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Title: The Cruise of the Little Dipper and Other Fairy Tales
Review: There are five stories in this book, which I have had since it was re-released in 1963: 1/ The Cruise of the "Little Dipper", in which a boy is magically shrunk and sails in the toy boat he built to find his missing sailor father; 2/ The Wonderful Tale of Niu, in which a girl with the help of a spider and a snail temporarily becomes Empress-Consort of China; 3/ Peter Dwarf, about a boy raised by dwarves and his magically transformed cat; 4/ The Crystal Bowl, in which a prince rescues his love from a magician; and 5/ The Merciless Tsar, in which a haughty king learns to mend his ways and regain his kingdom. The stories are beautifully written (readers may particularly enjoy the gentle humour of The Wonderful Tale of Niu), and the illustrations are lovely.
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