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Fairy Tales - Classic Genre

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Books in the Fairy Tales - Classic genre:

New Tales, of Fairies in Fashion

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Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): None

The Little Lame Prince (1874)

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A young prince whose legs are paralyzed due to a childhood trauma is given a magical traveling cloak by his fairy godmother; he uses this cloak to go on various adventures and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Read the 1965 edition on... View More

Author(s): Dinah Maria Mulock
Illustrator(s): John McLaren Ralston

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Grimm Tales Made Gay (1902)

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Guy Wetmore Carryl brings his gift for comic verse to fairy tales. Read online at archive. org.

Author(s): Guy Wetmore Carryl
Illustrator(s): Albert Levering

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The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)

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The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books. Originally privately printed in 1902, this is the first commercial edition. Read online at archiv... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Cinderella: A Play with Twelve Songs to Popular Airs (1909)

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E. Nesbit wrote several plays with songs based on popular airs, of which this is one.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916)

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A collection of Russian folktales. Read online at Hathitrust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Dmitri Mitrokhin

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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1920)

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A retelling of the Arabian night in verse by the author of Swallows and Amazons. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Thomas Mackenzie

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Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921)

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A clever wandering minstrel rescues an imprisoned young lady when she charms the seven man-hating damsels guarding her by telling them stories. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock

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D’Aulnoy’s Fairy Tales (1923)

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This is a classic collection of French fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne
Gustaf Tenggren

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Grimms Märchenschatz (1923)

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A selection of the tales of the Brothers Grimm with thirty-two color illustrations by Tenggren. The text is in German.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1930)

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Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Cinderella (1934)

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Cinderella’s godmother makes it possible for her to attend the prince’s ball, but she loses her glass slipper.

Author(s): Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Songs from Around a Toadstool Table (1937)

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A collection of verses about elves, fairies, brownies, rain puddles, and growing things.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Rowena Bastin Bennett
Illustrator(s): Lucille Webster Holling

The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1937)

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Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1938)

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A collection of Russian folktales. Includes a new Prefatory Note by the author. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Dmitri Mitrokhin

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Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)

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An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Beauty and the Beast (1942)

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This version of the famous story of Beauty and the Beast appeared in the Perry Pie Gift Book #1.

Author(s): Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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The Nightingale and the Emperor (1942)

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One of Hans Christian Andersen’s most famous tales.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Igor’s Summer: A Story of Our Russian Friends (1943)

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Author(s): Jerrold Beim
Lorraine Beim
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Golden Book of Nursery Tales (1948)

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A collection of favorite nursery tales.

Author(s): Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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