Ruth Manning-Sanders (21 August 1886 – 12 October 1988) was an English poet and author born in Wales, known for a series of children's books for which...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. Foreword 1. My own self 2. The...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. It was the first anthology to...
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Jacobs. A version of the tale appears in Scottish Folk Tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 1137 (Self Did It), similar to the encounter...
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Legends from the Land of the Tsar collects a Russian version, while Ruth Manning-Sanders included a Gascon version as "The Blacksmith and the Devil" in her...
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retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Raymond Briggs. It was the first in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. In an author's...
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author Ruth Manning-Sanders. Her father was George Manning-Sanders, a writer of short stories. They also had a son, David, who was Joan Manning-Sanders's younger...
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been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is part of a long series of fairy tale anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This is a companion volume...
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Another of many versions of the tale appears in A Book of Giants by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is about a humble tailor who tricks many giants and a ruthless...
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written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in A Book of Princes and Princesses. It is Aarne-Thompson...
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Los Angeles London, 1977 Manning-Sanders, Ruth (1966). A Book of Witches. New York: Dutton. pp. 94–103. Manning-Sanders, Ruth (1971). A choice of magic...
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collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. These tales are written for a slightly younger level of reader than Manning-Sanders' more familiar "A Book...
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collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. In fact, the book is mostly a collection of tales published in previous Manning-Sanders anthologies. Stories...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. I. Micabo's Island II. Ugly Thing...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. The Gold Dragoon Jonnikin and...
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collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It was the final published book in a long series of such anthologies by author Manning-Sanders, who died in October...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This is a companion volume to...
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different names of protagonists, featured motifs, etc. A retelling by Ruth Manning-Sanders under the title "Sigurd, the King's Son" is in her anthology, A Book...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. 1. Sir Green Hat and the Wizard...
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Brothers Grimm. A version of this tale appears in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson type 562, The Spirit in the Blue Light. Other...
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He listed as his source Francis Hindes Groome's In Gypsy Tents. Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales...
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(1890–1913) Wolfram Eberhard (1909–1989) Howard Pyle's The Wonder Clock Ruth Manning-Sanders (Wales, 1886–1988) World Tales (United Kingdom, 1979) by Idries Shah...
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are illustrating several fairy tale compilations by Ruth Manning-Sanders, including The Glass Man and the Golden Bird: Hungarian Folk and Fairy Tales...
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have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. The back cover states: "Magical...
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Actien-Gesellschaft). Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book (1894) and Ruth Manning-Sanders included it in A Book of Dwarfs (1964). A childless couple prayed...
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1964 anthology of 25 tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. The book features illustrations by Hungarian-British artist Victor...
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Book. A version of this tale also appears in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type 821, the devil's riddle. Three...
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children's books. He is notable for his long collaboration with Ruth Manning-Sanders, illustrating many of her collections of fairy tales from all over...
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been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. The Wonderful Tree The Seven Simons...
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world, collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. These tales are written for a younger level of reader than Manning-Sanders' more familiar A Book of.....
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