Image is NOT an official British Library picture. Background image: Matt Brown. Fairies: public domain. Following its excellent Secret Maps expo, the BL flies off to fairyland. Once upon a time, ...

Jack and his mother were poor had to sell the cow because she had nothing left to sell. Jack never helped her and only expressed hunger. He sells the cow to the old man in exchange for beans, but Jack ...

There was a time when fairy tales were much more than just bedtime stories. Actually, the fanciful tales that have enthralled generations of people have their roots in real historical events. Real ...

"Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable ... Edinburgh"--Colophon. Date of publication from British Library online catalog record. The plates have color-printed illustrations mounted within ...

Fairy tales and folklore come from a variety of sources, changing as they are told and retold. And some of these tales have been inspired by real historical figures, whose lives either formed the ...