Sheherazade, the king’s beautiful wife, is due to be executed at dawn -- unless she can convince the king to change his mind.
That night she tells him a wonderful story which, as dawn comes, she leaves unfinished. 'Will you let me live to finish the tale?' she asks.
'Of course,' replies the king, 'I must know what happens next.' Night after night, Sheherazade tells story after story, always leaving the last one incomplete.
And so for one thousand and one nights, she remains alive...
This is how the enchanting collection of stories known as One Thousand and One Nights has been passed down to us.
It includes the well-known stories Sheherazade, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Ox and the Ass and
The Horse of Ebony and How the story of Sheherazade ended.
In this beautiful new edition the stories are brought to life by the enchanting, elegant illustrations of Olga Dugina.
A new collection of Hans Christian Andersen best-loved tales, beautifully illustrated by Anastasya Archipova, including The Little Mermaid, The Fir Tree,
The Swineherd, The Little Match-seller, The Emperor's New Suit. Hans Christian Andersen is Denmark's most famous storyteller whose tales have been translated and told all around the world.
This selection contains Andersen's best-known tales. Anastasiya Archipova works in Moscow as an illustrator. She has illustrated many children's books including Favourite Grimm's Tales.
Old Redcap, an inventor elf, is proud of his greatest creation—a hot-air balloon with wings for steering. One day, Bluecap, a young elf, comes rushing through the woods. A fox has nibbled at the ropes that keep the balloon from floating away! Redcap and Bluecap grab a rope but cannot keep the balloon from rising into the sky—with the two elves still attached.
Eventually darkness falls, along with the balloon. When they awake the next morning, they find themselves in the land of the fairies, They have become stuck on rocks that are not rocks at all, but turn out to be a sleeping dragon.
Their adventure has only begun.
Ages 4–7 Hardbound, 24 pps, 8 1/4" x 10".
Daniela Drescher was born in Munich and trained in art therapy before living for a time in America and Switzerland. She has worked intensively with children in a therapeutic capacity for ten years and currently provides illustrations for a parenting magazine. She has written and illustrated several children’s books.
Early one spring morning, a little seed woke up after her long winter sleep. She yawned and stretched. With a loud CRACK her hard brown jacket fell away. 'Oh!' said the surprised seed.
The earth above felt warm.”
... this was just the beginning of big changes to come.
This beautiful story is by Jan Schubert, comes in hardback and is 28 pages long
