A selection of fairy tales from around the world by the award-winning illustrator of children's books who drew inspiration from writers such as Hans Christian Anderson, the Brothers Grimm and Oscar Wilde. Michael Foreman has cast his net wide around the mythologies and folklores of Africa, China, India, Ireland and New Zealand to gather his favourite tales and has travelled thousands of miles to capture the particular magic that belongs to each of these cultures. Some of the paintings are the result of earlier collaborations with celebrated contemporary writers such as Madhur Jaffrey, Edna O'Brien and terry Jones.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called World Of Fairy Tales .

There are 144 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1994 by HarperCollins Publishers .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.