Gianni and the Ogre is a 1971 anthology of 18 fairy tales that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders

Ruth Manning-Sanders

Ruth Manning-Sanders was a prolific British poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of children's books in which she collected and retold fairy tales from all over the world. All told, she published more than 90 books during her lifetime. The dust jacket for A Book of Giants...

. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This book was first published in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 in 1970, by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Methuen & Co. Ltd.

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According to the dust jacket, all of the tales originated in the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 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
  Ogre
  An ogre is a large, cruel, monstrous, and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore, and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature...
  
  
• Dwarf
• Witchcraft
  Witchcraft
  Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...