Featuring 15 Scandinavian fairy tales - including the popular Billy Goat's Gruff - this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced. The text is lavished with 25 intricately detailed colour and numerous black-and-white images that glow with Nielsen's phantasmagorical style. These Scandinavian fairy tales have had many interpretations through the years, but never have they been so beautifully illustrated as in this sumptuous edition. Golden Age artist Kay Nielsen, a master of fantasy, lavished the text with 25 intricately detailed colour and numerous black-and-white images that glow with his phantasmagorical style. With 15 stories that include the popular Billy Goat's Gruff, this is one of the most stunning children's books ever produced. AGES: 9 and up East of the Sun and West of the Moon The Blue Belt Prince Lindworm The Lassie and Her Godmother The Husband Who Was to Mind the Hour The Lad Who Went to the North Wind The Three Princesses of Whiteland Soria Moria Castle The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body The Princess on the Glass Hill The Widow's Son The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain The Cat in the Dovrefell One's Own Children are Always Prettiest
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Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN-13
9781606600030
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88426542
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North