Young Gabby Goose

''Young Gabby Goose'' is a 1975

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of 14 animal-centered

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from around the world, 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 ...

. These tales are written for a younger level of reader than Manning-Sanders' more familiar ''A Book of...'' series of fairy tales. This book was republished in a paperback edition in 1976.

# Young Gabby Goose and Mr Fickle Fox (

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