The Prince’s Gifts: Magic Folktales from Around the World

Magic in all its weird and wonderful variations abounds in this book. Young readers will encounter wishes granted, supernatural powers, enchanted animals, transformations, the ability to fly, spells, visions, and all the other remarkable things that make folk tales so vivid and exciting.John Yeoman has selected a rich collection of stories from around the world, drawing on the folklore of lands as diverse as China, Iraq, Portugal, Romania, Norway, and America. These twelve little-known tales, with their engaging blend of fantasy and fable, magic and morality, have been told and re-told for generations.