{"product_id":"russian-fairy-tales-hardcover","title":"Russian Fairy Tales - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGillian Avery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIvan Bilibin\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotable for their magnificent, jewel-like color illustrations by Bilibin, these traditional tales include \"The Frog Princess,\" \"Vassilissa the Beautiful,\" and \"The White Duck.\" Though \u003cb\u003eRussian Fairy Tales\u003c\/b\u003e in the Pantheon Folklore Library is a book for adults, it has sold over 30,000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGillian Avery (1926- ) was born in Reigate, Surrey, where she started her writing career as a journalist on the \u003ci\u003eSurrey Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. Deciding that the pace of book publishing was more congenial than that of newspapers, she went to Oxford in 1950 to work for the Clarendon Press. In 1952 she married a don, Anthony Cockshut, and when they moved to Manchester she was so homesick for Oxford that she set her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Warden's Niece\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), in an Oxford college in Victorian times, feeling an affinity between her own pre-war generation and the Victorian child, characterized by a 'meek acceptance of the power of the adult world'. Returning to Oxford in 1964, she continued to write novels, including\u003ci\u003e A Likely Lad\u003c\/i\u003e, set in Manchester, which won the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e award for children's fiction in 1971 and was successfully dramatized as a children's TV serial. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGillian Avery is also well known as a reviewer and historian of children's literature. Her two most recent books are \u003ci\u003eBehold the Child: American Children and their Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1621-1922\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 183\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.28 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53722278527340,"sku":"9780679436416","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/cd9e10dfd5104c62da76da38dc019854.webp?v=1778192089","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/russian-fairy-tales-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}