"Experience the magical world of Irish storytelling where many remarkable characters await you: a king with a mysterious secret, brave warriors famous for their strength, a clever leprechaun who outwits humans, and many more"--Front dust jacket flap.

King Mark has a secret: He has horse's ears. No one knows but his barber, but the secret eats away at the barber until he has to tell the doctor -- and the doctor advises him to tell his secret to the ground. Eventually the king has to admit his secret and learns to live with his ears.

The king has horse's ears and hides his secret. But being different can be an advantage. That's what King Mark learns, as will young readers of this book, which is up for the Australian Library Association Book of the Year award."[This] version gives the tale new legs and a strong heart." -TES Teacher

A collection of 83 short fairy tales, including; The Lady of the Lake; Arthur in the Cave; The Curse of Pantannas; The Drowning of the Bottom Hundred; Elidyr's Sojurn in Fairy-Land; Rhys and Llywelyn; Lowri Dafydd Earns a Purse of Gold; The Llanfabon Changeling; Why the Red Dragon is the Emblem of Wales; Llyn Cwm Llwch; The Adventures of Three Farmers; Cadwaladr and His Goat; The Fairy Wife; Einion and the Lady of the Greenwood; The Green Isles of the Ocean; March's Ears; The Fairy Harp; Guto Bach and the Fairies; Ianto's Chase; The Stray Cow, and many more.

Only the king and his barber know that the king has horse's ears, until the secret gets outs just in time for the king's wedding day.