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Ruth Manning-Sanders

Born

in Swansea, Wales, The United Kingdom

August 21, 1886

Died

October 12, 1988

Genre

Children's, Fantasy

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Ruth Manning-Sanders, youngest daughter of an English minister, describes her childhood as “extraordinarily happy. . . with kind and understanding parents and any amount of freedom.” She read omnivorously, and she and her two sisters wrote and acted their own plays. A Shakespeare scholar at Manchester University, she later married Cornish artist George Manning-Sanders. They began married life in a horse drawn caravan, and traveled to all parts of the British Isles.
Mrs. Manning-Sanders has collected folk and fairy stories from around the world and she published more than 90 books during her lifetime.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 1,334 ratings · 155 reviews · 94 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Book of Mermaids by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Ghosts and Goblins by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1968 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Witches by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1965 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Wizards by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1966 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Princes and Princesses 4.09 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Devils and Demons by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques 4.29 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Enchantments and Curses by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Charms and Changelings by Ruth Manning-Sanders, Robin Jacques (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book of Monsters 4.31 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“His father is out cutting wood, so he goes to his mother.

'Mother, I must away and see the world, or I shall go mad.'

Says his mother, 'If you must go, go you must, and God go with you! I will bake you a cake. Will you have a little cake with my blessing, or a big cake with my cursing?'

Says Jack, 'Make me a big cake, mother. It will last longer.'

His mother makes him a big cake, and he sets out. And she is standing on the roof of the house, calling curses after him as far as she can see him.”
― Ruth Manning-Sanders, The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales

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