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Olive Jones

Author of The Nursery Peter Pan

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Also includes: Olive R. Jones (2)

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Don Quixote (1605) — Editor, some editions — 35,679 copies, 531 reviews
In the Troll Wood (1978) — Translator, some editions — 27 copies, 1 review
Pori, rhif 1, Hydref 1983 (1983) — Contributor — 1 copy

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This collection of four fairy tales would be a fun read for fourth graders. Beauty and the Beast teaches that people should love one another for who they are. Rumpelstiltskin teaches not to lie. The Elves and The Shoemaker teahes of generosity. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfes shows that people can live happily ever after.
Contents; (1) Beauty and the Beast. (A young girl learns to love a hideous beast for his kindness, thereby breaking the spell a wicked fairy has cast on him.), (2) Snow White and the Seen Dwarfs. (A beautiful princess endures the murderous rage of her wicked stepmother with the help of seven kindly little men.), (3) Rumpelstiltskin. (A strange little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.), (4) The Elves show more and the Shoemaker. (A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.) A sturdy set. show less

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