Herein are 3 richly illustrated tales for children to read especially at Christmas time. Compiled and illustrated by one of the master illustrators of the late Victorian era – Walter Crane. It is uncertain if Walter Crane authored these stories, but sources seem to believe he did. The stories in this short, but extremely well-illustrated volume, are: The Man In The Moon, And How He Got There Cat And Dog Stories A Fortune In An Empty Wallet These stories are unlike the traditional Disney / Victorian fare, so will make for an interesting read. We invite you to download a copy, get yourself a “hot toddy”, then sit back and enjoy these stories. Who knows, you may enjoy reading them as well. =========== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Children’s stories, Children’s Books, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, happiness, laughter, , adventure, animal, ball, barking, beggar, belong, Bertram, big, bird, books, brothers, brutal, buzz, carriage, castle, Charles, Charlie, children, claws, companions, concert, courtyard, crooked, Curs, Darkness, dog, earth, empty, enemy, escape, extraordinary, farmyard, first born, forest, forgive, forget-me-not, forget me not, Fusticus, godmother, good-bye, great-grandfather, great grandfather, beseech, sorrow, helter skelter, Henceforth, hide and seek, horse, indescribable, jewels, Jews, joy, King, kitten, lamb, mischief makers, Moon, mousie, Nelly, owl, Perkie, repent, Meow, temper, screeching, spider, Spirit, sword, table, Tim, uncomfortable, vanish, wicked, wizard

This volume from Evelyn Sharp is a rare gem. Each story is delightful and each has an equally delightful illustration. Read your children a new one each night, and you will find they are the perfect stories to get them to drift off to sleep with pleasant, fairy-filled dreams. The stories in this volume are: I. The Country Called Nonamia II. Why The Wymps Cried III. The Story Of Honey And Sunny IV. The Little Princess And The Poet V. The Wonderful Toymaker VI. The Professor Of Practical Jokes VII. The Doll That Came Straight From Fairyland VIII. Those Wymps Again! Evelyn Sharp was as dedicated as an author as she was an historical figure, and she deserves a larger modern readership. Sharp, and maybe Dickens, were the only authors included disabilities in their writings. This, accompanied by her strong, concise storytelling (the perfect length for little minds and easily-distracted adults) and her radical life story make her one of my favorite figures from the period. Sharp was a dedicated feminist during the suffragette era and refused to pay her taxes. All her belongings, including her type-writer were seized and sold to pay off her debts. 10% of the publisher’s profit will be donated to Charities.

It is rather poignant that this collection of Folk and Fairy Tales from the Flanders region of Belgium was published in 1918, for in the closing stage of the Great War I don’t think there were many, soldiers and civilians living in Flanders, who in 1918 had the fantasy world of folk and fairy tales foremost in mind. Herein are 24 well illustrated tales from the Flanders region of Belgium illustrated by Jean De Bosschère. Also included are 12 full page colour plates plus 106 pen and ink illustrations. To make the volume even more sumptuous, each story has an individually illustrated drop capital. Some of the stories in this superb volume are: Ups And Downs The Three Monkeys How The Goldfinch Got His Colours The Cock And The Fox Sponsken And The Giant The Choristers Of St. Gudule The Magic Cap Sugar-Candy House Poor Peter The Peasant And His Ass The Reward Of The World and many more. So we invite you to download this volume, settle back with a steaming hot toddy, and be prepared to be entertained by this most enjoyable volume from yesteryear. 10% of the net profit will be donated to charities. REVIEWS from 1918: “This handsome and well-illustrated book is one of the most attractive we have seen this season. It gives us renderings of the popular fables and legends current in Flanders and Brabant which have a colour and quaintness of their own, yet combines adventures with an unobtrusive and so more effective moral.”—Saturday Review. “There are delightful stories; even more attractive than the letterpress are M. de Bosschère’s illustrations. Conceived with inexhaustible fancy, full of quaint detail, and set down with a fascinating naïveté they embody the characters and scenes of the tales with a fullness of particularism that should provide endless entertainment to youthful readers. They are the best and most complete series of designs yet produced by the artist.”—Connoisseur. “The illustrations by Jean de Bosschère are of a droll fancy. The artist has a notable power of the grotesque, and both in colour and black and white he uses it.”—Daily Telegraph.

THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS: stories of Saint Francis of Assisi and Other Saints Who Loved Animals It contains a collection of twenty legends, ballads and folktales for children and adults alike about saints - what they did and the animals they worked with from, mainly, the middle ages. So, if you’ve never heard of some of these saints, download a copy, pull up a chair and let yourself become engrossed in stories from days gone by. The stories in this book are: Saint Bridget and the King's Wolf Saint Gerasimus and the Lion Saint Keneth of the Gulls Saint Launomar's Cow Saint Werburgh and her Goose The Ballad of Saint Athracta's Stags Saint Kentigern and the Robin Saint Blaise and his Beasts Saint Cuthbert's Peace The Ballad of Saint Felix Saint Fronto's Camels The Blind Singer, Saint Hervé Saint Comgall and the Mice The Wonders of Saint Berach Saint Prisca, the Child Martyr The Fish who helped Saint Gudwall The Ballad of Saint Giles and the Deer The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe Saint Rigobert's Dinner Saint Francis of Assisi. It also has “A Calendar of Saints' Days” which can be followed throughout the year. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book is donated to charities.

Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.