A Book of Cats and Creatures

by Ruth Manning-Sanders

Book Overview

Folk tales of wise cats, silly cats, and mischievous cats and creatures are found in this wonderful collection by Ruth Manning-Sanders and Robin Jacques. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0416270603
• ISBN13: 9780416270600
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great collection of fairy tales. They don't tell 'em like this anymore.

A Book of Cats and Creatures is an anthology of 18 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author. If you've never read anything by Manning-Sanders and are a lover of fairy tales, you owe it to yourself to track down one of these books. A couple of them cost a pretty penny, but there are also many that can be had for $5 or less. It's all great stuff. As for this book, you get: 1. Katchen the Cat (Germany) 2. The Imp Cat (Germany) 3. Pussy Cat Twinkle (Switzerland) 4. The Golden Knucklebone (Tartary) 5. The Leeshy Cat (Archangel) 6. Oh Mr Crocodile (Madagascar) 7. A Pool of Bright Water (Russia) 8. Little Wonder (Denmark) 9. The Bird Wife (Siberia) 10. The Juniper Bush (Sweden) 11. Old Man Zackery and the Cranes (Russia) 12. The Water Nick (Czechoslovakia) 13. A Wonderful Bird (Russia) 14. The Goat in the Sky (Russia) 15. The Cat Johann (Poland) 16. The Big Bird Katchka (Tadjakistan) 17. Father Wren and King Tiger (Pomerania) 18. The Small, Small Cat (U.S.A.)