Journey to magical and memorable lands with this long-awaited anthology of classic fairy tales from nine different countries and cultures. Including such favorites as 'Cinderella' and 'The Sleeping Beauty', as well as lesser-known stories like the Ukrainian tale 'The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship', this collection is masterfully told by Malachy Doyle and illustrated in Nicoletta Ceccoli’s always charming and thoroughly enchanting style.
Malachy Doyle is the author of Digger and Lew, Big Pig, Teddybear Blue, Antonio on the Other Side of the World, Getting Smaller and Too Noisy, illustrated by Ed Vere.
His first teenage novel, Georgie, won the Tir na n-Og prize and his picture book, Cow, won an English Association Award for non-fiction. He also won the 2002 White Raven Award for Hungry! Hungry! He lives with his family (and his cat, dog, ducks and hens) in County Donegal, Ireland.