A book of seven new fairy tales, each destined to become a classic."Need a lift? Looking for an escape from everyday life? You need fairy tales! " Enter the land of Faerie with seven enchanting stories.The Apple Tree A farmer's son with an overactive imagination is tricked into believing the only way he can win the love of a princess is to be turned into an apple tree.The Princess and the Goatherd A goatherd falls in love with a princess, and asks to marry her, but the king would prefer to see him dead.The Dark Forest The ...
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A book of seven new fairy tales, each destined to become a classic."Need a lift? Looking for an escape from everyday life? You need fairy tales! " Enter the land of Faerie with seven enchanting stories.The Apple Tree A farmer's son with an overactive imagination is tricked into believing the only way he can win the love of a princess is to be turned into an apple tree.The Princess and the Goatherd A goatherd falls in love with a princess, and asks to marry her, but the king would prefer to see him dead.The Dark Forest The brave son of the King of The Fairies journeys to the Dark Forest to defend his father's kingdom from the cruel beasts who live there, but when he arrives he finds that his darkest enemy is himself.The Fairy Who Became Mortal A flower fairy who enchants the morning dew becomes mortal to find her true love, and finds out that being human is a deeper and more frightening magic than anything she has ever known before."And more!"Fairy tales are magic. "We remember fairy tales to keep our sense of wonderment alive and to nurture our hope that we can seize possibilities to transform ourselves and our world." - Jack Zipes, "Spells of Enchantment" "The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all have for the Faerie Other." - Jane Yolen, "Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood"Fairy tales go deep. They work their magic in our subconscious minds. "If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives... Fairy tales' concern is not useful information about the external world, but the inner process taking place in an individual." - Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990), Distinguished Professor of Education and Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Chicago.Fairy tales are dangerous. "Some solemn and superficial people (for nearly all very superficial people are solemn) have declared that the fairy tales are immoral." - G. K. Chesterton "The fairy tale is not the conclusion, but the doorway to a more brilliant reality." - Natalie Nyquist, "Quest for the High Places"Readers love "Tales from the Palace of the Fairy King." "First-time author Lieberman draws on classic fairy-tale conventions while infusing them with modern sensibilities in seven well-told and entertaining original stories. Many traditional elements are present-star-crossed lovers, stalwart peasants, beautiful princesses, terrifying monsters, and enchanted artifacts-and most of the stories result in some sort of happily ever after. However, Lieberman also throws in a few twists that subvert expectations." -"Publishers Weekly" "These seven stories have the familiar 'Once upon a time' style of the classics, but they manage to stretch the genre in unexpected ways. Each one forgoes the formulaic. They will cause you to replay them in your head after you've finished reading, trying to unravel each one's true meaning." - "Diamonds and Toads" "I couldn't put the book down, yet the thought of finishing it was dreadful." - Emma Lavern, author of "Racing Against the Clock" ""Tales from the Palace of the Fairy King" is delightful-it mixes beautifully told tales with humor, romance, and the occasional bittersweet tragedy" - E. Lucas, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer "The tales are teaming with truth and meaning and beauty" - Goodreads review
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