This collection tells the stories of some of the most popular classical ballets. The tales are full of drama, excitement, and humour, from the fairytale splendour of The Song of the Nightingale and the classic romanticism of Swan Lake, to the rural comedy of The Girl who Needed Watching.
'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. In the nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom, order is turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a 7-year-old a Queen.
Eine Erzählung aus Roman de Renard, im 12. Jahrhundert von Pierre de Saint-Cloud geschrieben und für diese Ausgabe von Diz Walli nacherzählt
Ein gieriger Fuchs schnappt sich den Hahn Goldstimmchen und wird aber von ihm hinters Licht geführt...
There was once a house that was full of mice. There were mice everywhere. They had lived there for years completely at peace - until the day the new cook came.
Vögel, Fische, Biber, Spinnen: Kunstvollbauen Tiere ihr Haus, und manchen hat esdie Natur bereits mitgegeben.
