Favourite stories

Described on dust jacket as "a completely new collection of eight traditional fairy stories and folk tales from different countries around the world. It is a happy blend of well loved stories like *The Sleeping Beauty* and *The Pied Piper of Hamelin* with less familiar tales like *The Wish-Fish* from Russia and *The Bird of the Night* from Argentina. This is Frank Francis' own selection of favourite stories. In choosing them he looked not only for tales with great story appeal, but for those giving him the greatest scope as an illustrator. To them he brings his unique and highly popular style of illustration."