The Mary Frances Story Book 100th Anniversary Edition: A Collection of Read Aloud Stories for Children Including Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and Selected

From the popular Mary Frances story-instruction series, this volume is pure story, brimming front to back with stories that breathe sunshine and happiness. Mary Frances sails on The Good Ferry to an enchanted island where she evades an evil pirate, finds the lost story, and thus unleashes a wellspring of tales for all children, for all time. Join Mary Frances as she listens to the Story Lady tell fairy tales, folk tales, and fables filled with adventure, magic, and mystery in a book that will captivate girls and boys alike.You will read stories of talking carrots and cats; fairies and forbidden bubbles; necklaces and masks that are magic; diamonds and dragons; miniature cottages and magnificent castles; knights in shining armor, soldiers at sea, pirates, princesses, and patriotism. You will encounter Merlin the Magician, witches, goblins, and Peter Pan. The collection includes works by Sir Thomas Malory, James Russell Lowell, Washington Irving, Henry Longfellow and Charles Dickens with timeless favorites including the story of Sir Galahad, The Sword in the Stone, and The Man Without a Country. The Mary Frances Story Book 100th Anniversary Edition has been restored and expanded with a new introduction, larger format, fresh typesetting, and enhanced graphics including black and white interior illustrations and color cover illustrations.The complete Mary Frances 100th Anniversary collection includes The Mary Frances Cook Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Sewing Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Housekeeper 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Garden Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book 100th Anniversary Edition, The Mary Frances First Aid Book 100th Anniversary Edition and The Mary Frances Story Book 100th Anniversary Edition.