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Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1966, Trade Paperback)

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The Yellow Fairy Book (Dover Children's Classics). Author:Lang, Andrew. Publisher:Dover Publications Inc. Book Binding:Paperback. Book Condition:GOOD. All of our paper waste is recycled within the UK and turned into corrugated cardboard.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486216748

ISBN-139780486216744

eBay Product ID (ePID)756369

Product Key Features

Book TitleYellow Fairy Book

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, General

Publication Year1966

IllustratorFord, Henry J., Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAndrew Lang

Book SeriesDover Children's Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal398.2

Grade ToEighth Grade

Table Of ContentThe Cat and the 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 Queens 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 Sone Boat Thumbelina The Nightingale Hermod and Hadvor The Steadfast Tin-soldier Blockhead Hans A Story about a Darning-needle

SynopsisNative American, 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., The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of the American Indians, and three others come from Iceland.All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range., The Yellow Fairy Book is a wonderful collection of tales from all over the world. There are such familiar old favorites as the "Story of the Emperor's New Clothes," "The Tinder-box," "How to Tell a True Princess," and "The Nightingale." There are less familiar tales by Madame d'Aulnoy and from the collections of Andersen and Grimm. Many tales come from Hungary, Poland, and Russia, and there are German, French, and English stories, too. There are traditional tales of Native Americans, and three others come from Iceland. All in all, this collection contains 48 stories, all narrated in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range., 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.

LC Classification NumberPZ8.L15Y23