A Memorable Story Book from My Childhood
Ever since I was a small child, I have loved stories and owned many books. One of those is an over-sized book called, The Fairy Tale Book: A Selection of Twenty-eight Traditional Stories from the French, German, Danish, Russian and Japanese BY Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Madame d’Aulnoy, Madame Leprince de Beaumont, Madame La Comtesse de Segur, and Charles Perrault. It was published by Simon and Schuster, New York, copyrighted in 1958.
Most of all, I was always intrigued by the illustrations in this book. From time to time, my mother would read me a story. Many of the tales you would recognize today: “The Sleeping Beauty,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” Many others you probably never heard like “Urashima and the Turtle,” “Dawn, the Golden Haired,” and “Silvershod.”
I still like the international flavor this book for children presents. A few years ago, hoping that I might someday have grandchildren, I purchased a more recent edition of the book (1999). The photo on the cover still looks very beautiful, if not more so, with today’s inks. One commonality between people is that we like to make up stories, don’t we? I am so happy to have this book for when my two grandchildren are a little older and are ready to patiently hear them, or even read them for themselves, when they visit.
Patricia Cummings
Quilter’s Muse Publications
