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Folk Tales Genre
Books in the Folk Tales genre:
The Silver Curlew (1954)
This old English folk tale about a black imp was originally written as a play.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Superstitious? Here’s Why! (1954)
Common superstitions and how they originated.
Read online at achive.org.
Author(s):
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
Claudia de Lys
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)
Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Langstaff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Strange Sea Stories (1955)
A collection of traditional tales of the oceans.
Author(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Gillespie and the Guards (1956)
Gillespie sets out to prove the three sharp-eyed guards are not as sharp as they think.
Author(s):
Benjamin Elkin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
West of Boston (1956)
A collection of poems, verse, and prose on American topics. The subtitle appears only on the dust jacket.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
5 Bedtime Stories (1957)
This collection includes Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Golden Goose and Chicken Little.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Best of Leacock (1957)
Selections from 32 books. Something between the amiable nonsense of English humor and the hard-cutting wit and satire of American humor. Edited and introduced by J.B. Priestley.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Dick Whittington (1957)
Beacon reader number five from Briar Rose.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Old Mother Hubbard (1957)
This is a separate publication of the second part of The Pancake, a school reader.
Author(s):
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Pancake (1957)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Robin Hood (1957)
The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick.
Author(s):
Paul Creswick
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Was it a Good Trade? (1957)
A little man trades his knife for a wife and a cake for a rake and ...
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Fun and Fantasy (1958)
An anthology of imaginative stories and poems for older readers.
Nursery Tales (1958)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Nursery Tales (1958)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Rumpelstiltskin (1958)
Beacon Reader book five. Includes fairy tales and folk tales from Briar Rose.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Stories from the Rootabaga Country (1958)
A collection of Rootabaga stories by the poet of the prairies.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Three Bedtime Stories (1958)
Author(s):
Garth Williams
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al