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The Enchanted Castle (1935)

Bebe and Jean go on a believing journey to Colleen Moore’s Doll House.

Author(s): Colleen Moore
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

From the Horn of the Moon (1937)

In this second book about the adventures of the Wee Men, we learn about the Moving of the Bog, Willie the Wagger and the Fishing Clan, and the Pigs in the Castle. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

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

The Magic Hill and Other Stories (1937)

Six short stories by the author of Winnie the Pooh.

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

One Foot in Fairyland (1938)

A collection of fairy tales and short stories by the author of Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)

Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.

Author(s): DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

The Flying Locomotive (1941)

Toto Number 2 wants to be a Swiss Flyer. When his fairy godmother gives him the power to fly, he helps Madame Suzie, the famous Swiss cow save a mountaineer in distress.

Author(s): William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Prince Prigio (1942)

At his christening, an evil fairy gives Prince Prigio the gift of being too clever. Fortunately, with the help of the magic gifts of his other fairy godmothers, everything turns out in the end.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Dragon John (1943)

Dragon John can only be returned to his true form as a prince if someone freely gives him a flower.

Author(s): Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

The Little Prince (1943)

An aviator, whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert, encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe, seeking the secret of what is really important in life. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Illustrator(s): None

Oswald’s Pet Dragon (1943)

Oswald is an amateur magician whose household tricks annoy his wife. He finds a unique solution to keeping his dragon for a pet while satisfying his critical wife.

Author(s): Carl Glick
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Pinocchio (1946)

Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.

Author(s): Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Jonathan and the Rainbow (1948)

A pirate captain, a boy just learning to read and The Rainbow Painter’s Society Chapter Number One-Nine-Thee-Eight -- and one very beautiful rainbow rolled up in the cellar.

Author(s): Jacob Blanck
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

Robbut a Tale of Tails (1948)

When Robbut saves the Little Man from a trap, he gets his heart’s desire, three times, but in the ends decides he is better off just as he was. The cover on the trade edition is the same as the dust jacket while the Junior Literary Guild editio... View More

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

The Rose and the Ring (1948)

A complicated tale of two princesses and two princes and the Fairy Blackstick.

Farmer Giles of Ham (1949)

The story of a brave farmer and an evil dragon by the author of The Hobbit.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

13 Clocks (1950)

A wicked Duke imagines he has killed time itself.

Author(s): James Thurber
Illustrator(s): Marc Simont

Mr. Mushroom (1950)

Mr. Mushroom is a good neighbor.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Annabel and Bryony (1953)

Annabel and her friends go to the land of the flower fairies and are captured by the frost fairies. Bryony helps them escape from captivity.

Author(s): Marjorie Phillips
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Magic Fishbone (1953)

The Princess Alicia keeps the magic fishbone in her pocket until the right time.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Amiable Giant (1955)

When the Amiable Giant comes to visit, Gwendolyn is the only one who can hear what he says. Everyone else is too frightened, except the wicked Wizard, who is deaf. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Little Bookroom (1955)

A collection of short stories and fairy tales.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1955

Pigeons and Princesses (1956)

A collection of stories and fairy tales.

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Best in Children’s Books Volume 14 (1958)

A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Castles and Dragons, Read to Yourself Fairy Tales for Boys and Girls (1958)

This is a collection of fairy tales. Some are newly written, others are old friends in new dress. All are illustrated by William Pène du Bois.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Hassan of Basorah (1958)

When the cruel magician strands Hassan on the mountain top he fears he is lost. The seven little sisters take him in and he meets the swan maiden, but his adventures are just beginning.

Author(s): Monica Backway
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1958)

The other reindeer make fun of Rudolph’s red nose, until Santa calls.

Read online at archive.org

The Light Princess (1962)

Due to her father the king’s neglect to invite her aunt to the christening, that spiteful witch comes anyway and curses the infant princess so that she loses her gravity. This calls for the aid of a handsome prince, and an unusually selfless on... View More

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

The Little Knife Who Did all the Work: Twelve Tales of Magic (1962)

A collection of fairy tales which includes a story of Arthur and Merlin.

Author(s): Alison Uttley
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Cruise of the Little Dipper (1963)

A collection of original fairy tales. The author and illustrator were childhood friends. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Susanne K. Langer
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

The Little Giant Girl and the Elf Boy (1963)

A little giant girl goes to pick a bush for the dinner table and meets a tiny elf boy.

Author(s): Else Holmelund Minarik
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Captain Boldheart - The Magic Fishbone: Two Comedies (1964)

Captain Boldheart takes to piracy in despair of Latin grammar. The Princess Alicia for her part, sets matters to rights in her father’s kingdom with the aid of her fairy godmother Grandmarina.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Swanhilda-of-the-Swans (1964)

When Swanholm and Swanso the swan prince and princess are trapped in the ice, Johan and Small Hilda must come to their rescue.

Author(s): Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Old Nurse’s Stocking Basket (1965)

A collection of new fairy tales for bedtime told by the old nurse as she darns the socks. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Tree and Leaf (1965)

J.R.R. Tolkien’s ideas on the writing of fairy stories and an example of one.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Robert Quackenbush

The Land of Green Ginger (1966)

A fantasy in the mold of the Arabian Nights Entertainment. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Noel Langley
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Smith of Wooton Major (1967)

A fairy tale by the master. What happens when the smith’s son eats the fay-star at the Twenty-Four Feast of Good Children.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Lord of the Rings (1968)

This was the first one-volume paperback edition.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Animal Fairy Tales (1969)

These nine fairy tales were originally published in The Delineator magazine in 1905.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Dick Martin

Stories and Poems for the Very Young (1973)

An anthology of stories illustrated by many different artists, including Hilary Knight, and Garth Williams and Richard Scarry.... View More

Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wooton Major, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (1975)

This is a paperback edition of these writings by Tolkien.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Gustav the Gourmet Giant (1976)

A cruel giant threatens to eat a small boy.

