A great read for children - in summer and for reading around a crackling fire on a cold winter night!We have to thank Elsie Masson for collecting these tales. These have been drawn from the French province of Brittany which includes St. Malo, Brest and Rennes as its principle cities.Herein you will find 15 folk and fairy tales drawn from this region. These may even seem to be a refreshing new find for, you, the reader. Most have not made it into mainstream Western folklore, but nevertheless are still well known in Brittany. Even if you haven’t read some of these stories, you can rest assured that all will entertain with their content and Thornton Oakley’s abundant illustrations are bound to fire young imaginations.In this volume you will find Stories like:The Castle of ComorreThe Basin of Gold and the Diamond LanceLady Yolanda's ThimbleThe Witch of Lok IslandLittle White-Thorn and the Talking BirdPrincess Ahez and the Lost CityThe ChangelingThe Foster BrotherThe Hunchback and the Elves The Four GiftsThe Magic Rocks and the BeggarThe Country Bumpkin and the HobgoblinThe Wasp, the Winged Needle and the SpiderYannik, The Fairy ChildThe Hazel ScepterSo, after you have downloaded this unique volume, find a comfy chair, sit back with your reader and a steaming hot beverage and be prepared to be entertained for hours.==========TAGS/KEYWORDS: folklore, fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, childrens stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, fables, cultural, setting, Brittany, France, Europe, Peronnik, Guilcher, time, Houarn, cried, princess, king, elves, Téphany, Bella, beggar, horse, heart, Ahez, appeared, apple, Azénor, Barbaïk, basin, beautiful, beauty, Bernez, black, Blackie, boy, bread, Brittany, brother, burst, butter, buy, castle, child, children, Christian, church, cloak, colt, Comorre, corn, cottage, Count, country, countryside, cow, Creature, cross, dame, dance, daughter, dead, Dénès, diamond, dwarf, eagle, evil, ace, fairy, farm, father, flew, flower, Foal, folk, forest, four, free, giant, Gilda, girl, Glory, gold, golden, Gwennola, head, Heaven, hobgoblin, house, hunchback, hundred, husband, Jegu, Kerglas, King, knight, lad, lady, lance, land, light, linen, Loik, lord, love, magic, maid, Mariannik, marry, master, men, midnight, milk, money, mother, Mylie, neck, Nick, Ninor, Old, One, palace, parish, pass, pass, pay, people, Perr, quick, return, rich, ring, river, rocks, Rogéar, rose, round, Saint, saint, sang, sea, Sea-cow, shoes, shoulders, shout, silver, sing, Skearn, song, stepmother, stones, stroke, sun, sweet, table, tailor, three, Tonyk, town, Tréphine, Vannes, voice, water, wealth, wedding, white, White-thorn, wind, wish, wish, witch, wizard, woman, wood, wooden, word, Yannik, wicked