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Author: Maggie Chiang Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1797208225 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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Let this collection of seafaring folktales sweep you away with gorgeous illustrations and captivating stories. A secret path leads across the water to a dragon's kingdom. A mermaid avenges the death of a human girl. A monstrous squid guards the most beautiful pearl in the world. This collection of traditional folktales captures the mysterious and magical power of the ocean. As you sail uncharted waters from Norway to New Zealand and Ghana to Korea, you'll encounter underwater palaces, brave seafarers, and monsters of the deep. Each story is paired with luminous contemporary art. With creamy paper, a ribbon marker, and a cover adorned with shimmering foil, this handsome hardcover is truly a book to treasure. POPULAR SERIES: The Tales series gives new life to traditional stories. Celebrating the richness of folklore around the world, and featuring the work of beloved contemporary illustrators, these books are beloved by adults and teens alike. GORGEOUS SPECIAL EDITION: A mesmerizing full-page illustration brings each story alive, while creamy paper, a ribbon marker, and a foil-stamped cover offer a deluxe reading experience. This keepsake edition is perfect for gifting and display. CELEBRATING DIVERSITY: Featuring stories from around the world, this collection honors the dazzling diversity of different folk traditions—as well as the common threads that weave them all together. PERFECT FOR OCEAN LOVERS: From whales to giant squids, and from selkies to mermaids, there's something here for anyone who feels the magic of the sea. Perfect for: • Fans of fairy tales and folklore • Ocean lovers • Swimmers, divers, fishers, and beach combers • Illustration and art lovers • Adults and teens • Collectors of illustrated classics • Fans of the illustrator Maggie Chiang
Author: Maggie Chiang Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1797208225 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
Let this collection of seafaring folktales sweep you away with gorgeous illustrations and captivating stories. A secret path leads across the water to a dragon's kingdom. A mermaid avenges the death of a human girl. A monstrous squid guards the most beautiful pearl in the world. This collection of traditional folktales captures the mysterious and magical power of the ocean. As you sail uncharted waters from Norway to New Zealand and Ghana to Korea, you'll encounter underwater palaces, brave seafarers, and monsters of the deep. Each story is paired with luminous contemporary art. With creamy paper, a ribbon marker, and a cover adorned with shimmering foil, this handsome hardcover is truly a book to treasure. POPULAR SERIES: The Tales series gives new life to traditional stories. Celebrating the richness of folklore around the world, and featuring the work of beloved contemporary illustrators, these books are beloved by adults and teens alike. GORGEOUS SPECIAL EDITION: A mesmerizing full-page illustration brings each story alive, while creamy paper, a ribbon marker, and a foil-stamped cover offer a deluxe reading experience. This keepsake edition is perfect for gifting and display. CELEBRATING DIVERSITY: Featuring stories from around the world, this collection honors the dazzling diversity of different folk traditions—as well as the common threads that weave them all together. PERFECT FOR OCEAN LOVERS: From whales to giant squids, and from selkies to mermaids, there's something here for anyone who feels the magic of the sea. Perfect for: • Fans of fairy tales and folklore • Ocean lovers • Swimmers, divers, fishers, and beach combers • Illustration and art lovers • Adults and teens • Collectors of illustrated classics • Fans of the illustrator Maggie Chiang
Author: Stella Elia Publisher: Lantana Publishing ISBN: 1913747069 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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Every Sunday, Grandpa waited for me in his room, and I took my place at the foot of the bed. There were days when Grandpa wanted to talk, and days when we sat in silence. Then one day, Grandpa began telling me stories about his life at sea—tales of love and adventure and danger on the ocean waves. And that’s when I learned who my grandpa really was . . .
Author: Teresa Moorey Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company ISBN: 9781402745485 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 404
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Fairies of the water, air, and earth, the trees and flowers, the house and hearth: all these mysterious, elusive creatures materialize on the pages of this distinctively beautiful guide to fairyland. Illustrated throughout with captivating artwork in glorious color, it examines fairy legend and lore through the ages and leads us into fairy cities, landscapes, rings, and paths. Find out what clothes they wear (fairies can be fussy about their dress), what they like to eat and drink, and what plants and animals they cherish. Discover the secrets of fairy festivals, and the various names they like to be called--including the Little Folk and Good Neighbors. Altogether, it's a privileged glimpse into a paradise that vibrates at a different frequency than ours...and that few can ever see.
Author: Mark Douglas Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 149073547X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 299
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"Of Sea Stories and Fairy Tales" is of fictional character Lee Harrison Stewart's adventures beginning in 1949, during his first year and a half in the U.S. Navy. His intentions to become a Naval officer as his career, are thwarted by opposing events at college, aboard his first duty assignments after Book Camp on the U.S.S. Chilton APA-38, and U.S. Naval Station Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon. This is historically a true story --- no shit! The book precedes his adventures developed in the 4 book series about Lee Harrison Stewart in the Korean War on the reincarnated near rust bucket, U.S.S. Hoquiam PF-5. Join Lee in a Navy long gone by current Navy standards.
Author: Brothers Grimm Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof ISBN: 8726590174 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 6
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"The Sea-Hare" is an unusual tale about a proud princess who spends most of her time in a magical tower with twelve windows. Unlike other stories about princesses who fall in love with a prince’s appearance, the princess in "The Sea-Hare" makes her suitors hide from her. If she finds someone, she kills him. Who will be the brave man to both hide and step up for the girl he wants? How will he manage to win the princess’s heart? Is this a tale with a happy ending or it is a comic tragedy? Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales. Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Red Riding Hood" and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.
Author: Nick Nichols Publisher: ISBN: 9781933660202 Category : Languages : en Pages : 101
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Musician, Poet and Sailor, Nick ""Swami"" Nichols surprises the reader with his candor and studied look at the world around him.Through this collection of poetry, lyrics and prose the author forces the reader to look inside his or her own pre-conceived notions of what life is really about.At the end of the voyage, the only regret is that the ride may have been too short before the reader is delivered back to shore!
Author: Giovanni Andreazzi Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1467096350 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 348
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Have you ever been curious about life on a submarine, other than the movie versions? Journey with the author on the missile carrying submarine, USS Sam Houston, meet a few of the characters who defended our country during the cold war, and learn how they lived. A little romance between a sailor and a nurse is thrown in just to enhance the time-travel story where the truth about the bombing of Hiroshima is told. So kick back, relax, and open the pages to enjoy this collection of short stories you will never forget (or may want to as soon as you finish).
Author: L. Frank Baum Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486122484 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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Enchanting fantasy from creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure where they meet beguiling mermaids and other astonishing creatures. 78 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: Maggie Chiang
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