Anon E. Mouse & Retold and Illustrated by Katharine Pile 
TALES OF FOLK AND FAIRIES – 15 eclectic folk and fairy tales from around the world [EPUB ebook] 

Herein are 15 tales and children’s stories from around the world – Scotland, Louisiana, Scandinavia, Serbia, Arabia, Russia, Persia and Bengal. There is even a Cossack tale, a Norse tale and a Hindu tale.Of note is the tale THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA from the Arabian Nights and the Scandinavian tale of THE MAGIC PIPE. Importantly, as in any good collection of fairy tales and folklore, there is also the story of THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH, as the truth will always be told in the end. Unusually there is the Russian tale of  THE FROG PRINCESS – usually such marchen have a Frog Prince as well. But you will have to read this story to see if there is a happy ending. And what would an anthology of fairy tales and folklore be without a story about fairies. The volume is completed with the story of DAME PRIDGETT AND THE FAIRIES which carries a warning to all   Never Try And Outsmart A Fairy!Nowhere in this volume will you find a perennial favourite, which makes this volume even more interesting and unique, for these stories have not been seen or read for many a year, except, maybe, by members of our older generations who may have had them read to them by their Grandparents when they were children.So sit back and enjoy this eclectic volume of fairy tales and folklore from around the world and know that in buying this volume you will have also donated to a charity somewhere in the world, for the publisher donates 33% of the net profit from every copy sold to charities.