Shirley Barber's Fairy Book

Shirley Barber's Fairy Book
Author: Shirley Barber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-02-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781922418753

This beautifully illustrated book of original fairy verses by Shirley Barber together with a selection of classic fairy verses by other poets features the exquisitely detailed illustrations of Shirley Barber together with a stunning 3-D lenticular embedded in the front cover.

Tales from Fairyland Anthology

Tales from Fairyland Anthology
Author: Joe Cosentino
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2018-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781726030045

Welcome to Fairyland, a magical place where your favorite fairytale characters come out on the other side of the rainbow. Poor and beautiful Cinder offers his clothes to a naked prince in the woods in a twist on the classic Cinderella tale. Eighteen-year-old Gideon Golden, after being thrown out of his home by his homophobic parents, breaks into the cottage of three irresistibly burly men on Bear Mountain. Romance ensues between that stringy guy with a growing appendage and the character with a thing for giants. A handsome but cold-hearted prince bewitches young Kieran into being his captive. Can Gaelen thaw the ice palace and save his love? Then it's holiday time in Fairyland. On Halloween, Ichabod Crane, a young schoolteacher, has a boner over muscular farmer Brom Bones. When the residents of Sleepy Hollow balk, the headless horseman rides into town teaching the townsfolk a lesson in acceptance they'll never forget. Somebody strangled Fritz's sister Clara with the ribbons of her toe shoes, and Fritz is the top suspect. When hunky Cavalier turns sweet on sweet Fritz, it's time for the dancing private investigator to find out who killed Clara? At Winter Solstice, can orphan Vasily rescue a tortured prince from the witch's conversion therapy, and dance around the prince's pole on May Day? Somebody strangled Fritz's sister Clara with the ribbons of her toe shoes, and Fritz is the top suspect. When hunky Cavalier turns sweet on sweet Fritz, it's time for the dancing private investigator to question everyone involved with Clara and the Nutcracker to find out who killed Clara? At Winter Solstice, can orphan Vasily rescue a tortured prince from Baba Yaga, releasing him from the witch's conversion therapy, and dance around the prince's pole on May Day?

A Visit to Fairyland

A Visit to Fairyland
Author: Shirley Barber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781925386011

The story of a girl named Laura who believes there are fairies at the bottom of her garden -- she has seen a little green door at the base of the willow tree, and thinks fairies might live on the other side. So she and her brother Daniel wait by the door, and sure enough, some fairies come out to greet them. Then they take them through to the other side, and so begin Laura and Daniel's adventures in Fairyland.

Fairy Book

Fairy Book
Author: Shirley Barber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2000
Genre: Australian poetry
ISBN: 9781865032948

A Wolf at the Door

A Wolf at the Door
Author: Ellen Datlow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442460393

These are not your mother's fairy tales... Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Are you ready to hear the Giant's point of view on Jack and his beanstalk? Then this is the book for you. Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing -- but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

All the Jewels of Fairyland

All the Jewels of Fairyland
Author: Shirley Barber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-03-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781922418722

It's the day of the ball in Fairyland, but little Princess Tansy is too young to attend. Instead, she watches the proceedings from the terrace high above. From there, she can see her awful Great Aunt Oralia, her lovely sister Princess Melodie, the charming Prince Leon, and . . . . two mysterious characters who are up to no good! What will Tansy do?

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned
Author: Gretchen Schultz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0691191417

"The present volume contains thirty-five fairy tales by nineteen writers, presented chronologically by author"--Introduction.

Women Writing Wonder

Women Writing Wonder
Author: Julie L.. J. Koehler
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0814345026

Duggan, and Adrion Dula hope both to foreground women writers' important contributions to the genre and to challenge common assumptions about what a fairy tale is for scholars, students, and general readers.

In Fairyland

In Fairyland
Author: Brothers Grimm
Publisher: NorthSouth Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780735843394

A beautiful collection of fairy tales with illustrations from the beloved Swiss illustrator, Hans Fischer. Hans Fischer, the beloved Swiss illustrator known as “Fis,” illustrated a large number of children’s books in his lifetime, the best known being Pitschi and The Birthday. His illustrations, drawn with precision and humor, bring utter delight to these finest of tales by the Brothers Grimm: “The Musicians of Bremen,” “Riff-Raff,” the little-known illustrations Rum-Pum-Pum (A Fairyland Parade), “Puss in Boots” based on Charles Perrault, “Red Riding Hood,” “Lucky Hans,” “The Hare and the Hedgehog,” “The Brave Little Tailor,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “The Seven Ravens.” This collection is a treat for the whole family. Praise for Pitschi (Hans Fischer): Horn Book Fanfare Best Book in 1954 “. . . enchanting . . . Sophisticated simplicity realizes the true art form. . . .”—Kirkus Reviews

Fairy Tale Land

Fairy Tale Land
Author: Kate Davies
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0711247536

Fairy Tale Land is a large-format gift book filled with classic fairy tales and exquisitely illustrated maps for children to pore over.