Once Upon a Time: Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712649921 ISBN 13: 9780712649926

Publisher: Legend, 1991

Synopsis

This is a collection of fairy tales from a wide range of contemporary authors. Each story is accompanied by a colour illustration and should appeal to readers of all ages. The authors featured in this collection include Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, Isaac Asimov and Katherine Kurtz.

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From the Inside Flap

op writers of fantasy present their views of the ways and byways of fairyland:
ISAAC ASIMOV -- A most unusual knight meets an even more unusual dragon.
TERRY BROOKS -- A boy and an elf discover courage conquers more than monsters.
C.J. CHERRYH -- Three wishes -- and the strangest love story ever told.
LESTER DEL REY -- The little princess didn't really believe in a fairy godmother.
SUSAN DEXTER -- The hermit boy didn't know that his pet fawn was a unicorn.
WAYLAND DREW -- Each traveler claimed precedence -- until a stranger joined them.
BARBARA HAMBLY -- Three strange children from a dragon's lair were loved, until . . .
KATHERINE KURTZ -- A fairy learns of faith and love from a holy man.
ANNE McCAFFREY -- Humans and the descendants of Pegasus seek to escape their prison.
LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS -- Killing a dragon is easy -- once one knows how.

Edition details

• Publisher: Legend
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712649921
• ISBN 13: 9780712649926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pangrazio Michael
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Rey Lester Del, Kessler Risa, Del Rey Lester