From the publisher:
In The Violet Fairy Book, we hear strange and exotic tales from the far corners of the earth - Japanese, Serbian, Lithuanian, Africa, Portuguese, Rumanian, and Russian. But they are told in the common language of the fairy tale, and the events will be familiar to children and grown-ups alike. A magical dog called Schippeitaro helps his Japanese master; a man outwits a dragon in a Rumanian tale; and a Swahili story tells about a youth who visits the King of the Snakes.
Table of Contents:
- A Tale of the Tontlawald
- The finest Liar in the World
- The Story of three Wonderful Beggars
- Schippeitaro
- The Three Princes and their Beasts
- The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan
- The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples
- The Lute Player
- The Grateful Prince
- The Child who came from an Egg
- Stan Bolovan
- The Two Frogs
- The Story of a Gazelle
- How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water
- Two in a Sack
- The Envious Neighbour
- The Fairy of the Dawn
- The Enchanted Knife
- Jasper who herded the Hares
- The Underground Workers
- The History of Dwarf Long Nose
- The Nunda, Eater of People
- The Story of Hassebu
- The Maiden with the Wooden Helmut
- The Monkey and the Jelly-fish
- The Headless Dwarfs
- The young Man who would have his Eyes opened
- The Boys with the Golden Stars
- The Frog
- The Princess who was hidden Underground
- The Girl who pretended to be a Boy
- The Story of Halfman
- The Prince who wanted to see the World
- Virgilius the Sorcerer
- Mogarzea and his Son
