Forgotten Fairy Tales of Family and Friendship

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Meet Lizzie, who outwits goblins to save her sister, and best friends, Freddie and Jack, who overcome a witch. Discover an enchanted toy shop, an elfin grove and a world beneath the waves.

This collection brings to life some of the most important parts of childhood with tenderness, beauty and a timeless magic.

A wonderful gift book with gorgeous illustrations in hardback edition.

Chapters in this book include:
- Land and Sea (adapted from a poem by Matthew Arnold called The Forsaken Merman)
- Best Friends (adapted from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm)
- Goblin Market (adapted from a poem of the same name by Christina Rossetti)
- Sanjay and the Very Satisfactory Magic (adapted from The Aunt and Amabel by Edith Nesbit)
- The Toy Princess (adapted from a fairy tale by Mary de Morgan)
- The Beekeeper and the Hare (adapted from a folk tale from the Highlands of Scotland)
- The Elfin Grove (adapted from a fairy tale 'Die Elfen' by the German writer Ludwig Tieck)
- The Stories and their Writers
- Afterword from the Editor