Forgotten Fairy Tales of Hope and Happiness

This heartwarming collection of fairy tales celebrates the power of hope, and gently encourages questions about what happiness really means.

Meet a brave princess who brings happiness to her kingdom by forging her own path, two children on a quest to discover the meaning of happiness, and a magician's daughter who discovers the power of positivity.

Featuring diverse, inspiring and empowering characters, each story centers around a celebration of hope and happiness.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, these seven stories have been re-imagined to inspire a new generation of readers.

Chapters of this book include:
- Introduction
- The Last Dragon (based on 'The Last of the Dragons' by Edith Nesbit)
- The Magic Weather Boy (adapted from 'Fairies Afield' by Mary Louisa Molesworth)
- The Bluebird of Happiness (adapted from 'The Blue Bird' a children's play by Maurice Maeterlinck)
- The Magician's Daughter (adapted from 'The Spell of the Magician's Daughter' by Evelyn Sharp)
- The Wanderings of Caspian (based on Mary De Morgan's fairy tale of the same name)
- The Badly Behaved Princess (inspired by 'The Magic Medicine' by Denis Mackail)
- Where the Rainbow Ends (adapted from a children's play, by Emilie Mills and John Ramsey)
- The Stories and their Writers

About the author

Sara is an award-winning children's book illustrator living and working in Reggio Emilia, Italy. She illustrators children's books, board games and puzzles. Sara loves art, nature and animals, especially dogs.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Sebag-Montefiore, Sebag-Montefiore Mary
• Assisted by: Sara Ugolotti (Illustration), Sara Ugolotti (Illustration)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 10
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781805312598
• ISBN: 978-1-80531-259-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Illustrated Story Collections
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 7 years, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), Anthologies (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Anthologies