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It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Princes and princesses, kings and queens, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres -- these are the companions who thrill young boys and girls of all... Read Full Overview

Volume 8 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:Lovely Ilonka, Lucky Luck, The Hairy Man, To Your Good Health!,... Read Full Overview

Andrew Lang's 12 Coloured Fairy Books are some of his best known works.In The Crimson Fairy Book, the eighth in the series, Lang includes 36 stories from Hungary, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Tunisia, the Baltic, and elsewhere.In the Preface to the third volume, Lang expressed... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1903, The Crimson Fairy Book is a vibrant collection of more than 30 diverse stories from prominent authors across the globe. This is one entry in Andrew Lang's beloved fairy tale series.The Crimson Fairy Book provides another collection... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1903, The Crimson Fairy Book is a vibrant collection of more than 30 diverse stories from prominent authors across the globe. This is one entry in Andrew Lang's beloved fairy tale series.The Crimson Fairy Book provides another collection... Read Full Overview

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books... Read Full Overview

A storyteller's night without one of Mr. Andrew Lang's books of fairy tales would be but a dull affair. This one is " The Crimson Fairy Book ", made up of some three dozen tales chosen, as in previous collections, from the folk-lore of all nations, and adapted.

These... 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

The Crimson Fairy Book contains a fascinating collection of tales from many countries: Hungary, Russia, Rumania, Finland, Iceland, Japan, and Sicily are only some of them. Filled with imagination, excitement, and adventure, these tales will delight children with their illogical... Read Full Overview

The Crimson Fairy Book contains a fascinating collection of tales from many countries: Hungary, Russia, Rumania, Finland, Iceland, Japan, and Sicily are only some of them. Filled with imagination, excitement, and adventure, these tales will delight children with their illogical... Read Full Overview

There was once a king's son who told his father that he wished to marry. 'No, no ' said the king; 'you must not be in such a hurry. Wait till you have done some great deed. My father did not let me marry till I had won the golden sword you see me wear.' The prince was much disappointed,... Read Full Overview

It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Princes and princesses, kings and queens, giants and dwarfs, monsters and magicians, fairies and ogres - these are the companions who thrill young boys and girls of all... Read Full Overview