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Folk Tales Genre
Books in the Folk Tales genre:
Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1971)
A collection of Russian folk tales. The “Note to the 1938 edition” has been abbreviated.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Faith Jaques
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1971)
The Pied Piper pipes all the rats out of an ungrateful town. He then pipes all the children out as a result.
Author(s):
Robert Browning
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Rich Man and the Singer: Folk tales from Ethiopia (1971)
Thirty-two folk tales from Ethiopia.
Author(s):
Mesfin Habte-Mariam
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Richard Scarry’s Best Stories Ever (1971)
An anthology of Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
Author(s):
Vivienne Benstead
Kathryn Jackson
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tales and Legends (1971)
Twenty-one classic tales from European literature from Gogmagog to Melusine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jennifer Westwood
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Topsy Turvy Emperor of China (1971)
Author(s):
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Femi and Old Grandaddie (1972)
This folk tale from Sierra Leone tells of a young boy who gives his last bit of food to an old river man, and receives something more valuable in return.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Mother Goose Rhymes and Other Childhood Favorites (1972)
A generous selection of the work of Feodor Rojankovsky including nursery rhymes, folk tales, Bible stories and even Robinson Crusoe.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Old Ballad of the Babes in the Wood (1972)
Author(s):
Kathleen Lines
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Wilbur the Warrior (1972)
The history of King Wilbur and the War of the Royal Gooseberries.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Stories and Poems for the Very Young (1973)
Author(s):
Bryna Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Various
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Richard Scarry
Garth Williams
The Great Minu (1974)
A traditional African folk tale.
Author(s):
Beth P. Wilson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The King of the Golden River (1974)
Gluck manages to succeed where his two selfish older brothers fail, in achieving the treasure of the Valley. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
John Ruskin
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1974)
A collection of Russian folk tales.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Faith Jaques
Singing Tales of Africa (1974)
A collection of seven traditional African folk tales.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Spin Straw to Gold (1974)
A collection of fairy tales and legends from around the world. This may be an abridged edition of North of Nowhere.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
There was an Old Woman (1974)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Blue Fairy Book (1975)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
John Lawrence
Funny Peculiar (1975)
A collection of short stories, mostly in the slightly odd, mysterious genre.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Jennie Garratt
The Gingerbread Boy (1975)
The Gingerbread boy runs away. Look out for the fox!
Author(s):
Chris Conover
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover