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The Gray Fairy Book
Record Added: 3/3/2021
Author 
Illustrator 
Series Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books #6
Setting Europe
Topic Fairytales, Myths, Folklo
Publisher Simon and Schuster
ISBN 163158569X   Year 2020
Age 9-12   Pages 360
Description Printed Gray binding
  
The Gray 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 1900, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time. Some of the famous stories included are:
  • Donkey Skin
  • The Goblin Pony
  • An Impossible Enchantment
  • The Story of Dschemil and Dschemila
  • Janni and the Draken
  • The Partnership of the Thief and the Liar
  • Fortunatus and his Purse
  • The Goat-faced Girl
  • What came of picking Flowers
  • The Story of Bensurdatu
  • The Magician's Horse
  • The Little Gray Man
  • Herr Lazarus and the Draken
  • The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles
  • Udea and her Seven Brothers
  • The White Wolf
  • Mohammed with the Magic Finger
  • Bobino
  • The Dog and the Sparrow
  • The Story of the Three Sons of Hali
  • The Story of the Fair Circassians
  • The Jackal and the Spring
  • The Bear
  • The Sunchild
  • The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch
  • Laughing Eye and Weeping Eye, or the Limping Fox
  • The Unlooked for Prince
  • The Simpleton
  • The Street Musicians
  • The Twin Brothers
  • Cannetella
  • The Ogre
  • A Fairy's Blunder
  • Long, Broad, and Quickeye
  • Prunella
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 considered among some of the best collections ever compiled.
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The Gray Fairy Book: Complete and Unabridged