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'Chicken Licken' by
1. Harry Rountree (1878-1950, NZ > GB)
2. Richard Scarry (1919-1994, American)

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2020-11-25

🐇🐰🐈🐀 The Wonderful World of Beatrix Potter🐇🐰🐀🐈 Favorites🐰Happy FairyTaleTuesday🐈🐇🐰🐀

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2020-11-25

In the 1st version of "Goldilocks & the Three Bears", the protagonist was an old woman. She entered the home of 3 bears while they were away. When they returned she woke up & jumped out the window. This character was later changed from the old woman to a girl.🐻

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2020-11-24


Hamelin, Germany, has medieval records stating the loss of 100+ youngsters. Theories as to why vary from work migration, to an outbreak of St Vitus' Dance, where ppl are said to have danced themselves to death

book by Eulalie, pub. Dean 1948

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2020-11-25

In keeping with the theme of animals in you can read "Fairytales of the Elvish Coin" for £2.10 and follow the tales of toads, goblins, fairies and many more weird magical creatures in this collection of fairytales.

https://t.co/dyReMy4fJE

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2020-11-25

Today's for this is the classic Grimm tale "The Bremen Town Musicians," in which four animals who are too old to work decide to become musicians and trick their way into taking ownership of a house together.
Illustration by Paul Meyerheim (1889).

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2020-11-25

'Witch In The Pumpkin Patch' by Bob Orsillo.
🧙‍♀️

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2020-11-25

The woman shouted"Yesterday I ate three tigers for breakfast!"Scared,the Tiger ran away.Egged on by Jackal,Tiger returns only if their tails are tied together.The woman laughs,"Thank you,Jackal!You get his bones."Away runs Tiger with Jackal tied behind.(Punjab)

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2020-11-24

In Brittany, it was said hedgehogs suckled cows. If a cow ate the grass on which a hedgehog had urinated, misfortune followed. Eating grass touched by a hedgehog ensured a painful calving. Other areas said that women became pregnant after stepping on a hedgehog.

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2020-11-24

Aesop (620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist who “made use of humble incidents to teach great truths” according to philosopher Apollonius of Tyana. Animals feature prominently in Aesop’s fables. These illustrations: Alice and Martin Provensen, published in 1965.

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2020-11-24

Scottish artist has created a serious of animal (beasties) prints with Scots names. What's your favourite? I can't decide between the Corbie or the hoolet. See the whole collection at https://t.co/ggJqHD16DI
https://t.co/3xWbHUx2Dv

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2020-11-24

"His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck’s nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan’s egg."

-Hans Christian Anderson

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2020-11-24

Selkies or “Seal Folk” are mythological beings capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin, found in Irish & Scottish folk
🎨Tristan Elwell
Francesca Resta
Selina Fenech
James Browne

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2020-11-24

A squirrel lives in the world tree Yggdrasil. His name is Ratatoskr.

It runs up and down and exchanges venomwords between the eagle and the dragon Niðhöggr. 🌳🦅🐿🐉

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2020-11-24

(1866-1943) transformed animal in children’s literature.

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When harm is about to befall the neighbourhood around Windermere, a ghostly white will be seen walking on the water from shore to shore. Perhaps a sea horse or kelpie from Celtic mythology.

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2020-11-24

Animals can turn into fairies & be magical with special powers. Spirits of animals are thought to be able to become fairies & were often believed to be the most primal fairies. In addition to manifesting as animals, fairies used various animals as messengers.

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2020-11-17