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The Yellow Fairy Book
Record Added: 3/3/2021
Author Andrew Lang
Illustrator Henry J. Ford
Series Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books #4
Setting Europe
Topic Fairytales, Myths, Folklo
Publisher Simon and Schuster
ISBN 1631585657   Year 2020
Age 9-12   Pages 408
Description Printed yellow binding
  
The fourth installment of Andrew Lang's widely read classics, The Yellow Fairy Book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. Originally published in 1894, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time. Some of the famous stories included are:
  • Cat and 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 Queen's 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 Stone Boat
  • Thumbelina
  • The Nightingale
  • Hermod and Hadvor
  • The Steadfast Tin-soldier
  • Blockhead Hans
  • A Story about a Darning-needle
This beautiful edition comes complete with the original illustrations by Golden Age Illustrator Henry J. Ford, and is the perfect gift to pass on these timeless classics to the next generation of readers and dreamers.

The imaginations of children throughout time have been formed and nurtured by stories passed down from generation to generation. Of the countless genres of stories, fairy tales often conjure the most vivid fantastical worlds and ideas, which cultivate creativity and bring elements of magic back into the real world. The Fairy Books, compiled by famous Scottish novelist and poet Andrew Lang, are widely consider among some of the best collections ever compiled.
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The Yellow Fairy Book: Complete and Unabridged
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