The Yellow Fairy Book

    The Yellow Fairy Book

    By Andrew Lang

    $19.95

    Publication Date: 1st June 1966

    The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of Native Americans, and three others come from Iceland.
    All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narr... Read More
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    The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of Native Americans, and three others come from Iceland.
    All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narr... Read More
    Description
    The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of Native Americans, and three others come from Iceland.
    All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range.

    Reprint of the first 1894 edition.
    Details
    • Price: $19.95
    • Pages: 384
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Children's Classics
    • Publication Date: 1st June 1966
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486216744
    • Format: Paperback
    • Age: 8-14
    • BISACs:
      JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
      JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
    Table of Contents
    The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
    The Six Swans
    The Dragon of the North
    Story of the Emperor's New Clothes
    The Golden Crab
    The Iron Stove
    The Dragon and his Grandmother
    The Donkey Cabbage
    The Little Green Frog
    The Seven-headed Serpent
    The Grateful Beasts
    The Giants and the Herd-boy
    The Invisible Prince
    The Crow
    How Six Men Travelled through the Wide World
    The Wizard King
    The Nixy
    The Glass Mountain
    "Alphege, or the Green Monkey"
    Fairer-than-a Fairy
    The Three Brothers
    "The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise"
    The Glass Axe
    The Dead Wife
    In the Land of Souls
    The White Duck
    The Witch and her Servants
    The Magic Ring
    The Flower Queens Daughter
    The Flying Ship
    The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son
    The Story of King Frost
    The Death of the Sun-hero
    The Witch
    The Hazel-nut Child
    The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus
    Prince Ring
    The Swineherd
    How to tell a True Princess
    The Blue Mountains
    The Tinder-box
    The Witch in the Sone Boat
    Thumbelina
    The Nightingale
    Hermod and Hadvor
    The Steadfast Tin-soldier
    Blockhead Hans
    A Story about a Darning-needle
    The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of Native Americans, and three others come from Iceland.
    All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range.

    Reprint of the first 1894 edition.
    • Price: $19.95
    • Pages: 384
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Children's Classics
    • Publication Date: 1st June 1966
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486216744
    • Format: Paperback
    • Age: 8-14
    • BISACs:
      JUVENILE FICTION / Classics
      JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
    The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
    The Six Swans
    The Dragon of the North
    Story of the Emperor's New Clothes
    The Golden Crab
    The Iron Stove
    The Dragon and his Grandmother
    The Donkey Cabbage
    The Little Green Frog
    The Seven-headed Serpent
    The Grateful Beasts
    The Giants and the Herd-boy
    The Invisible Prince
    The Crow
    How Six Men Travelled through the Wide World
    The Wizard King
    The Nixy
    The Glass Mountain
    "Alphege, or the Green Monkey"
    Fairer-than-a Fairy
    The Three Brothers
    "The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise"
    The Glass Axe
    The Dead Wife
    In the Land of Souls
    The White Duck
    The Witch and her Servants
    The Magic Ring
    The Flower Queens Daughter
    The Flying Ship
    The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son
    The Story of King Frost
    The Death of the Sun-hero
    The Witch
    The Hazel-nut Child
    The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus
    Prince Ring
    The Swineherd
    How to tell a True Princess
    The Blue Mountains
    The Tinder-box
    The Witch in the Sone Boat
    Thumbelina
    The Nightingale
    Hermod and Hadvor
    The Steadfast Tin-soldier
    Blockhead Hans
    A Story about a Darning-needle

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