A Book of Ogres and Trolls

This is a 1973 anthology of 13 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author. It has one of my very favorite Manning-Sanders tales: "Jon and the Troll Wife," a tale in monsters are not the monsters they're cracked up to be and a little kindness goes a long, long way. All of these tales are winners, though! Table of Contents Foreword 1. The Good Ogre (Russia) 2. Tritil, Litil, and the Birds (Ireland) 3. The Ogre's Breath (Sicily) 4. The Gold Knob (Iceland) 5. The Children on the Pillar (Russia) 6. Sigurd the King's Son (Iceland) 7. The Girl in the Basket (Italy) 8. Cow Bu-cola (Iceland) 9. The Green Bird (Sicily) 10. Jon and the Troll Wife (Iceland) 11. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs (Germany) 12. The Troll's Little Daughter (Denmark) 13. Nils in the Forest (Denmark)