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Folk Tales Genre

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Books in the Folk Tales genre:

Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm (1963)

A facsimile of the original edition of 1882. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Mad King of Chichiboo (1963)

The King of Chichiboo would rather cook than rule, and the rule of his cookery that it should be hot with grated cheese on top.

Author(s): John Verney
Illustrator(s): John Verney

Tenggren’s Bedtime Stories (1963)

This edition contains only three stories, The Gingerbread Man, Chicken Little and Little Red Riding Hood.

Author(s): Gustaf Tenggren
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Tiny Tots Picture Books (1963)

A collection of six picture books including How Babar Became King.

The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales (1964)

A collection of traditional African tales about the trickster spider.

Author(s): Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Tales from the Japanese Storytellers (1964)

These tales told by Japanese hanashika (storytellers) are a small sample of those collected by Post Wheeler, an American diplomat.

Author(s): Anonymous
Post Wheeler
Illustrator(s): Yoshie Noguchi

Three Tall Tales (1964)

Three nonsense stories.

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

The Blue Fairy Book (1965)

A wide range of fairy tales, with seven from the Brothers Grimm, five from Madame d’Aulnoy, three from the Arabian Nights, and four Norwegian fairytales, among other sources. The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it cont... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford
Jacomb Hood
Various

Colette and the Princess (1965)

Colette and her kitten Chou Chou save the people of Grasse from the caprice of the Princess Pauline.

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

The Valiant Chattee-Maker (1965)

In this Indian folk tale, a pottery-maker captures a tiger in a drunken rage and is made commander of the Rajah's army where he singlehandedly puts to flight an invading army.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

A Gift from the Heart: Folk Tales from Bulgaria (1966)

A collection of folk and fairy tales from Bulgaria.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Radost Pridham
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

A Gift from the Heart: Folk Tales from Bulgaria (1966)

A collection of folk and fairy tales from Bulgaria.

Author(s): Radost Pridham
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Jack of Dover (1966)

Jack’s mother and brothers always told him he was a fool, so when he goes to seek his fortune he determines to be the biggest fool in Christendom. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Richard Garnett
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

The Traveling Frog (1966)

A fat speckled frog tries to hitch a ride with the ducks to the warm south.

Author(s): Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India (1967)

A collection of twenty-five contemporary tales from India.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): None

Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (1967)

A collection of tales from Africa.

Author(s): Lila Green
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

GWOT! Horribly Funny Hairticklers (1967)

Three traditional ghost stories.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Medieval Tales (1967)

This is a compendium of British medieval stories together with similar tales translated from the French. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Three Bears (1967)

A new retelling of this favorite story.

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