten zahlreiche Anspielungen auf damals aktuelle Geschehnisse und Personen am französischen Hof. Gespickt mit einer gehörigen element Humor und Ironie hat er vieles zwischen die Zeilen seiner Märchen geschrieben - doch Louise Bourbon ist ihm auf die Spur gekommen und entschlüsselt für Sie die versteckten Botschaften.

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The Troll of Newburg by Tony Foglio

By Tony Foglio

this can be a tale approximately each child’s imagination—your mind's eye. It occurs within the early 20th century approximately 1910. it's a fairy story, a delusion. besides the fact that, the locations are actual and so are the folk. The names were altered so as to add a marginally of poser, or simply in case a person doesn't like his or her personality. the home is genuine, together with the 3 doorways. possibly it’s your home, your place city, or your loved ones. might be it’s your identify that has been replaced in our tale. Even Gillo, the Troll is actual. not less than he used to be actual to my youngest grandson. the one distinction to his imaginary buddy, Gillo and the Gillo of our tale is that his good friend Gillo was once on the subject of regularly in difficulty. whilst my grandson, used to be approximately Sue’s age in our tale (four), he got here strolling within the lounge with peanut butter in all places his face. His mother stated, “Didn’t I say to stick out of the peanut butter?” He instantly acknowledged, “Yes, yet you don’t comprehend; Gillo fell into the peanut butter jar, and that i used to be simply attempting to get him out.” mind's eye is a superb gift.

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