Book Description

Unlike her “Fairy Tales from Many Lands“, Katherine Pyle’s “Mother’s Nursery Tales” contains most of the traditional western fairy tales we all grew up with, plus many other less familiar tales which are just as enjoyable to read. Compiled and illustrated by Katherine Pyle, herein you will find 34 tales like: The Sleeping BeautyJack and the Bean StalkBeauty and the BeastJack-the-Giant-KillerThe Goose GirlThe Frog PrinceThe Little Old Woman and Her PigThe White CatBrittle-LegsLittle Red Riding-HoodAladdin, or the Magic LampCinderellaPuss in Boots; and many, many more. The 7 colour plates and 33 pen and ink drawings by Pyle add depth to the stories and are sure to set young imaginations alight. This volume is sure to keep you and your young ones enchanted for hours, if not because of the quantity, then their quality. They will have you coming back for more time after time. ============ KEYWORDS/TAGS: fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, childrens stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy kingdom, ethereal, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, laughter, Sleeping Beauty, apple, prince wicked step-mother, princess, queen, Jack, Bean Stalk, magic beans, Beauty, Beast, love, duty, Giant Killer, confidence, cunning, Three Wishes, Goose Girl, duty, wrong doing, reward, Little Old Woman, Pig, White Cat, Brittle-Legs, rumplestiltskin, Up One Pair Of Stairs, Straw, Coal, Bean, Water Sprite, Star Jewels, Sweet, Porridge, Chicken-Diddle, Pack, Ragamuffins, Frog Prince, Wolf, Five, Little Goats, Golden Goose, Three Spinners, thread, magic, Goldilocks, Three Bears, Three Little Pigs, Golden Key, Mother Hulda, Six, Companions, Golden Bird, Nail, Little Red Riding-Hood, Aladdin, Magic Lamp, Cobbler, Fairies, Cinderella, Jack In Luck, Puss In Boots, Town Musicians