George Macdonald A Children's Reader

This volume is a selection of the finest works of Macdonald for children. Included are seven novella/short story length fairy tales full of imaginative depth and a beautiful English style. This volume is especially good for children in need of captivating stories that are neither too complex for their comprehension, or too insultingly simple for their intelligence. Macdonald dedicated much of his time and literary genius to the composition of quality books for children, and his work had a major impact on later writers including Lewis Carol, G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and countless others. Macdonald observed of his own writing that: "I write, not for children, but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five." Included in this volume are seven of Macdonald's most beloved Fairy Tales for Children: The Light Princess The Giant's Heart Cross Purposes The Golden Key The Shadows The Lost Princess: A Double Story (Also known as The Wise Woman: A Parable) The History of Photogen and Nycteris