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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Yellow Fairy Book (Puffin Classics)by: Andrew Lang  Dewey Decimal Number: 398.21 EAN: 9780140350890 ISBN: 0140350896 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 01, 1988 Publisher: Puffin Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Puffin Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: American Indian, Russian, German, Icelandic, French, and other stories--48 in all--among them "The Tinder-box," "The Nightingale," and "How to Tell a True Princess." 104 illustrations. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Yellow Fairy BookThis is part of a collection that I am ordering, a few at a time. I hope to have the whole set displayed in my dining room available for my grand-children and I to share. Rating: - Leaving behind the well-knowns for some incredible complexityWhat makes this particular volume of Lang's collection remarkable is its collection of quite unknown stories. While we all love "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella", there is nothing wrong with venturing for more complex stories, and that is what this volume provides. I have not researched these, but I am under the impression that many of these stories were actually "written". I'm not sure how everyone will take that threat to oral folklore, but good fantasy is good fantasy, ... Read More Rating: - The bestWhen I was younger my Mom used to read me a book until I fell asleep. As I grew older, I began to read myself to sleep. As things changed only one thing stayed constant, my favorite books are still Andrew Lang's Fairy books. The Yellow Fairy book is a collection of 48 fairy tales written the way they were supposed to be written. Each tale ranges in length anywhere from a couple of pages up to about 20. The tales are fairly easy reads, but they don't lose any of their appeal. The book also contains ... Read More Rating: - A bright multicultural selectionWith tales such as The Blue Mountains, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, The Dragon and His Grandmother, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, The Flower Queen's Daughter, The Glass Axe, How To Tell a True Princess, and many others how can anyone not find this book fun to read? Once again, Lang edits a book full of fairy tales from many lands that will entertain children and adults. The black and white illustrations are also superb. 
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