Fairy tales and fantasy

Rudolf Koivu (1890 – 1946) was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairy tales for children, which are enduringly and timelessly popular. He was born in St. Petersburg. He illustrated stories by Zacharias Topelius, Anni Swan and Hans Christian Andersen, among others. Koivu died in Helsinki in 1946. In his honor, the Rudolf Koivu Prize was established in 1949. It is awarded biennially to Finnish illustrators of children's books

Snow Queen

The Snow Queen" ) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.  The story centres on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai.

The little Mermaid

"The Little Mermaid" is a Danish literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a human soul. 

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Received Oct, 2020

Sent by Anja (Tampere, Finland)

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Received Feb, 2021

Sent by Tuija (Helsinki, Finland)

Book covers illustrated by Rudolf Koivu

Children's books about Kiljunen Family written by Jalmari Finne

 

Trees

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BRAVE THE DARK AND BEHOLD THE WONDERS

Harry Potter,  Forbidden Forest

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Fairytale dream, Photo E. Shrener,
Emily postcards Russia 2013

 

Story time

Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland . 

Illustration   Sergey Tyukanov, Russia

Sent by Heather in Austin, Texas. U.S.A.

on 27 Sep, 2019

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 8,389 km

received on 9 Oct, 2019

The two kings' children

  Postcard of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Daniela Drescher

Direct swap sent by Mandy in Evessen, Germany

Received on 25 Jul. 2015

Wonderful Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen.  

Illustration Binette Schroeder. 

Sent by Lia and Mara in Kerns, Switzerland

on 3 Jan, 2016

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,959 km

received on 11 Jan, 2016 

Little Red Riding Hood

Sent by Evgeniya in Moscow, Russia

on 14 Aug, 2014

travel time 15 days

distance travelled 1,148 km

received on 29 Aug, 2014 

Story time

Beatrix Potter's 

" Butter and milk from a farm" from "The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan" 1905

Sent by Mami in Otawara, Japan

on 29 Jan, 2014

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 7,687 km

received on 4 Feb, 2014

Helen Beatrix Potter (1866 –1943) was an English Writer, Illustrator, natural Scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. 

 Helen Beatrix Potter

Science and Fairy Tales

Pulsar 2 (1979)

 An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Science Futures edited by George Hay, with book cover art by Adrian Chesterman

Sent by Marz, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
 on 19 Aug, 2019
travel time 17 days
distance travelled 7,073 km
received on 5 Sep, 2019



Beatrix Potter. The Tale of  Benjamin Bunny, 1904

Seny by Olga in Kostroma, Russia
on 7 Aug, 2018
travel time 72 days
distance travelled 1,174 km
 received on 18 Oct, 2018

Alice

Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

"You're thinking of something, my dear" 

Illustration - Harry Rountree (1878 - 1950)

Sent by Mandy in Evessen, Germany

Alice

 Alice by Galina Egorenkova (Russian)

Sent by Ilia in Madrid, Spain

sent on 19 Sep, 2018

travel time 16 days

distance travelled 3,003 km

Alice by  Elena Bazanova (Russian)

Sent by Olga in Krasnoarmeyskaya, Russia

sent on 14 Feb, 2019

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 2,183 km

Friday fairy tale

Alice in Wonderland 

The Queen's Croquet-Ground and Alice trying to play croquet with flamingo and hedgehog.

Illustration Elena Bazanova  / Russian)/  

Sent by Valentina in St. Petersburg, Russia

on 2 Nov, 2019

travel time 30 days

distance travelled 538 km

2 Dec, 2019 received on

Kind witch

Illustration Katya Dudnik ( Ukrainian )

Direct swap sent by Masha in Kiev,Ukraine

Light of the night

Art by  Muhittin Koroglu (Turkish)

Direct swap set by Hafize, in Ankara, Turkey

Friday Fairy tales

Alice in Wonderland (Red Queen) by Olga Grebennik

Sent by Ayub in Moscow, Russia

on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 21 days

distance traveled 1,171 km

received on Jan 30, 2020

 Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White 1963.

 Cover illustration by Garth Williams. 

Sent by John in Athy, Ireland

 on 24 Jul, 2019

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,999 km

received on 31 Jul, 2019 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S Lewis

Cover illustration by Pauline Baynes

Sent by Maggie, Scotland, UK

 on 17 Nov, 2013

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,679 km

 received on 25 Nov, 2013 

Friday's Fairy Tales

 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1905 by Beatrix Potter

Sent by Mandy in Taipei, Taiwan

on 5 Oct, 2015

travel time 18 days

 received on 23 Oct, 2015

 The animal world is simply upside down.

Illustration Ingrid and Dieter Schubert

Sent by Hanneke in Leiden, Holland

 on 3 Oct, 2015

travel time 25 days

distance travelled 1,550 km

28 Oct, 2015 received on

A letter for Mrs. Mouse by Racey Helps

Sent by Sabryna in Gouda, Holland

 on 23 Sep, 2013

travel time 7 days

distance travelled 1,580 km

received on 1 Oct, 2013 

The Tale of Genji

Waki Yamato’s Tale of Genji

Waki Yamato is a Japanese manga artist. 

