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  • Your Passport to Cuba

    by Ruth Manning ...
    Series series World Passport
    What is it like to live in or visit Cuba? What makes Cuba’s culture unique? Explore the geography, traditions, and daily lives of Cubans. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Book of Monsters

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Illustrated by Robin Jacques ...
    A Book of Monsters is a collection of twelve folktales drawn from cultures around the world, each featuring monsters both friendly and fearsome. First published in 1975 by Methuen in London, and illustrated by Robin Jacques, this 128-page volume is one of the most beloved entries in Manning-Sanders' acclaimed "A Book of..." series - a sprawling library of themed fairy tale anthologies that she ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Ogres and Trolls

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Illustrated by Robin Jacques ...
    Ogres and trolls are not always what you expect.As Manning-Sanders explains in her foreword, many ogres in fairy tales are exactly what you'd imagine - great, stupid, cruel creatures. But some are surprisingly clever, and most possess magical powers to assist them in their havoc. In rare cases, they can be just, forgiving, and even helpful. Trolls, meanwhile, are almost universally small creatures ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Charms and Changelings

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    A charm is a magic spell worked with the use of an amulet, bringing about either good or ill. A changeling in fairy tales is much rarer. It is a horrid little fairy creature mischievously exchanged for a look-alike human child. Pity the one who has to try to get the real child back!In this collection, Ruth Manning-Sanders engagingly includes tales of each. A piece of amber fills up a jug as soon ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Dragons

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Not all dragons gobble up princesses; some are kindly beasts, some are proud beings who serve the Supreme Ruler of Heaven. But there are also bad and savage dragons, who have to be either killed or outwitted.These fourteen fairy tales each feature a dragon from stories collected from around the world. Illustrated by the award-winning artist, Robin Jacques, these stories have delighted readers for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Witches

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    A Book of Witches is an anthology, originally published in 1966, of twelve fairy tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. The book is illustrated by the award-winning artist, Robin Jacques. The witches in these stories can fly through the air on broomsticks, or on stalks of ragwort, or even in old jars. They can raise tempests and cross the sea in sieves. They can turn ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Princes and Princesses

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    In this award-winning collection from Ruth Manning-Sanders, princes and princesses from around the world battle ogres, dragons and wizards. Illustrated by the master artist Robin Jacques, these fairy tales come from places as diverse as Yugoslavia, Russia, Ukraine, France, Italy and Kashmir. This a faithful reproduction of the first edition published in 1970. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Magic Adventures

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Illustrated by Robin Jacques ...
    In this collection of unusual fairy tales, the author invites the reader to travel far and wide-through magic adventures spanning several countries and crossing oceans to the remotest corners of the world-even to Hell and the domains of the Sun, Moon, and Wind. Against such backdrops are set tales of courage, bravery, and love. A farmer confronts a dragon with only a magic feather to help him. A ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Mermaids

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Stories about mermaids come from almost every country by the sea-from Iceland to India; America to Arabia. Most mermaids have flowing golden hair, long graceful tails, and a beauty that lures men to the bottom of the sea. Sven, in the Danish story, "Sven and Lilli," followed Lilli to her ocean home, where "they live happily. And there, in their domed house under the sea, so people say, they are ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Spooks and Spectres

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Illustrated by Robin Jacques ...
    If you met a spook and a spectre walking side by side, would you know which was which?As Manning-Sanders explains, the answer is: not necessarily. Both are ghosts, both are restless, and both have unfinished business with the living. But while a spook tends toward mischief - throwing parties, playing pranks, and causing harmless havoc - a spectre is altogether eerier, a pale and solemn figure ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Kings and Queens

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Folktales of kings and queens never fail to enthrall us, and the ten stories in this collection are no exception to that royal rule.A fascinating queen is the little snake queen who loves to dance and who rewards the person who plays for her with a tree that bears apples one day and oranges the next. There is Angela who dreams she will marry the king and does so - much to her sorrow.Among kings, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Book of Devils and Demons

    by Ruth Manning-Sanders ...
    Illustrated by Robin Jacques ...
    Eleven of fairy tales from around the world all featuring a devil or a demon. This unique collection has gathered stories from the cultures and countries of Hungary, Ireland, Transylvania, Gascony, Demark, Finland, India, France and Alsace. The book is a part of the the famous series of fairy tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD