The Book of Dragons and Other Stories for Children by E. Nesbit

by E. Nesbit

Overview

THE BOOK OF DRAGONS AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN includes more than 50 wonderfully entertaining magic and fantasy stories for children, including stories found in E. Nesbit's highly-regarded THE BOOK OF DRAGONS, NINE UNLIKELY TALES, and THE MAGIC WORLD.

• The Book of Beasts
• Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger
• The Deliverers of Their Country
• The Ice Dragon, or Do as You Are Told
• The Island of the Nine Whirlpools
• The Dragon Tamers
• The Fiery Dragon, or The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold
• Kind Little Edmund, or The Caves and the Cockatrice
• The Cockatoucan
• Whereyouwantogoto
• The Blue Mountain
• The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids
• Melisande
• Fortunatus Rex And Co.
• The Sums That Came Right
• The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library
• The Plush Usurper
• The Cat-hood of Maurice
• The Mixed Mine
• Accidental Magic
• The Princess and the Hedge-pig
• Septimus Septimusson
• The White Cat
• Belinda and Bellamant
• Justnowland
• The Related Muff
• The Aunt and Amabel
• Kenneth and the Carp
• The Magician's Heart
• Too Clever By Half
• The White Persian
• A Powerful Friend
• A Silly Question
• The Selfish Pussy
• Meddlesome Pussy
• Nine Lives
• Tinker
• Rats!
• The Tables Turned
• A Noble Dog
• The Dyer's Dog
• The Vain Setter
• Molly, The Measles, and the Missing Will
• Billy and William
• The Twopenny Spell
• Showing Off; or, the Looking-Glass Boy
• The Ring and the Lamp
• The Charmed Life; Or, the Princess and the Lift-Man
• Billy the King
• The Princess and the Cat
• The White Horse
• Sir Christopher Cockleshell
• Muscadel

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158404856
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	06/22/2016
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	470 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was an English writer who published under the name E. Nesbit. A prolific and successful writer of several genres, Nesbit is most remembered as one of the first modern authors of children's literature; she is credited with addressing real-world issues in her writings, helping to move children's literature beyond the realms of fantasy and folklore. In addition to several very successful children's works, Nesbit wrote horror stories and is well-known for her support for Socialism. She and her husband were among the founders of the Fabian Society in 1884.