Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The buried moon The buried moon Joseph Jacobs,Susan Jeffers The Moon is held prisoner in the bog by the Evil Ones until the townspeople miss her light and go to search for her. OL1117793W
Hereafterthis Hereafterthis Joseph Jacobs When Farmer Jan begins to ask his new wife what she can do, a series of disasters follows. OL1117798W
Lazy Jack, a picture book, by Barry Wilkinson Lazy Jack, a picture book, by Barry Wilkinson Joseph Jacobs Retells the adventures of the lazy boy who could never do anything right but became rich in spite of himself. OL1117804W
The magpie's nest The magpie's nest Joseph Jacobs Because none of the birds stay to the end of the magpie's nest-building lesson, each leaves with a different idea of how to build a nest. OL1117805W
Munachar & Manachar Munachar & Manachar Joseph Jacobs A cumulative tale in which an Irish leprechaun tries to punish his partner for eating raspberries as fast as he can pick them. OL1117808W
Tattercoats Tattercoats Joseph Jacobs Retells the traditional English tale of how poor, neglected Tattercoats comes to marry the Prince. OL1117811W
European folk and fairy tales European folk and fairy tales Joseph Jacobs A collection of twenty-five traditional fairy tales from the folklore of many countries of Europe. OL1117820W
Jack and the beanstalk Jack and the beanstalk Joseph Jacobs Joseph Jacobs' version of the tale in which a boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk where he must use his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune. OL1117821W
More Celtic fairy tales More Celtic fairy tales Joseph Jacobs Leprechauns, fairies, and medieval heroes figure in the strange events related in this paperback reprint of twenty Celtic folk and fairy tales. OL1117832W
Fables Fables Roger L'Estrange,Percy J. Billinghurst,Joseph Jacobs,Aesop The world's oldest known collection of fables and folk tales. Some of the stories credited to Aesop, a Greek slave who lived in about the sixth century BCE, are known in every corner of the globe, su… OL15464922W
The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox W. Frank Calderon,Henry Cole,Joseph Jacobs Tales of the cunning of Reynard the fox whose intent on winning is expressed in his very human approach to life. OL16466200W
Joseph Jacobs' the story of the three little pigs Joseph Jacobs' the story of the three little pigs Joseph Jacobs,Lorinda Bryan Cauley Rather than suffer the fate of his two brothers, a pig cleverly outwits a persistent wolf once and for all. OL17881196W
More English fairy tales More English fairy tales Joseph Jacobs Forty-four lesser known tales collected from English folklore, including Yallery Brown, Tom Hickathrift, Scrapefoot, A. Pottle O'Brains, Tamlane, and Tabetrot and Scantie Mab. OL240334W
English Fairy Tales English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs,Joseph Jacobs From the book:Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable t… OL240335W