Rosalind Kerven

• Jun-1992
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• Jun-1994
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This work aims to bring alive the human voices behind a major environmental tragedy. It takes children on a fascinating journey to meet some of the peoples who live in the world's disappearing rain forests. Readers share their traditional stories, ab...

• Mar-1998
• / Fantasy
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A series of illustrations, photos, sidebars, and maps helps to tell the time-honored story of Aladdin and his magical lamp as well as other tales of adventure and magic from the ancient lands of Arabia....

• Jun-1998
• / General Fiction
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Designed for a new generation of readers, the celebrated tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is retold through explanatory sidebars, original text, maps, illustrations, and photographs....

• Oct-2000
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Nobody goes inside the enchanted forest, until one day Janna, a wild sort of girl, squeezes under a fence and enters the eerie place. Beside a rose-clad, ruined well, she meets Tam Lin, whose grey eyes smolder with strange, secret mists -- and at ...

• Feb-2004
• / General Fiction
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Where is Fairyland? How can you find it?Why are some fairies dangerous? Where do they hide their treasure?Fizzing with fairy facts and traditional tales, Rosalind Kerven's guidebook examines every facet oof fairies and the shapes they take: from Litt...

• Nov-2006
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At last - this is the definitive guide to magic and enchantment: featuring magic-makers, shape-changing and other important spells, wishes and charms, bewitching, magical travel, and secret worlds. In addition, the book includes traditional folk t...

• Jan-2009
• / Fantasy
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12 classic English fairy tales and their history, from tales of dragons to Robin Hood.Folk tales and legends are an intrinsic part of English national culture. In his book, Rosalind Kerven has revived the best English fairy tales for a new generation...

• Feb-2013
• / Fantasy
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The definitive book of stories from Arthurian legend.Delve into the enchanted world of Arthurian legends where you will meet the Knights of the Round Table, Wizard Merlin, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. With plots full of romance, adventure and enc...

• Aug-2013
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Many people in England have little knowledge of genuine 'English' fairy tales. The stories that many of us grew up with are from overseas: for example Snow White is German, Cinderella is French and Aladdin is Arabian. But folk tales and legends are a...

• Aug-2013
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A unique collection of traditional stories about faeries, elves and goblins. Faeries, elves, goblins, leprechauns, brownies, spriggans and many other supernatural beings leap vividly off the page in this collection of haunting stories. Included ...

• Feb-2014
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THRILLING, ACTION PACKED HISTORICAL ADVENTURES Vividly set in the Viking Age - full of sword fights, treasure, pirates, adventurous sea journeys, kings, queens, runes and belief in the supernatural. Four-books-in-one edition of this HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ...

• Aug-2016
• / Fantasy
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Re-issue of this highly acclaimed book, previously published by Cambridge University Press under the title In The Court of the Jade Emperor: Stories from Old China - first edition 1993, second edition 1999.  Reviews from the first edition: ...

• Sep-2021
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 Enter a world in which magic exists, hope wins and every woman's heart is alive with courage!  This global feast of ancient tales features valiant women overcoming every kind of obstacle and danger to fulfil their destinies. Travel th...

• Feb-2024
• / Fantasy
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12 classic Celtic fairy tales and their history, from mermaids to dragons.The Celtic cultures of the British Isles—Ireland, Scotland, and Wales—have produced some of the richest traditional tales in Europe. Three words best sum up their t...