Most Popular Books by Neil Philip

Fables are short tales with a moral, often featuring animal characters. Aesop''s fables from Ancient Greece are the best-known, and Jean de la Fontaine elegantly reworked their themes to the taste of 17th century France. Oral storytellers have kept the fable alive all over the world.Aesops'' fables include: Sour Grapes, The Lion''s Share, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, King Log, The Dog in the Manger and The Wind and the Sun.The fables of La Fontaine include: The Cicada and the Ant, The Frog Who Wanted to be as Big as the Ox, The Fox and the Stork, The Lion and the Goat and The Rat and the Elephant.This enchanting collection of best-loved fables is illustrated with work by many of the great names of the golden age of illustration, including Walter Crane, Charles H. Bennett, Charles Robinson, Richard Heighway, Frederick Burr Opper, J M Conde and others.

Nach Kulturkreisen (Ägypten, China, Antike, Amerika, Europa etc.) werden die Mythen der Welt in Bild und Text vorgestellt.

Describes the origins, physical characteristics, dwelling places, activities, and special powers of different types of fairy folk from around the world. Illustrative traditional stories from various cultures are interspersed throughout the text.

Rajahs, brahmins and tigers abound in evocative stories, retold with context notes and vibrant illustrations.

Retells the adventures of the hero Odysseus as he encounters many monsters and other obstacles on his journey home from the Trojan War.

Presents a full-color illustrated history of ancient mythology from Greece, Rome, Egypt, and other parts of the world and includes creation and flood stories, worship of the sun and stars, gods and goddesses, and more.

A la découverte des mythologies du monde, de leurs dieux bienfaisants ou maléfiques, et de leurs héros légendaires. Revivez en Grèce les aventures de Thésée et du Minotaure, en Egypte le mythe d''Osiris, en Inde l''épopée du Ramayana, au Mexique le culte de Quetzalcoatl, le serpent à plumes ! Six grands chapitres passionnants pour faire le tour du monde des mythes, de leur origine et des civilisations qui leur ont donné naissance, des Grecs anciens aux Vikings, des Amérindiens aux Aborigènes d''Australie, des Chinois aux Incas....

Picture book story about a visit to the zoo.

Collects seven legends and parables of Yiddish and Slavic folktale tradition created in the early nineteenth century by a Ukrainian Hasidic rabbi.

A collection of myths from many cultures.

Proposant une approche thématique, cet album offre un panorama nouveau et original des mythologies du monde.