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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Fables, Magical Tales & Traditional Stories
This is a novel containing two parallel stories: a fable about
Ortho the Cricket's quest to sing a World Song which transcends the
traditional Cricket Song and it is also a story about Dan Lesniak's
quest for artistic expression that transcends traditional painting
techniques. Ortho and Dan travel different paths to same
destination. Both meet obstacles on the way that hinder their
quests and threaten to prevent them from achieving their life-long
pursuits.
The Whitestone wraps herself in silence. She watches while the slow
centuries slide by. The Whitestone remembers all the peoples of the
long long long-ago times. She remembers the gentle hunters of the
wildwood during Nature's golden age. She remembers how the first
farmers came to fell the forests and sow their fields with golden
corn She remembers the neglected gods and nameless kings of the age
of gold. In seven magical stories that bring the distant past to
life, The Whitestone remembers.
A collection of three fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories.
These are tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer should want to
read, from Jason's dangerous voyage to find the legendary Golden
Fleece and Arthur's discovery of his kingly heritage, to Ali Baba's
life-threatening encounter with the 40 thieves and their stash of
stolen treasure.
Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating
back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these
classic works in affordable, high quality editions, using the
original text and artwork so these works can delight another
generation of children.
Aesop's fables are as fresh today as they have ever been. We have
all heard of the hare and the tortoise and the boy who cried wolf -
and children still love these short stories with their simple
morals. Milo Winter provided beautiful illustrations for these
tales, in a book first published in 1919 - reproduced fully in
black and white for this new edition.
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