Manning-Sanders, Ruth. A Book of Giants. Text illustrations by Robin Jacques. London, Pan Books Ltd., 1972. 12.5 x 19cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear, spine sunned. [A Piccolo Book]. Nobody knows who first told the story of Jack and the all the stories in this book are very old. Eighteen witty and spell-binding stories of giants who turn people to stone, pull up trees, flatten thunderbolts into pancakes, cast spells and take little tables out of their ears! [From jacket notes]

Seventeen traditional tales from various parts of the world about good and evil dwarfs 1. Knurremurre (Zeeland) 2. Freddy and his Fiddle (Norway) 3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Germany) 4. The Field of Ragwort (Ireland) 5. Thumbkin (Germany) 6. The Girl Who Picked Strawberries (Germany) 7. Little Mukra (Arabia) 8. Bottle Hill (Ireland) 9. The Skipper and the Dwarfs (Jutland) 10. The Three Little Men in the Wood (Germany) 11. The Hazel-Nut Child (Bukovina) 12. The Silver Bell (Rügen) 13. The Adventures of Billy McDaniel (Ireland) 14. Timimoto (Japan) 15. The Cobbler and the Dwarfs (Germany) 16. The Story of Maia (Denmark) 17. Fir Cones (Germany)

, 130 pages, fourteen stories, with a colour illustrated title page,and black and white illustrations of the fairy tales, each concerning a dragon and the occasional dragoness

1. The Old Witch (England) 2. Rapunzel (Germany) 3. Lazy Hans (Germany) 4. The Twins and the Snarling Witch (Russia) 5. Esben and the Witch (Denmark) 6. Prunella (Italy) 7. The Donkey Lettuce (Germany) 8. Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 9. Tatterhood (Norway) 10. The White Dove (Denmark) 11. Johnny and the Witch Maidens (Bohemia) 12. The Blackstairs Mountains (Ireland)

Each of the eleven stories in this collection is retold with swift action and delightful characterization. Illustrations by Robin Jacques.

Twenty-one tales from various countries about ghosts, goblins, and other supernatural beings. Includes "The Headless Horseman," "The Kindly Ghost," and "The Leg of Gold."

1. Niassa and the Ogre Once upon a time there were two royal children, a little prince called Maran, and a little princess, his siser, called Niassa. And they went out with some other children to play. Now there was a horrible, horrible ogre who had his eye on princess Niassa; he wanted to catch her and keep her, and make her his wife when she was old enough.... (from the 1st chapter).

1. Tripple-Trapple (Denmark) 2. The Demon’s Daughter (Transylvania) 3. Something Wonderful (Finland) 4. Jack at Hell Gate (Hungary) 5. The Monkey Nursemaid (India) 6. Ironhead (Hungary) 7. The Peppercorn Oxen (Hungary) 8. The Blacksmith and the Devil (Gascony) 9. The Kittel-Kittel Car (Alsace) 10. A Ride to Hell (Denmark) 11. The Little Red Mannikin (Carpathian Mountains) 12. The Hill Demon (Norway)

Fifteen folktales from around the world, each involving either changelings or charms that work good or evil. 1. The Magic Bridle (Bosnian) 2. Chief-Nang (Chinese) 3. The Enchanted Wine Jug (Korean) 4. The Flute Player (Finnish) 5. The Dwarf with the Long Beard (Slavic) 6. The Hat (Esthonia) 7. Fedor and the Fairy (Gypsy) 8. Pancakes and Pies (Russian) 9. The Forty Goats (Valley of the Nile) 10. The Ogre, The Sun, and the Raven (North American Indian) 11. Peppi (Sicilian) 12. The Sun Mother (Transylvanian) 13. The White Lamb (Brittany) 14. Rubizal (Silesian) 15. Tredrill (Cornish)

This is an anthology of fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author. Table of Contents Foreword 1. The Good Ogre (Russia) 2. Tritil, Litil, and the Birds (Ireland) 3. The Ogre's Breath (Sicily) 4. The Gold Knob (Iceland) 5. The Children on the Pillar (Russia) 6. Sigurd the King's Son (Iceland) 7. The Girl in the Basket (Italy) 8. Cow Bu-cola (Iceland) 9. The Green Bird (Sicily) 10. Jon and the Troll Wife (Iceland) 11. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs (Germany) 12. The Troll's Little Daughter (Denmark) 13. Nils in the Forest (Denmark)