Green Magic
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Green Magic

The World’s Best Fairy Tales Collected and Arranged by Romer Wilson

  1. 194 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Green Magic

The World’s Best Fairy Tales Collected and Arranged by Romer Wilson

About this book

With a Preface and biographies from Jack Zipes, as well as the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award-winning Romer Wilson – Green Magic (1928), Silver Magic (1929), and Red Magic (1930) – offers a combination of classic fairy tales, alongside lesser-known, global and diverse tales.

Green Magic contains many traditional fairy tales, including "Rapunzel" by Grimm, "Ali Baba" by Diyab and Galland, and "Puss in Boots" by Perrault, as well as previously unknown tales, such as "The Golden Twins" by Iperescu and "The Brotherless Girl" by an anonymous author. It was Romer Wilson's intention to combine the familiar with the unknown, and introduce authors and cultures from a variety of countries. As a researcher, she uncovered a remarkable amount of stories from other countries that remain unknown today. The collection gives voice to unique and intriguing tales that inspire children to have a better understanding of how people and their stories are alike despite major differences.

Through his Preface and commentary, Jack Zipes shows how all three books are a means to bring people together in the name of peace and justice. These books will therefore be of interest to anyone researching or studying fairy tales, folklore, and children's literature, as well as global or comparative literature and social justice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Puss in Boots
  9. Fortunatus and the Wishing Cap
  10. The Round Castle of the Red Sea
  11. The Wolf’s Bride
  12. The Musicians of Bremen
  13. Rapunzel
  14. The Shirt Collar
  15. The Ut-Röst Cormorants
  16. The Nightingale
  17. The Lake Princess
  18. The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers Who Were Killed by One Slave
  19. The Man Who Understood Animals’ Conversation
  20. The Brotherless Girl
  21. The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise
  22. Foolish John
  23. The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens
  24. Stan Bolovan
  25. The Golden Twins
  26. Perseus
  27. Tom, Dick, and Harry
  28. Bibliography