Gianni and the Ogre

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Gianni and the Ogre

First edition
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Illustrator	William Stobbs
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fairy Tales
Publisher	Methuen & Co. Ltd. (UK) E. P. Dutton (US)
Publication date	1970 (UK) 1971 (US)
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	192 pp

Gianni and the Ogre is a 1971 anthology of 18 fairy tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1970, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

According to the dust jacket, all of the tales originated in the Mediterranean and the author's tales create "a lively fantasy world of kings and princesses, witches and dwarfs, fairies and fools."

Table of contents[]

• 1. Gianni and the Ogre
• 2. Kabadaluk
• 3. Mother Sunday
• 4. Bardiello
• 5. Celery
• 6. The Three Ravens
• 7. The Spider
• 8. The Doll
• 9. King Fox

The Lad and his Animals

The Witch and the Earthen Jar

The Battle

• 10. Oudelette
• 11. The Daughter of the Dwarf
• 12. The Bean Tree
• 13. Little Finger
• 14. A-tishoo!
• 15. Grillo
• 16. Trim Tram Turvey
• 17. The Fiddler Going Home
• 18. Peppino

See also[]

• Ogre
• Dwarf
• Witchcraft