Author(s): LouAnn Gaeddert
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Dream Weaver (1979)

A collection of newly written fairy tales and fables.

Author(s): Jane Yolen
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Kate Crackernuts (1979)

Two step sisters flee from their mother, a witch.

Author(s): K. M. Briggs
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1979)

Prince Ricardo has discovered his father King Prigio’s magic articles and gone on a villain-slaying spree -- but now finds himself in trouble and must look to Princess Jaqueline for help.

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Klaas Bil

Poems and Stories (1980)

This collection includes the fairy stories as well as many of the poems.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Little Moon Theater (1981)

Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.

Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

The Iron Lion (1983)

The suitor who would win the princess must bring the iron lion, alive or dead.

Author(s): Peter Dickinson
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Mouldy (1983)

When the mouldy invades the great garden of the world, the Princess Talitha sets out to defeat him, but the hedgehog wins him. Read online at archive.org.  ... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Are All the Giants Dead? (1987)

James finds himself in fairy-tale-land with his friend Mildred and takes on a quest to save the Princess Dulcibel from marriage to a toad.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
Brian Froud

The Clothes Horse and Other Stories (1987)

What if there really were a horse made out of clothes? or a Night Train that brought the night? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

The Enchanted Book (1987)

In this Polish fairy tale, the miller’s youngest daughter saves her sisters from an evil magician.

Author(s): Janina Porazińska
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Prince Cinders (1987)

A fairy grants a small, skinny prince a change in appearance and the chance to go to the Palace Disco.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Babette Cole
Illustrator(s): Babette Cole

Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)

Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Animal Fairy Tales (1989)

These nine short stories were originally published in The Delineator magazine in 1905.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull

Colm of the Islands (1989)

When Colm unwittingly insults the Hebredean Sea Giant, it abducts his sweetheart and he must ransom her with the rope of pearls from the neck of the Sea-King’s daughter.

Author(s): Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Fairies (1989)

Up the airy mountain,Down the rushy glen,We daren’t go a-huntingFor fear of little men; Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Allingham
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Rootabaga Stories - Part Two (1989)

American fairy tales including how the Huckabuck family raised popcorn in Nebraska.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Little Critter’s Hansel and Gretel (1991)

The Little Critter's view of the classic story of Hansel and Gretel.

Author(s): Mercer Mayer
Illustrator(s): Mercer Mayer

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Trouble with Trolls (1992)

The Trolls decide they want a dog and they have their heart set on Tuffi, but Treva figures out a way to trick them and rescue her dog. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Christmas Trolls (1993)

When two trolls make off with Treva’s family Christmas pudding, she knows something has to be done. Hedgie the hedgehog makes his first appearance. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (1993)

Contains nine fairy tales including the masterwork, The Selfish Giant. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Oscar Wilde
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Great Quillow (1994)

When a giant terrorizes and tyrannizes the village, it is up to the toymaker to send him packing.

Author(s): James Thurber
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.  Includes Polar Bear Cat by Nicola Bayley. 

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1997)

This edition reprints the text of the second edition from 1908 and includes fifteen stories and another new set of illustrations.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): George O’Connor

The Three Little Pigs (1997)

In this version of The Three Pigs, the wolf ends up waffled. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Bravest Ever Bear (1999)

Fairy tale characters tell their stories from their own perspective, with new endings, and find themselves encountering each other as their stories overlap. We count 30 unnumbered pages. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Paul Howard

The Book of Fairies (2000)

A collection of fairy tales, classic and new.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Christmas Treasury (2001)

Seven favorites from Jan Brett in one volume.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Good Night, Fairies (2002)

At bedtime mother tells her small child about the fairies.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Who’s that Knocking on Christmas Eve? (2002)

A boy from Finnmark and his ice bear help Kyri rout the trolls when they come to spoil the Christmas dinner. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Nutcracker (2003)

A Christmas story with mice, nutcrackers, and sugarplum fairies.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): E.T.A. Hoffman
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Book of Fairy Poetry (2004)

An anthology of poetry dealing with fairies and their dealings with men.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Il Fabbro Di Wootton Major (2005)

This is the Italian translation of Smith of Wootton Major.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Book of Fairies (2006)

A collection of fairy tales, new and old.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Lionel and the Book of Beasts (2006)

Lionel is taken from his nursery and made king. When he opens a book in his ever-so-great grandfather’s library, he accidentally releases a fierce dragon. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Previously (2007)

The adventures of various nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters are retold in backward sequence with each tale interrelated to the other. Includes Goldilocks, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, the Frog Prince, Cinderella, and the Gingerbread M... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Bruce Ingman

The Book of Wizards (2008)

A collection of stories about wizards, from Baba Yaga to Taliessen, with a nod to Circe and Merlin along the way. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Pied Piper’s Magic (2009)

An elf gets a magic set of pipes that transform things. Rats and an evil Grand Duke enter into the story. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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