Bedtime * • Stories Isbn 0-86163-403-9

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BEDTIME * • STORIES ISBN 0-86163-403-9

First published 1995

Published by Award Publications Limited, 27 Longford Street, London NW1 3DZ

Printed in Spain A Treasuiy of eeltime Stories

Retold by Linda Jennings

Illustrations by Leo Hartas Pauline King Jane Launchbury Frances Stevens Kareen Taylerson

AWARD PUBLICATIONS LIMITED IS CONTENTS Sè The Enchanted Apple Tree...... 6 The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep . . 7 Walter and the Wolves...... 8 The Chiefs Python...... 9 Pepperina...... 10 Dick Whittington...... 11 Spindle, Shuttle and Needle...... Prince Humble...... Beauty and the Beast...... Father Grumbler...... King Midas and the Golden Touch The Twelve Brothers...... Jack and the Beanstalk...... The Sleeping Beauty...... The Three Feathers...... The White Calf...... The Colony of Cats...... Goldilocks and the Three Bears . . One Good Turn Deserves Another

4$^ 1 The Ugly Duckling 35 The Twelve Dancing Princesses...... 36 The Water of Life...... 38 Perseus and Andromeda...... 40 Echo and Narcissus...... 41 East of the Sun and West of the Moon...... 42 The Big White Cat...... 45 The Old Troll...... 46 The Fox and the Crow...... 48 The Bravest One of All...... 49 Anansi and Snake...... 50 Peter Bull...... 51 The Foolish Wolf...... 54 Comatas and the Bees...... The Glass Mountain...... The Old Man of the Sea...... Five...... Hazlenut...... Fox and Hare...... The Black and White Cat . . . How Crab Got His Hard Shell The Lazy Grasshopper...... The Blue Goblins...... The Princess and the Pea . . . Aladdin and the Magic Lamp Bopoluchi...... The Fir Tree...... The Big, Dark Forest...... The Pied Piper...... The Nightingale...... 75 The Three Heads of the Well. 76 The Mirror Princess...... 77 The Spirit in the Bottle...... King Turnip Counter...... The Trojan Horse...... Pygmalion...... The King of the Peacocks. . . . Puddocky ...... The Dwarf s Bell...... The Wolf and the Heron...... Jorinde and Joringle...... The Snow Maiden...... --- 1

The Elves and the Shoemaker Cinderella...... The Frog Prince...... The Monkey Bride...... Olga’s Magic Cow...... Red Riding Hood...... The Six Sillies...... The Three Spinners...... 100 The Iron Stove...... 102 The Enchanted Stag...... 104 The Emperor’s New Clothes . . 106 The Swineherd...... 107 The Golden Goose...... 108 The Hare and the Tortoise. . . . 110 The Hen and the Golden Egg . 110 The Three Indian Brothers . . . 111 One Lace Handkerchief...... 112 Cap O’Rushes...... 114 Puss in Boots...... 116 The Mouse Princess...... 118 Tom Fool...... 120 ere is a sumptuous book of traditional stories, simply retold by Linda Jennings. There are enough stories to fill a year. Every page is illustrated so that a glorious array of fairies, princesses, kings, queens, knights, dragons, animals and birds fill the book with colour and delight for every imaginative child.

The stories, which have been culled from folklore all over the world, are of varying lengths to suit sleepyheads or small, wideawake adventurers. This is a perfect gift - one which could be remembered fondly by children long after they are grown up.

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