The Red Shoes – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
A proud, vain child, an old soldier with a red beard, and a pair of red shoes that will dance forever. This story was taken from The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen – Golden Age […]
The Girl Who Danced With The Fairies – An Irish Halloween Tale
The prettiest girl in all Ireland, a great fire, and the most deliciously tempting music. Halloween, otherwise known as ‘All Hallows Eve’ is a celebration that takes place annually on the 31st of October. It is […]
Twisted Tales To Tell This Halloween – 3 Stories from The Brothers Grimm
Halloween is a time of the year when freaky tales are told, ghosts and ghouls are abundant, and scaring your friends is second nature. We’ve gathered our top Twisted Tales to Tell this Halloween – 3 […]
The Bogey-Beast – An English Fairy Tale
A very cheerful old woman, a shape-shifting trickster and a big black pot of luck. This story was taken from English Fairy Tales – Illustrated by Arthur Rackham The Bogey-Beast An English Fairy Tale THERE […]
Pook’s Picks for World Poetry Day – The Verse Book Collection
It’s World Poetry Day! Our Pook’s Picks for World Poetry Day takes a look at our verse books, beautiful poetry books for children illustrated by Walter Crane. The collection below features five books from the ‘Toy […]
The Last Bee of Summer – An Autumn Story
A story of the changing seasons, a mournful peacock butterfly, and a hard-working bee whose end is very near. This story was taken from Dewdrops from Fairyland – Illustrated by A. Duncan Carse. […]
The Storks – A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
Four determined young storks, a spiteful rhyme, and a twisted moral with a dreadful fate. The text for this story was taken from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen – Illustrated by Harry Clarke. The […]
The Making of the Opal
A story from the town of Crystal Mountain, a wedding dress cut from a rainbow, and a stone made with the mist of sunshine.
The Imp Tree
The Imp Tree tale is from Fairy Gold: A Book of Old English Fairy Tales. It was compiled by Ernest Rhys and illustrated by Herbert Cole. Rhys was a famed writer and editor – best known […]
The Elder Tree Mother
This story is taken from The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen – Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. It was a project that took Nielsen twelve years to complete, and his illustrations perfectly capture the other-worldly spirit […]
