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Arabian Nights by Philip Neil Moxley Sheila
29.95 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable
Every night, King Shahryar married a new bride. Every morning, he chopped off her head. So when the lovely Sheherazade became the latest of his wives, she had to do some quick thinking to stay alive. Over a thousand and one nights, she kept the King enthralled with her storytelling, and the stories, gat ...Show more
Best-Loved Poems by Neil Philip (ed.), Isabelle Brent (ill.)
29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry and Drama
This highly accessible collection gathers together the best-loved gems of English language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously silly. The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections: Poems of Childhood and Youth; Poems of Lov ...Show more
Christmas Fairy Tales - 12 Enchanting Stories Including the Christmas Cuckoo and the Nutcracker by Neil Philip; Isabelle Brent (Illustrator)
29.95 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable
This sparkling collection of fairy tales captures the true spirit of Christmas - a mixture of magic, fantasy and joy. It opens with Hans Andersen's moving story, 'The Book of Fairy Tales, ' and also features two other Andersen tales, 'The Fir Tree, ' and 'The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, ' specially ...Show more
Little Red Riding Hood and other Fairy Tales from Charles Perrault by Neil Philip
29.95 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable
Who wrote Cinderella? It may sound like a trick question but few would immediately think of a French author writing to entertain the court of Louis XIV of France. Although not as famous as other children's storytellers, Charles Perrault is responsible for writing some of the best-known fairy tales ever ...Show more
Myths in Minutes by Neil Philip
19.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: In Minutes
The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold. Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning, heroism and cruelty, sensuality and war. Retold he ...Show more
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Neil Philip
29.95 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable
Oscar Wilde's fairy tales were, he said, meant partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy. The tales include The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket, and The Fisherman and his Soul. In them, Wilde mocks the self-important and self-righteous, and cel ...Show more
Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen by Neil Philip
29.95 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable
The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen have enchanted children for over a hundred and fifty years. The twelve stories in this selection include old favourites such as The Nightingale, The Snow Queen, and the Ugly Duckling, as well as some lesser-known tales such as The Snowman, The Shepherdess and t ...Show more
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