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George MacDonald was the great 19th-century innovator of modern fantasy who influenced the work of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. This book collects some of his finest fairy stories.

Den Feind und seine Pläne vor Augen, widmen sich die Bewohner von Magefort Castle einem intensiven Training. Es läuft jedoch nichts wie geplant und auch die erhoffte Verstärkung bleibt aus. Als Grace und Ventus schließlich ins Unglück stürzen, geraten die Magieblüter in Zugzwang. Ihnen bleibt nur eine Wahl – die Flucht nach vorn – und so machen sie sich bereit für den letzten, großen Kampf.

Once again, the Old Gray Goose delivers a collection of funny, heartwarming tales perfected over six decades of campfires and thousands of enthusiastic young campers as part of his amazing lifelong work with the YMCA. Here is the definitive collection of down-home songs and stories for children of all ages, affectionately told by a compassionate man who genuinely cares about young people.

The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf is a Russian fairy tale collected by a Russian Slavist and ethnographer Alexander Afanasyev. A king's apple tree bore golden apples, but every night, one was stolen. Guards reported that the Firebird stole them. The king told his two oldest sons that the one who caught the bird would receive half his kingdom and be his heir. They drew lots to see who would be first, but both fell asleep; they tried to claim it had not come, but it had stolen an apple. Finally Ivan Tsarevich, the youngest son, asked to try; his father was reluctant because of his youth but consented.

It's a weekend and Hattie and Joey can think of nothing to do, until Hattie challenges Joey to run away with her to investigate a mysterious purple barn over a meadow and up a hill. Creepy and standing alone, the barn beckons to their curiosity and they get drawn into the inside to discover something they never in a million years would have thought they would see there. Prepare yourselves for what they find and how it changes their view of ghostly places. Just because you cannot see it does not mean it isn't there!

Once again, the Old Gray Goose delivers a collection of funny, heartwarming tales perfected over six decades of campfires and thousands of enthusiastic young campers as part of his amazing lifelong work with the YMCA. Here is the definitive collection of down-home songs and stories for children of all ages, affectionately told by a compassionate man who genuinely cares about young people.