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The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales
Frank Richard Stockton
Book Overview:
A collection of nine enchanting short stories filled with curious beasts and unexpected endings. Included are The Bee-Man of Orn; The Griffin and the Minor Canon; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Queen's Museum; Christmas Before Last: Or, The Fruit of the Fragile Palm; Prince Hassak's March; The Battle of the Third Cousins; The Banished King; and The Philopena
A collection of nine enchanting short stories filled with curious beasts and unexpected endings. Included are The Bee-Man of Orn; The Griffin and the Minor Canon; Old Pipes and the Dryad; The Queen's Museum; Christmas Before Last: Or, The Fruit of the Fragile Palm; Prince Hassak's March; The Battle of the Third Cousins; The Banished King; and The Philopena
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When the Chief Villager had paid him, and he had talked a little with some of his friends, Old Pipes started to go home. But when he had crossed the bridge over the brook, and gone a short distance up the hill-side, he became very tired, and sat down upon a stone. He had not been sitting there half a minute, when along came two boys and a. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
2.5 ⭐
Delightful collection of fairytales which are both nostalgically familiar and yet completely new - there's a gentle amusing wit to most of these stories which makes me surprised they never went on to become popular classics.
Mais um conto da Sociedade das Relíquias Literárias da Wish. Uma história de fantasia simples, mas muito gostosa e com um ritmo muito bom de leitura.
Não é algo extraordinário, porém a sua pureza encanta o leitor e o personagem principalmente é cativante. O conto acerta pela sua simplicidade.
I'm currently in a big Frank Stockton phase and enjoying so much of what I read. If you are in the mood for fables, fairy tales, and a lighter sort of nineteenth century sci-fi, Stockton is your go-to guy. I had no idea this Philadelphian was so prolific or that he had to negotiate a serious disabi
Written at the turn of the 20th century, The Bee-Man of Orn shurgs off the didactic noose which threatened a lot of children's literature at the time and, instead, seems to honour the themes and ideas prevalent in the earlier traditional tales in which it feels like it has been based. Here we encoun
The version we read was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. His drawings felt just right for the tale.
I read this in one sitting to my 3.5-year-old son. He enjoyed it very much. I liked it quite a bit, too, enough to pursue other Stockton titles at the library. We recommended it to my 9-year-old niece. I