Elinor Farjeon (1881–1965) is a famous English writer, winner of many international awards, including the first winner of the prestigious Andersen Prize, awarded to the best children's writers. The collection of works is composed of her most popular works and presents different facets of her work. Entertaining, instructive, touching, witty stories from the lives of fairy-tale princesses, simple woodcutters, knights and queens, fairies and giants, true rulers, as well as ordinary boys and girls, written heartfelt and poetic, with gentle humor and a strong belief in the power of goodness, mercy and justice. Farjon convincingly proves that dreams and reality coincide much more often than we think, we just have to take an unbiased look at the world around us. Illustrations by Igor Ilyichev. The book is addressed to children of primary school age.