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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

"The Blue Fairy Book", the first of twelve in Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1889. This edition contains all 37 of the original stories and all 127 of the original black-and-white illustrations. *** The collections were specifically intended... Read Full Overview

Andrew Lang, (born March 31, 1844, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scot.--died July 20, 1912, Banchory, Aberdeenshire), Scottish scholar and man of letters noted for his collections of fairy tales and translations of Homer.

Educated at St. Andrews University and at Balliol College,... Read Full Overview