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Books in the Fairy Tales - Modern genre:

The Magic Fishbone (1921)

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The story of the Princess Alicia and her fairy godmother Grandmarina and a certain salmon bone, to say nothing of her eighteen brothers and sisters. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Woodland Tales (1921)

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A large collection of nature fairy tales. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1922)

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A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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The Broom Fairies and Other Stories (1922)

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A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Ethel May Gate
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Down-Adown-Derry (1922)

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A book of fairy poems. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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Rootabaga Stories (1922)

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The first collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies. This is the first edition containing eight chapters. Later editions with this title also include the stories from Rootabaga Pigeons. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at archive.... View More

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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The Velveteen Rabbit or, How Toys Become Real (1922)

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The story of a boy and his toys, and, in particular, a stuffed rabbit. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): William Nicholson

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The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat (1922)

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Prince Toofat meets Himself in the mirror and the two go through the Looking Glass into Fairyland where they meet the Great Foozlewhich and the Princess Oogalally.

Author(s): George R. Chester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1923)

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A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

The cover image shown above is from the 1917 edition.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923)

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Pictures to illustrate short synopses of famous children’s books. The illustrations first appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine. Read online at archve.org. ... View More

Author(s): Nora Archibald Smith
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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Boys and Girls of Bookland (1923)

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Pictures to illustrate short synopses of famous children’s books. The illustrations first appeared in Good Housekeeping Magazine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Nora Archibald Smith
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

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The Cruise of the Little Dipper: And Other Fairy Tales (1923)

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A collection of new fairy tales. The author and illustrator were childhood friends. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)

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More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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At the Back of the North Wind (1924)

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The son of a poor coachman is swept away by a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1924)

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A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1925)

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A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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The Flying Carpet (1925)

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An anthology of leading authors and illustrators of the first part of the twentieth century.

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
G. K. Chesterton
Hugh Lofting
A. A. Milne
Et al
Illustrator(s): Mabel Lucie Attwell
T. H. Robinson
Ernest H. Shepard
Et al

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Bland Tomtar Och Troll (1926)

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A Swedish annual collection of fairy tales.

Author(s): Cyrus Granér
Various
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Five of Us -- and Madeline (1926)

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A typical Nesbit family saga plus two fairy tales.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

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The Light Princess (1926)

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A collection of fairy tales including the story of a princess who loses her gravity.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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