It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Princes and princesses, flying dragons, monsters and magicians, giants and dwarfs, ogres and fairies--these are the companions who thrill youngsters of all lands and times. This book contains 19 such tales. Coming from all quarters of the world, including France, England, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Iceland and America, the stories provide rich insight into the lives and cultures of different peoples. Narrated in clear, lively and easy to understand language, the tales are enriched with beautiful illustrations.

A collection of more than 40 fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Poland, Iceland, Germany, France, England, and the American Indians.

It is almost impossible to envision what childhood would be like without the enchanting world of fairyland. Princes and princesses, flying dragons, monsters and magicians, giants and dwarfs, ogres and fairies—these are the companions who thrill youngsters of all lands and times. This book contains 21 such tales. Coming from all quarters of the world, including France, England, Germany, Denmark and Romania, the stories provide rich insight into the lives and cultures of different peoples. Narrated in clear, lively and easy to understand language, the tales are enriched with beautiful illustrations.

"The Yellow Fairy Book" is a compilation of interesting short stories designed for the consumption of the younger generation. It is a literature with a theme of royalty, partnership, trust, and other values. This book was written by Andrew Lang and other authors, and it is aimed to cultivate a better mindset. Table of Contents: The 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 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

A king was once hunting in a great wood, and he hunted the game so eagerly that none of his courtiers could follow him. When evening came on he stood still and looked round him, and he saw that he had quite lost himself. He sought a way out, but could find none. Then he saw an old woman with a shaking head coming towards him; but she was a witch.'Good woman, ' he said to her, 'can you not show me the way out of the wood?''Oh, certainly, Sir King, ' she replied, 'I can quite well do that, but on one condition, which if you do not fulfil you will never get out of the wood, and will die of hunger.''What is the condition?' asked the King.'I have a daughter, ' said the old woman, 'who is so beautiful that she has not her equal in the world, and is well fitted to be your wife; if you will make her lady-queen I will show you the way out of the wood.'The King in his anguish of mind consented, and the old woman led him to her little house where her daughter was sitting by the fire. She received the King as if she were expecting him, and he saw that she was certainly very beautiful; but she did not please him, and he could not look at her without a secret feeling of horror. As soon as he had lifted the maiden on to his horse the old woman showed him the way, and the King reached his palace, where the wedding was celebrated.The King had already been married once, and had by his first wife seven children, six boys and one girl, whom he loved more than anything in the world. And now, because he was afraid that their stepmother might not treat them well and might do them harm, he put them in a lonely castle that stood in the middle of a wood. It lay so hidden, and the way to it was so hard to find, that he himself could not have found it out had not a wise-woman given him a reel of thread which possessed a marvellous property: when he threw it before him it unwound itself and showed him the way. But the King went so often to his dear children that the Queen was offended at his absence. She grew curious, and wanted to know what he had to do quite alone in the wood. She gave his servants a great deal of money, and they betrayed the secret to her, and also told her of the reel which alone could point out the way. She had no rest now till she had found out where the King guarded the reel, and then she made some little white shirts, and, as she had learnt from her witch-mother, sewed an enchantment in each of th

There was a time when the president of the Folk Lore Society believed it was not acceptable for the editors of the day, Mr Andrew Lang and Mr. Joseph Jacobs, to publish fairy books. Their reply was that they did not see any harm in it, and they were ready to "put themselves on their country, and be tried by a jury of children." As to whether there are really any fairies or not, that is a difficult question. The Editor never saw any himself, but he knew several people who have seen them-in the Highlands-and heard their music. If ever you are in Nether Lochaber, go to the Fairy Hill, and you may hear the music your- self, as grown-up people have done, but you must go on a fine day. Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks, the old Egyptians, the Hindus, and even the Red Indians, and is it likely, if there are no fairies, that so many different peoples would have seen and heard them? This volume contains Russian, German, French, Icelandic, Red Indian, and other stories. The Editor cannot say 'good-bye' without advising children, as they pursue their studies, to read The Rose and the Ring, by the late Mr. Thackeray. He believes this book is quite indispensable in every child's library, and parents should be urged to purchase it at the first opportunity, as without it no education is complete, not to mention the benefit an ill child at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital will derive from it, both literally and financially. This book has been especially re-published to raise funds for The Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. By buying this book you will be donating to this great charity that does so much good for ill children and which also enables families to stay together in times of crisis. And what better way to help children than to buy a book of fairy tales. Some have not been seen in print or heard for over a century. 33% of the Publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the GOSH Children's Charity. YESTERDAYS BOOKS for TODAYS CHARITIES

The Yellow Fairy Book is a collection of tales from all over the world. It features many tales from Hans Christian Andersen. "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"