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It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres -- these are the companions who will thrill young boys and girls of all... Read Full Overview

"Andrew Lang and his associates managed to break the stranglehold of the pious sentimentality handed out to children by collecting--from all over the world--fairy tales of all people, and bringing out the volumes we all know and love."--Kirkus Reviews

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the... Read Full Overview

The Blue Fairy Book is a delightful collection of fairytales collected by Andrew Lang. Featuring many of the enduring classics like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Alladin and many more,

This edition features all the illustrations from the original edition along... Read Full Overview

Volume 1 of Andrew Lang's classic Fairy Books Series (also known as the Fairy Books of Many Colors series), collecting treasured and beloved stories from around the world. This volume features the following tales:The Bronze Ring, Prince Hyacinth And The Dear Little Princess,... Read Full Overview

Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palacewas surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were manyand the soil was good, this garden yielded neither flowers nor fruits,not even grass or shady trees.The King was in despair about it, when... Read Full Overview

A beautiful collection of fairy tales, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Puss in Boots, and lesser-known tales such as the Yellow Dwarf, Toads and Diamonds and the Princess on the Glass Hill.

First published in 1889, "The Blue Fairy Book" is the first in a series of collections of fairy tales from around the world edited by Andrew Lang, the Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic, with translations and retellings by his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne, and others... Read Full Overview

The Blue Fairy Book assembles a wide range of tales, including seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales. The Fairy Books are some of Andrew Lang's most notable works. Lang was fighting against the... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The Blue Fairy Book assembles a wide range of tales, including seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d'Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales. The Fairy Books are some of Andrew Lang's most notable works. Lang was fighting against the... Read Full Overview

The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew... Read Full Overview

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a 12 book series of fairy tale collections. The Blue Fairy Book includes 37 stories, including the orginal versions of classic tales such as: Little Red Riding Hood Sleeping Beauty The Beauty and the... Read Full Overview