The Red Fairy Book (Dover Children's Classics) [Paperback]

Andrew Lang (Editor), H. J. Ford (Illustrator), Lancelot Speed (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Dover Children's Classics

The famed folklorist collects 37 tales of enchantment, ranging from the familiar ("Rapunzel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," and "The Golden Goose") to lesser-known stories ("The Voice of Death," "The Enchanted Pig," and "The Master Thief"). Sources include French, Russian, Danish, and Romanian tales as well as Norse mythology. 97 illustrations.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 367 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1966)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 048621673X
• ISBN-13: 978-0486216737
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative and unique fairy tales for all ages to enjoy!, July 25, 2001

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This review is from: The Red Fairy Book (Dover Children's Classics) (Paperback)

The 'Red Fairy Book was one of my first fairy tale books I read and I loved it. It's full of imaginative and diffrent fairy tales from all over the world. Such as "The True History of Little Goldenhood " and "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" {my personal favorite}. This book contains thirty-seven tales that will keep you entranced and send you to new lands for days un-end of enjoyment. The numerous and beatiful pen and ink illustrations are done by Henry J. Ford and Lancelot Speed. The 'Red Fairy book' is only one of the numerous books Andrew Lang has put together. Such as the 'Yellow Fairy Book' and the 'Lilac Fairy Book'. Of what I discovered this book is the best one out of them. So if your trying to decide wich one to purchase I reccomend this one!

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, wierd, childhood memories., July 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Red Fairy Book (Hardcover)

This book was handed down to my family when I was a very little girl in the early 60s. It was a time of a television explosion of cartoons and children's programming, but my favorite times were when my mom would read from the Red Fairy Book to me and my sisters. The book is comprised of approximately 20 short fairy tales from far northern Europe-Sweden, Germany, and Northern Britain. The stories always had good or evil family members, royalty, and of course monsters. But what lured us little girls to these stories was the style they were told in, wierd and twisted, from lands we knew nothing about. Trying to buy this book last year, all I ran across was a paperback version and it had been revised. Some stories were cut out and a couple new ones were put in. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS VERSION IS THE ORIGINAL???? OURS WAS LOST.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful..., June 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Red Fairy Book (Hardcover)

This book is one of my favorites, and by far my favorite fairy tale book. It includes fairy tales from different countries, ones that are hard to find otherwise and are close to their original first telling. It shows that they truly researched and worked hard to come up with something so full of wonderful tales. The way in which they are written adds to the storytelling, and is hard to find anymore.