The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century.

Sent by Masako in Akita, Japan
on 26 Sep, 2019
travel time 13 days
distance travelled 7,376 km
 received on 9 Oct, 2019

Fairyland Friday

Vera the Mouse by Marjolein Bastin

travel time 5 days

distance travelled 1,572 km

sent by Coby, The Netherlands

"The executioner had never had to do such a thing before, 

and he wasn't going to begin at his time of life. "

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland

Illustration George Soper ( 1870-1942 )

direct swap sent by Mandy, Germany

Fairyland Friday

Russian fairy tale

 “The Apples of Youth and the Living Water”

Illustration Nikolai Kochergin

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 1,050 km

sent by Anna, Russia

Alice in Wonderland

She had not been walking a minute 

before she found herself face to face with the Red Queen....

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, 1927

travel time 11 days

distance travelled 7,928 km

sent by Ellen, Hong Kong

Fairyland Friday

Illustration by  Eulalie.

 From the Bumper Book, 1948

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 6,547 km

sent by Casey, Michigan, U.S.A.

Disney 

Winnie the Pooh with friends

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 1,620 km

sent by Sanne,  Belgium

Fairyland Friday - The Hare and the Hedgehog,

The Hare and the Hedgehog, illustration by Carl Offterdinger

Direct swap from Maximilian, Ukraine

Carl Offterdinger ( 1829 -1889 ) was a German figure and genre painter and illustrator.

Offterdinger illustrated numerous children's books, fairy tales, adventure stories and broadsheets.

The Hare and the Hedgehog is a story written by the Brothers Grimm.

"It was on a Sunday morning at harvest time, just when the buckwheat was in bloom. The sun was shining bright in the heaven, the morning wind was blowing warmly across the stubble, the larks were singing in the air, the bees were buzzing in the buckwheat, and the people in their Sunday best were on their way to church, and all the creatures were happy, including the hedgehog......"

Fairyland Friday

Russian Fairy tale of "Baba Yaga" artist  Nikolai Kochergin

travel time 16 days

distance travelled 1,171 km

sent by Julia, Moscow, Russia 

Russian proverb. Illustration Marina Rusanova

travel time 24 days

distance travelled 1,171 km

sent by Anna, Moscow, Russia

Fairyland Friday

Adventures of  Buratino

travel time 30 days

distance travelled 1,147 km

sent by Anastasia,  Moscow, Russia

The children's novel The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino (1936) is a free retelling of the story of Pinocchio by Russian writer Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Some of the adventures are derived from Collodi, but many are either omitted or added. Pinocchio (Buratino) does not reform himself nor becomes a real human. For Tolstoy, Pinocchio as a puppet is a positive model of creative and non-conformist behavior.

Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow.

fairyland friday

 They Sailed Away. Illustration Sally Anne Lambert. Moongazer Cards.

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 350 km

senr by Kristine in Lappeenranta, Finland

Pig-Molly and Owl.  Illustration Susanne Smajic. 

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

received on 22 Jun, 2015 

sent by Ivan in Minsk

Barbapapa home

Birthday card for my husband :)

Barbapapa is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of children's books originally written in French and later translated into over 30 languages.

Our Barbapapa in summer mood.

fairyland friday

Alice and White Rabbit

 "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" 

White Rabbit with a pocket watch. Illustration Polina Erofeeva

He is a very distinguished rabbit, with a large house and a gardener and always wearing gloves, a waistcoat and a pocket watch, but he is always in a hurry. His fear of the Queen of Hearts while at the croquet tournament makes him a little rude with Alice.

travel time 34 days

distance travelled 1,187 km

sent by Tanya and Kostik in Obnisk, Russia

Portrait of Alice and White Rabbit. Illustration Polina Erofeeva

travel time 14 days

distance travelled 1,887 km

sent by Olga in Saratov, Russia

 Alicr and White Rabbit. Illustration Natalia Derevianko

How long is forever?  Sometimes, just one second.

Direct swap sent by Tanya in Kiev, Ukraine

I'm late, I'm late. For a very important date. No time to say "Hello, Goodbye".  I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. Follow me... Illustration Ekaterina Shmyrina

travel time 6 days

distance travelled 725 km

sent by Aušra in Deeside, Lithuania

fairyland friday

 

Once upon a time there was a little girl who loved matryoshka dolls.... Illustrator Tanya Sitaya

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 2,239 km. 

sent by Anastasia in Krasnodar, Russia

Once upon a time, there lived an unhappy young girl. Unhappy she was, for her mother was dead, her father had married another woman, a widow with two daughters.... 

Classic fairy tale - Cinderella,  illustration Tatiana Mitrushova

travel time 24 days

distance travelled 3,463 km

sent by Tamara in Novosibirsk, Russia

Far, far away where the swallows fly when we have winter, there lived a King who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa.... "The Wild Swans"  written by  Hans Christian Andersen.  Illustration Anton Lomeaev

travel time 13 days

distance travelled 1,944 km

sent by Railya in Samara, Russia