Oversized Blue Children's Book of Bedtime Stories

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Oversized Blue Children's Book of Bedtime Stories

1Xtrangeloop
okt 28, 2023, 6:59 pm

In the late 80's/early 90's, my dad brought home a Big Blue book full of bedtime stories from a layover in England.

It had many illustrated classics, like the Princess and the Pea with a wonderful painting of a princess laying on so many mattresses that she had to use a ladder to get into bed.

The most memorable story for me, involved a little girl riding a giant St Bernard like a horse as he saved her from something, maybe the fire of London.

It was a larger than normal book, blue, with various illustrations from the stories on the cover.

This is all I remember.

2Xtrangeloop
dec 9, 2023, 9:41 am

Just bumping in case someone recognizes this book.

3lowelibrary
dec 9, 2023, 12:58 pm

4Jlopez1171
dec 14, 2023, 12:49 pm

It could be a collection of Hans Christian Anderson stories. There's a dog in one story called The Tinderbox

5bnielsen
Bewerkt: dec 15, 2023, 1:56 am

There's a nice illustration on the wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tinderbox

Maybe if you recognize the illustration (this one or one of the many that a google search will find) you can use isfdb.org to find the book.

6Elfeya
dec 23, 2023, 3:40 pm

Maybe The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book by Bob Hartman. I don't know if it is oversized, but I remember it as a large book

7Xtrangeloop
mei 2, 9:02 pm

>4 Jlopez1171: Based on the following response with illustration, it looks like you might have set me on the right path!
>5 bnielsen: Apologies for the delayed response. This illustration is very similar! Thank you.

8Xtrangeloop
mei 2, 9:11 pm

>6 Elfeya: Thank you for the recommendation. The art-style doesn't quite match though.