Children's & Young Adult Fiction : Fairy Tales & Folklore

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories ) is an 1888 collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It is most famous for The Happy Prince , the short tale of a metal statue who becomes friends with a migratory bird. Together they bring some happiness to others in life and in "death.". The stories included in this collection are:. The Happy Prince. The Nightingale and the Rose. The Selfish Giant. The Devoted Friend. The Remarkable Rocket. [Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happy_Prince_and_Other_Stories under the terms of the GNU-FDL] more...

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Twelve-year-old Julie has grown up hearing about The Wild, the dangerous world of fairy tales, from which her mother, Rapunzel, had escaped. Now The Wild wants its characters back. Can an ordinary girl defeat the happily-ever-after? more...

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Think you know who's the fairest of them all? Think again. Bestselling re-imaginer of classic fairy tales sets the Snow White story in Renaissance Italy, where the madly vain Lucrezia Borgia plots a dire fate for seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada (a.k.a. Snow White). Exclusive E-Book extra: "Little Snow-White" by the Brothers Grimm (read the original version of the classic fairy tale) more...

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When a powerful Welsh legend comes to life and creeps its way into a hospital, suddenly everyone begins thinking of miracles. When Alun wakes up from the terrible darkness, he can't tell where he is - doesn't really want to know where he is, or what has happened. His wonderful bike has gone, that's for sure, the bike his father had saved so hard to buy. The rest of his nightmare only gradually unfolds, as his new friends in the hospital ward bring warmth back to his cold, cold heart. Then there's the story that starts out as just a piece of schoolwork, but which gradually takes hold of everyone in the ward: Sara, in her wheelchair; Huw, hobbling on his crutches; even Morgan, the brainy one who scoffs at first. When the power of the legend begins to work its spell, everyone will be thinking of miracles. This story is set in west Wales. The Black Mountain, only a car-ride away from the hospital, is the westernmost edge of the Brecon Beacons, and is the setting of the ancient Welsh legend, The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach. more...

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The Selfish Giant is the simplest of Wilde's stories. A giant owns a garden with twelve trees. He does not want to share this lovely garden with the children in his community. Because he is selfish, winter comes to his garden and stays until a small child teaches him to share and love. more...

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