Barbara Leonie Picard
December 17, 1917 – December 15, 2011 (aged 93)
Birth place: Richmond-upon-Thames, London, England, UK
1 work in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1971 | 84 | Short Fiction | The Magical Tapestry | Children's Digest, May 1971 |
4 English-language books
| Year | Type | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Collection | German Hero-Sagas and Folk-Tales | Barbara Leonie Picard |
| 1960 | Collection | French Legends, Tales and Fairy Stories | Barbara Leonie Picard |
| 1993 | Collection | Tales of Ancient Persia | Barbara Leonie Picard |
| 2019 | Collection | The Mermaid and the Simpleton | Barbara Leonie Picard |
The following three collections of original fairy tales were published by Oxford in 1949/1951/1954, containing 15/14/12 stories (total of 41):
"The Mermaid and the Simpleton", collection
"The Faun and the Woodcutter's Daughter", collection
"The Lady of the Linden Tree". Illustrated by Charles Stewart. 214 pp. New York: Criterion Books. $3.50
"Selected Fairy Tales" (1994) contains Picard's 16 favourites among the 41.
Nine more original fairy tales (grand total of 50) were first published, or first collected, in two later books:
"The Goldfinch Garden: Seven Tales" (Harrap & Co, 1965), illus. Anne Linton —7 original fairy tales ‡
"Twice Seven Tales" (Kaye & Ward Ltd, 1968), illus. Victor Ambrus —The Lady of the Linden Tree plus two more original fairy tales
(from Wikipedia)