Twelve Dancing Princesses

by Mary E. Meek and Alfred David

Book Overview

Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek have compiled a collection of fairy tales that ranges from the Grimm brothers' inimitable recreations of archetypal folktales to the modern prose charm of James Thurber's Many Moons. The appeal of the stories is wide and varied: the refined intelligence of Perrault, the wondrous imagination of Andersen, the descriptive power of Ruskin, the bittersweet melancholy of Wilde. These are but a few of the artists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025320173X
• ISBN13: 9780253201737
• Release Date: March 1974
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 1 and higher