Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
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This is a book of Greek myths told with Roman names. Among the tales are: How the Myths Began, What Prometheus Did with a Bit of Clay, The Paradise of Children, What Became of the Giants, How Vulcan Made the Best of Things, How Orion Found His Sight, The Wonders Venus Wrought, Where the Labyrinth Led, How Perseus Conquered the Sea, Pegasus, the Horse Who Could Fly and many many more.
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Excerpt: "Since the childhood of the races, certain old-world stories have appeared in different form in the folklore of different nations, all bearing the stamp of the same source; the interest of primitive people in attributing human impulses and human lines of conduct to the animal world. Perhaps the earliest of all is The Kid Who Would Not Go, which corresponds to the old New England nursery tale of the Old Woman and Her Pig, and which, in its...
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"Don't do it! Don't do it!" the little birds warn, but no one listens to them, especially naughty Nutcracker and thoughtless Sugardolly. In this old German cautionary tale, we are reminded to be considerate of others.
Including:
• In the Garden of Fairy Honeymouth,
• Nutcracker Runs Away,
• Sugardolly Looks for Nutcracker,
• Sugardolly Becomes Queen of the Dwarfs,
• The Adventures of Nutcracker,
• Sugardolly finds Nutcracker, and
• The...