Gianni and the Ogre

Gianni and the Ogre

infobox Book |
name = Gianni and the Ogre
title_orig =
translator =
author = Ruth Manning-Sanders
cover_artist =
illustrator = William Stobbs
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fairy Tales
publisher = E. P. Dutton
release_date = 1971
media_type = Print (hardcover)
pages = 192 pp

Gianni and the Ogre is a 1971 anthology of 18 fairy tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1970, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

According to the dust jacket, all of the tales originated in the Mediterranean and the author's tales create "a lively fantasy world of kings and princesses, witches and dwarfs, fairies and fools."

Table of contents

*1. Gianni and the Ogre
*2. Kabadaluk
*3. Mother Sunday
*4. Bardiello
*5. Celery
*6. The Three Ravens
*7. The Spider
*8. The Doll
*9. King Fox:"The Lad and his Animals":"The Witch and the Earthen Jar":"The Battle"
*10. Oudelette
*11. The Daughter of the Dwarf
*12. The Bean Tree
*13. Little Finger
*14. A-tishoo!
*15. Grillo
*16. Trim Tram Turvey
*17. The Fiddler Going Home
*18. Peppino

ee also

*Ogre
*Dwarf
*Witchcraft


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