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Through the Water Curtain and other Tales from Around the World
«This is an attractively presented hardback book with gorgeous foiling and pictures on the cover which make it an ideal gift»
Parents in Touch
International bestselling children's author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke's personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world - not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. Les mer
International bestselling children's author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke's personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world - not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. It's the perfect Christmas gift for any young reader wishing to discover the wider world of fairy tales.
This wonderful selection of 13 tales includes:
The Tale of the Firebird (Russia)
The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japan)
The Frog Princess (Ukraine)
The Six Swans (Germany)
The Girl Who Gave a Knight a Kiss out of Necessity (Sweden)
Kotura, Lord of the Winds (Siberia)
This wonderful selection of 13 tales includes:
The Tale of the Firebird (Russia)
The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japan)
The Frog Princess (Ukraine)
The Six Swans (Germany)
The Girl Who Gave a Knight a Kiss out of Necessity (Sweden)
Kotura, Lord of the Winds (Siberia)
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pushkin Children's Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781782692034
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«This is an attractively presented hardback book with gorgeous foiling and pictures on the cover which make it an ideal gift»
Parents in Touch
«I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the book to discover that Cornelia Funke had set out to find tales of a rather more rebellious and unique perspective to share... Through The Water Curtain [is] a lovely surprise.»
The Herald
«A collection that is a breath of fairytale fresh air, picking stories from around the world that are a welcome change from the exhausted classics»
The Times
«Jewel-bright and provocative fairy-tale retellings»
Metro
«A marvellous selection, but also part of the joy is her explanations of why she picked them»
Herald
«Fairy and folk tale collections are only as good as their compiler, but you're in safe hands with the distinguished author Cornelia Funke»
Evening Standard, Best Children's Books to Buy this Chrismtas
«A wonderful storyteller»
Sunday Times
«Riveting tales... beautifully told and presented, audaciously featured and selected, they are not to be missed»
Bookanista
«This book is a delightful means by which we might teach our children a variety of different lessons, while simultaneously remind ourselves that not everyone does things our way; and that's a wonderful thing that should be celebrated»
Books and Bao