Best of Polish Fairy Tales
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About this item
The book includes more than 100 illustrations.
It comprises 50 folk tales, translated in 2016 and published in English for the first time in this collection.
This carefully selected compilation brings together some of the finest Polish folk tales ever written.
Children’s fairy tales help young readers develop imagination, creativity, and a sense of justice, while gently shaping important personal values.
This book comprises the following 50 fairy tales:
Maria: What Is Destined to Come Shall Come
Anuszka and Her Golden Braid
About Two Girls: One Kind and One Wicked
The Girl and the Prince in the Cowhide
Sermon
Three Lamps
The Simple Man Who Comforted His Master
How the Peasant Got Rich
Extraordinary Wife
The Owl and the Hawk
Why the Hare Doesn’t Eat Meat
Dog’s Winter Thoughts and Summer Thoughts
Is There Justice in This World?
Mazek’s Debt
Very Worst Punishment
It Does Not Stab, nor Does It Shoot, yet It Knocks One Senseless
About a Rich Gentleman
How a Smith Worked His Way to Heaven
About a Prince Who Did Not Want to Die
A Present for the Kings’ Godson
About the King’s Son
How a Simple Man’s Son Became the King and Married a Sea Girl
How the Dog Got the Wolf to Wear Boots
Gustek’s Misfortune
Two Brothers
Miracle at the Mill
Lark and the Wolf
Spellbound Pike
Ostruda Stone
Lazy Girl
The Dwarf and the Bear
Nobleman and Michal
Punished for Guile
Misfortune
Ram Brother and Duck Sister
Shepherd
Golden Fish
Golden Lynx
Healing Water
Prince and His Helpers
About a Cockerel
Fisherman’s Son and the Water Man’s Daughter
Boy and His Dog and Cat, and the Lion Cub
One Who Went to Ask the Sun
Magic Gun, Fiddle, and Boots
Glass Hill
Fear
Titelitury
Tailor’s Wife and the Countess
How the Slug Defeated the Fox
The book is richly illustrated, with artwork that closely follows and enhances each story.
ASIN: 1517196353
VSKU: DBV.1517196353.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Nowikow, Sergiej
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
ASIN: 1517196353
VSKU: DBV.1517196353.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Nowikow, Sergiej
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
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