Young Gabby Goose
Appearance
Author | Ruth Manning-Sanders |
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Illustrator | James Hodgson |
Language | English |
Genre | Fairy tales |
Publisher | Methuen & Co. Ltd. |
Publication date | 1975 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Pages | 86 pp |
ISBN | 9780416805208 |
Young Gabby Goose is a 1975 anthology of 14 animal-centered fairy tales from around the world, collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. These tales are written for a younger level of reader than Manning-Sanders' more familiar A Book of... series of fairy tales. This book was republished in a paperback edition in 1976.
Contents
[edit]- Young Gabby Goose and Mr Fickle Fox (Transylvania)
- Hello, House! (Zanzibar)
- Clever Sparrow (Transylvania)
- Koko and the Waterfall (North Africa)
- Dove, Fox and Raven (Finland)
- Baby Brother and the Geese (Russia)
- Pussy Bauldron and Dog Towser (Finland)
- The Glove (Ukraine)
- The Kitten and the Knitting-Needles (Germany)
- Snail Walking (France)
- Snail and Wolf (Italy)
- The Turnip (Bohemia)
- Old Man and the Rock (Red Indian)
- The Letter in the Egg (Swabia)
Categories:
- 1975 short story collections
- Collections of fairy tales
- Children's short story collections
- British children's books
- Methuen Publishing books
- Animal tales
- 1975 children's books
- Children's books about cats
- Children's books about dogs
- Children's books about foxes
- Children's books about wolves
- Literature featuring anthropomorphic foxes
- 1975 anthologies
- Children's short story collection stubs
- 1970s short story collection stubs