Classic Fairy

The definitive collection of traditional Celtic fairy tales. Joseph Jacobs' 1892 anthology of the most enduring folklore from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Cornwall is a delight for both young and old. Leprechauns, giants, witches, princesses, castles, and sea monsters all abound in this compendium of the best mythology Britain and Ireland have to offer.

Things are looking up. For the first time in what feels like years, October "Toby" Daye has been able to pause long enough to take a breath and look at her life - and she likes what she sees. She has friends. She has allies. She has a squire to train and a King of Cats to love, and maybe, just maybe, she can let her guard down for a change.

After 700 years of being ruled by man, the Parliament of Erl is ready to be ruled by a magical lord. Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord of Erl sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland’s daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. Alveric makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower than the real world, wins her hand, and they return to Erl together. Alveric and Lirazel marry and have a son, but marriage between a mortal and a fairy princess is never simple. Lirazel struggles to adapt to the customs of humans.

Orphaned as a young child, Mirin O'Malley has been brought up by her grandparents on their isolated, rambling estate Hob's Hallow. Long ago her family prospered due to a deal struck with the mer, the terrifying creatures who live in the depths of the sea: safety for their merchant ships in return for a child of each generation. But for many years the family have been unable to keep their side of the bargain and their fortunes have suffered as a result. When Mirin's grandfather dies, her grandmother puts in train a plan to restore their glory - but at the price of Mirin's freedom.

If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore - a rogue archaeologist hosting a documentary series derisively dismissed by the "real" experts, but beloved by conspiracy theorists. Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who claimed to have discovered a mysterious cavern high up in the ancient rock of the Grand Canyon. And, for once, he may have actually found what he seeks. Then the trip takes a nasty turn, and the cave begins turning against them in mysterious ways.

Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly, some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches, and possibly, gods - are real, alive and in some cases kicking on the Disc.

Generations of children have been charmed by this enchanting work, and Brilliance Audio is proud to introduce its own version with multi-Grammy Award-winner Jim Dale as narrator. To delight the millions of Jim’s fans, his reading of Peter and the Wolf will include unforgettable vocal characterizations of the various animals, young Peter, and Peter’s grumpy old grandfather. The music of Peter and the Wolf, including some of the best-known classical melodies, is superbly performed by the award-winning Seattle Symphony, led by music director Gerard Schwarz.

In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous re-imagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella’s "evil" stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story...

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim – nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations....

Grandma's house was a magical place, and in this vivid memoir, Donald Davis makes it possible for each of us to go back to our own grandma's kitchen, clutter room, living room, and to that immeasurable bed that seemed to swallow us whole. This selection also contains a traditional story Davis learned from his grandmother, one handed down through his family from generations who once lived in Scotland before coming to the Appalachian mountains, about the time that fortune-seeker named Jack made the king mad.

With the help of the most iconic children’s stories of all time—including Aesop’s fables, The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and so many others—bedtime stories are proven to help foster a bond between parents and children, lower kids' stress levels, and reinforce their literacy skills and mastery of language.

Quint magic has never chosen a human before, and the Elders Council is convinced Lera is a mistake. When the quint refuses to be cleaved apart, the enraged elders give them a choice: exile from Lunos or demotion to the lowest of trainees. Subject again to the humiliations and deadly trials they endured centuries ago, the males now face a new challenge - training Lera to survive. River, Shade, Coal, and Tye will do whatever it takes to keep Lera safe. But Lera will do whatever she must to keep them together - even if it means putting herself in mortal danger.

"The Water Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular in England during its day, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades.

เรื่องราวของพระราชาที่มีพระโอรสทั้งหมด 11 พระองค์ และพระธิดา 1 พระองค์ นามว่า เอลิเซ่ เจ้าชายทั้งหลายนั้นเพียบพร้อมทุกประการ เอลิเซ่ผู้เป็นน้องสาวก็เช่นกัน เด็กๆ ทั้งหลายอยู่ด้วยกันอย่างมีความสุขเสมอมา ทว่าพระบิดานั้นเป็นกษัตริย์ที่หลงไปแต่งงานกับราชินีผู้ชั่วร้ายซึ่งไม่มีความปรานีต่อเด็กๆ แต่อย่างใด ตั้งแต่วันแรกที่นางเข้ามา ทั้งปราสาทนั้นเต็มไปด้วยความวุ่นวาย นางได้ส่งเอลิเซ่ให้

ไม่มีใครเลยในโลกที่จะสามารถเล่านิทานได้หลายเรื่องเท่ากับโอเล่ลูกอจจ์ และเรื่องที่เขาจะเล่าก็มีมากมาย แต่เขาจะเล่านิทานได้ก็ต่อเมื่อเด็กๆ ขึ้นไปนอน และหลับแล้วเท่านั้น เขาจะนั่งลงข้างเตียงแล้วเล่านิทานให้เด็กๆ ฟัง มีเด็กน้อยคนหนึ่งที่โอเล่ ลูกอจจ์ได้ไปเยี่ยมเยียนเป็นประจำในทุกค่ำคืนตลอดสัปดาห์ นั่นคือไฮอัลมาร์ ตลอด 7 วัน โอเล่

This reissue of the 1919 classic combines the immortal stories from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into one glorious saga of heroism and magical adventure. Beloved by generations, Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of these epic adventures is remarkably fresh, consistently spellbinding, and unmatched for its richness and poetry.

Christmas carols, the devil, fresh-baked bread, unrequited love, a witch's broomstick, Catherine the Great, cossacks, paintings, vodka, stolen moon, an unexpected blizzard, sausage, and one very fancy pair of shoes - all is mayhem and merriment in Nikolai Gogol's delightful Christmas tale.

เรื่องราวของเสียงระฆังอันไพเราะสุดลึกลับที่ผู้คนทั้งหลายได้ยินกันเสมอ แต่ไม่มีใครทราบเลยว่าแหล่งต้นกำเนิดเสียงอยู่ที่ไหน ผู้คนต่างสันนิษฐานว่าน่าจะมีโบสถ์อยู่กลางป่าจึงมีเสียงระฆังอันไพเราะนี้ดังออกมา พระเจ้าจักรพรรดิรู้สึกสนใจว่าเสียงระฆังนี้ดังมาจากไหน ตรัสว่าถ้าใครค้นพบต้นเสียงจะทรงแต่งตั้งให้เป็น "นายระฆังแห่งพิภพ" ผู้คนมากมายจึงเข้าป่าไปค้นหาต้นเสียง มาติดตามฟังกันว่าต้นเสียงระฆังอันไพเราะนั้นมาจากที่ใด แล้วใครจะเป็นผู้ค้นพบ

เรื่องราวของผีเสื้อหนุ่มที่เที่ยวเสาะหาดอกไม้ดีๆ เพื่อมาเป็นเจ้าสาว ดอกไม้สาวที่ยังไม่ได้หมั้นหมายกับแมลงจะนั่งเฉย จึงเลือกได้ยาก ผีเสื้อหนุ่มไม่ได้รู้สึกเพลินเพลิน มันจึงได้บินไปหาดอกเดซี่เพื่อที่จะถามว่าตัวมันนั้นควรเลือกดอกไม้ดอกใด

Can You Forgive Her? is the first of the six Palliser novels. Here Trollope examines parliamentary election and marriage, politics and privacy. As he dissects the Victorian upper class, issues and people shed their pretenses under his patient, ironic probe.