The Bee-Man of Orn

I'm currently in a big Frank Stockton phase and enjoying so much of what I read. If you are in the mood for fables, fairy tales, and a lighter sort of nineteenth century sci-fi, Stockton is your go-to guy. I had no idea this Philadelphian was so prolific or that he had to negotiate a serious disabi......more

Written at the turn of the 20th century, The Bee-Man of Orn shurgs off the didactic noose which threatened a lot of children's literature at the time and, instead, seems to honour the themes and ideas prevalent in the earlier traditional tales in which it feels like it has been based. Here we encoun......more

Delightful collection of fairytales which are both nostalgically familiar and yet completely new - there's a gentle amusing wit to most of these stories which makes me surprised they never went on to become popular classics.......more