Sir Green Hat And The Wizard

''Sir Green Hat and the Wizard'' is a 1974 anthology of 14

fairy tales A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cult ...

from around the world that have been collected and retold by

Ruth Manning-Sanders 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 she collected and related fairy tales worldwide. She published over 90 books in her lifetime ...

. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.

*1. Sir Green Hat and the Wizard (

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) *2. The Little Jizo (Japan) *3. The Tailor and the Hunter (

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) *4. The Porridge Pot (

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) *5. The Blue-grey Fleece (

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) :''1. The Old Man and Woman'' :''2. The Yellow-headed Swans'' *6. The Crane's Purse (Russia) *7. Voo-too-koo ( Zulu, South Africa) *8. Hassan the Ropemaker (

Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...

) *9. The All-seeing Sun (

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) *10. Pippi Menou and the Hanging Palace (

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) *11. Plain Peter (

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) *12. The Glassy Bridge (

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) *13. Gold Lambs and Silver Lambs (

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) *14. Vanka (Russia) Collections of fairy tales Children's short story collections Methuen Publishing books 1974 short story collections 1974 children's books 1974 anthologies {{1970s-child-story-collection-stub

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