Discover seven beautifully-illustrated fairy tales that celebrate family, in all its forms, and the joy friendship brings.

Meet Lizzie, who outwits goblins to save her sister, and best friends, Freddie and Jack, who overcome a witch. Discover an enchanted toy shop, an elfin grove and a world beneath the waves.

This collection brings to life some of the most important parts of childhood with tenderness, beauty and a timeless magic.

A wonderful gift book with gorgeous illustrations in hardback edition.

Chapters in this book include:
- Land and Sea (adapted from a poem by Matthew Arnold called The Forsaken Merman)
- Best Friends (adapted from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm)
- Goblin Market (adapted from a poem of the same name by Christina Rossetti)
- Sanjay and the Very Satisfactory Magic (adapted from The Aunt and Amabel by Edith Nesbit)
- The Toy Princess (adapted from a fairy tale by Mary de Morgan)
- The Beekeeper and the Hare (adapted from a folk tale from the Highlands of Scotland)
- The Elfin Grove (adapted from a fairy tale `Die Elfen` by the German writer Ludwig Tieck)
- The Stories and their Writers
- Afterword from the Editor