Forgotten Fairy Tales of Hope and Happiness

Author: Sebag-Montefiore, Mary

For National Curriculum Key Stage 2

Published on 2 January 2025 by Usborne Publishing Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Illustrated Story Collections' series.

Hardback | 208 pages
250 x 180 x 25 | 838g

This heartwarming collection of fairy tales celebrates the power of hope, and gently encourages questions about what happiness really means.

Meet a brave princess who brings happiness to her kingdom by forging her own path, two children on a quest to discover the meaning of happiness, and a magician's daughter who discovers the power of positivity.

Featuring diverse, inspiring and empowering characters, each story centers around a celebration of hope and happiness.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, these seven stories have been re-imagined to inspire a new generation of readers. Chapters in this book include:- Introduction- The Last Dragon (based on 'The Last of the Dragons' by Edith Nesbit)- The Magic Weather Boy (adapted from 'Fairies Afield' by Mary Louisa Molesworth)- The Bluebird of Happiness (adapted from 'The Blue Bird' a children's play by Maurice Maeterlinck)- The Magician's Daughter (adapted from 'The Spell of the Magician's Daughter' by Evelyn Sharp)- The Wanderings of Caspian (based on Mary De Morgan's fairy tale of the same name)- The Badly Behaved Princess (inspired by 'The Magic Medicine' by Denis Mackail)- Where the Rainbow Ends (adapted from a children's play, by Emilie Mills and John Ramsey)- The Stories and their Writers