In this volume, the editor gathers together a collection of old fairy tales from various sources that most people are familiar with. As familiar as you might be with the stories within, some of them have endings that you may not have seen in schools or when your read them at night as a child. Delve back into the classic stores that you were raised on but sometimes a little more twisted. ... [click here for more]
The story of a St. Bernard named Buck that is born into a nice life but is quickly sold to those that mistreat him. After killing “the man in the red sweater”, he is sold to a Canadian who teaches him to operate in a dog sled team and then traverses the wild helping to deliver the mail. He undergoes further adventure until he is sold to Thornton and ends up saving his life from a cold... [click here for more]
Once again gathering tales from a variety of sources Lang has shown us a different world compared to our usual fairy tales. These are rawer and also come from all over the world as the original editor wanted to give us a different picture of our children’s stories. ... [click here for more]
Containing many tales from Hans Christian Anderson, Russian and Polish fairy tales and many others, this collection is a testament to the power of the imagination in medieval and ancient Europe. These tales are part of the shaping of the modern fictional mind and we owe many thanks to these and stories like these many times over. ... [click here for more]
This book is written primarily from the view of the central character, a wolf dog that goes on an amazing adventure of discovery about its wolf nature and what it means to be wild. Something interesting happens however when it gets captures and then rescued by humans who have differing plans for the young wolf hero as he journeys to redefine the role of a pack leader in a new and human world. ... [click here for more]