Book excerpt: Edmund Dulac (22 October 1882 – 25 May 1953) was a naturalised British magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. Born in Toulouse he studied law but later turned to the study of art at the École des Beaux-Arts. He moved to London early in the 20th century and in 1905 received his first commission to illustrate the novels of the Bronte Sisters. During World War I, Dulac produced relief books, of which “A Picture-Book for the French Red Cross” is one. In this volume are 17 illustrated fairy tales, songs, poems and stories for children selected from around the world. Herein you will find the stories like: The Story Of The Bird Feng Young Rousselle Laylá And Majnún The Nightingale Three Kings Of Orient Sindbad The Sailor The Little Seamstress The Real Princess My Lisette Cinderella The Chilly Lover The Story Of Aucassin And Nicolette Blue Beard Cerberus, The Black Dog Of Hades The Lady Badoura The Sleeper Awakened Jusef And Asenath: When, after the war the deluxe children's book market shrank he turned to magazine illustrations among other ventures. He designed banknotes during World War II and postage stamps, most notably those which heralded the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. 10% of the publisher’s profit will be donated to charities supporting wounded returned servicemen. ------- KEYWORDS/TAGS - Children’s stories, Children’s Books, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, fables, moral tales, myths, happiness, laughter, fairy tales for kids, around the world, nursery rhymes, fairy tales story, fairy tales book, short fairy tales, songs, poems, The Bird Feng, Young Rousselle, Layla, Majnun, Nightingale, Three Kings Of Orient, Sindbad The Sailor, Little Seamstress, Real Princess, Lisette, Cinderella, Chilly Lover, Aucassin, Nicolette, Blue Beard, Cerberus, Black Dog, Hades, Lady Badoura, Sleeper, Awakened, Jusef, Asenath, France, England, Germany, Egypt, Persia, China, Hans Christian Andersen, Thousand and One Nights, WWI, Great War, First World War